{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "gotohuman", "name": "gotoHuman", "vendor": "gotoHuman", "vendorUrl": "https://www.gotohuman.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "human-in-the-loop", "summary": "Hosted review inbox for AI agents.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gotohuman", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gotohuman.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gotohuman.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gotohuman.json", "repo": "https://github.com/gotohuman/gotohuman-mcp-server", "license": "MIT (SDKs and MCP server)", "transports": [ "http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.gotohuman.com", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "gotohuman" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "gotohuman" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@gotohuman/mcp-server" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "API key in an `x-api-key` header. The SDKs and the MCP server read `GOTOHUMAN_API_KEY`, plus an optional `GOTOHUMAN_AGENT_ID` that ties requests to an agent set up in the dashboard. Reviewers sign in to the web inbox, and Slack notifications can carry a short-lived public link instead.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free $0 a month for 1 user and up to 300 reviews a month, with the web inbox, email and Slack and a 7-day history. Team $99 a month with 6 users ($15 per extra user), review routing, the Reviews API and a 60-day history. Growth $350 a month with 20 users ($17 per extra user), several teams and a 90-day history. Business $950 a month with 50 users, 5 workspaces, audit logs and custom retention. The paid plans don't state a review cap, and there's no yearly price on the page (https://www.gotohuman.com/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$99 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 3, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.gotohuman.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.gotohuman.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "hitl.approve", "hitl.ask", "hitl.channels", "hitl.audit" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "mcp", "llms-txt", "typescript", "python", "webhooks", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-24", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 43.6, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 670, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 62, "maintenance": 64, "payments": 30, "reliability": 20, "schema": 49, "security": 44, "transparency": 52 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Built for agent review, with TypeScript and Python SDKs, a 3-tool MCP server, an n8n node and a Make app. No status page, published rate limits or documented error responses.", "bestFor": "A team that wants a ready reviewer inbox where people edit AI output before it ships, without building a UI.", "strengths": [ "Built for agent review, with TypeScript and Python SDKs, a 3-tool MCP server, an n8n node and a Make app", "Reviewers can edit the output before approving, and the webhook returns the edited data", "Web inbox, email and Slack on every plan, including the $0 one", "Webhooks retry up to 7 times over about 9 hours and carry an `Idempotency-Key` header", "Terms rule out training on customer data, and processing is mainly in the EU" ], "weaknesses": [ "No status page, published rate limits or documented error responses", "No review expiry or timeout that we could find in the docs", "Review routing and the Reviews API start at $99 a month, audit logs at $950", "The API reference and the SDK guide disagree on field names and on whether `agentId` is required", "No security.txt, disclosure policy or own SOC 2 report" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `get-form-schema` before `request-human-review-with-form`, since the field data must match the review type", "Send `agentId` on every API request, because the API reference marks it required even though the JS SDK doesn't", "Pass a `webhookUrl` per request when the review type has no default, or the answer has nowhere to go", "Deduplicate webhook calls on the `Idempotency-Key` header, since delivery is at least once", "Set your own deadline on the agent side and treat silence as a rejection" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 43.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 62, "maintenance": 64, "payments": 30, "reliability": 20, "schema": 49, "security": 44, "transparency": 54 }, "provenanceScore": 49 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://api.gotohuman.com/requestReview -H \"x-api-key: $GOTOHUMAN_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"formId\":\"YOUR_REVIEW_TEMPLATE_ID\",\"fields\":{\"draft\":\"Refund order 1042 in full?\"},\"meta\":{\"threadId\":\"t-1\"}}'", "config": { "mcpServers": { "gotoHuman": { "args": [ "-y", "@gotohuman/mcp-server" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "GOTOHUMAN_API_KEY": "${GOTOHUMAN_API_KEY}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/hitl.approve", "tool": "https://letme.dev/gotohuman" }, "area": "agent-runtime", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Team plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 99, "note": "6 users included" }, { "item": "Team extra user", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 15 }, { "item": "Growth plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 350, "note": "20 users included" }, { "item": "Growth extra user", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 17 }, { "item": "Business plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 950, "note": "50 users, 5 workspaces, audit logs" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "gotoHuman UG (haftungsbeschränkt)", "domain": "gotohuman.com", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://docs.gotohuman.com/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://www.gotohuman.com/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "The terms (last updated 2026-02-13) name gotoHuman UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Lydia-Rabinowitsch-Str. 14, 10557 Berlin, Germany, under German law with Berlin as venue.", "https://www.gotohuman.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 2026-10-01.", "No status page or product changelog found. The n8n node publishes release notes on GitHub.", "We didn't check RDAP, so the domain age is blank." ], "score": 49 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gotohuman.json", "live": { "slug": "gotohuman", "probe": { "target": "https://api.gotohuman.com", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-08T19:52:51.906014029Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 90, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 66, "p95ms24h": 155, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 1941, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 109, "ok": 109 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 225, "ok": 225 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@gotohuman/mcp-server", "version": "0.2.2", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:14:49.302806007Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "gotohuman", "version": "0.3.6", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:14:45.652199708Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "gotohuman", "version": "0.2.4", "released": "2026-06-03", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:14:49.120900483Z" } ], "githubStars": 52, "npmWeekly": 68, "pypiWeekly": 6, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://gotohuman.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:38:54.984239104Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://docs.gotohuman.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:29.819549141Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "gotohuman.com", "registered": "2024-03-28", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/gotohuman.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:04:49.9181988Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.gotohuman.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:28:02.152893959Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-06T16:15:11.660216424Z", "fingerprint": "f957b2e868d4" }, { "url": "https://www.gotohuman.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:28:04.190698672Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e30807da51a1" }, { "url": "https://docs.gotohuman.com/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:18:49.413640407Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "eb3d36ed071e" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-08T19:52:51.906014029Z" } }, "answer": "Restate scores 73.3 (BB) on agent readiness against gotoHuman's 43.6 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.", "b": { "slug": "restate", "name": "Restate", "vendor": "Restate GmbH", "vendorUrl": "https://restate.dev", "kind": "platform", "category": "human-in-the-loop", "summary": "Durable execution runtime from Restate GmbH in Berlin, run as Restate Cloud, in the customer's own cloud account or self-hosted. Handlers pause on durable promises (awakeables and signals) and resume when a person answers over HTTP.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/restate", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/restate.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/restate.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/restate.json", "repo": "https://github.com/restatedev/restate", "license": "BSL 1.1 converting to Apache-2.0 four years after release (server), MIT (SDKs)", "transports": [ "http" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@restatedev/restate-sdk" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "restate-sdk" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@restatedev/restate-sdk-clients" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Restate Cloud takes an API key (`key_...`) as a Bearer token on each environment's ingress at `https://\u003cenv_id\u003e.env.\u003cregion\u003e.restate.cloud:8080` and its Admin API on port 9070. Keys are created self-serve in the Developers tab of the Cloud UI with a role (the docs show Full and Admin). Access is self-serve after a browser signup, with no review. A self-hosted server has no authentication on its ingress or admin ports, and the docs expect a reverse proxy in front (https://docs.restate.dev/cloud/getting-started, https://docs.restate.dev/server/security).", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free $0 with 100,000 durable actions a month, 1 GB of storage and 1-day history, no card, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. Starter $75 a month with 5 million actions, Business $300 with 20 million, Premium $1,000 with 50 million, Enterprise on request. Extra actions cost $25 per million on Starter and Business and $15 on Premium. One action is an invocation, a completion, a step, a sleep, a call or an awakeable, counted per started 64 KiB. Self-hosting is free under BSL 1.1 (https://restate.dev/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$75 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or on the pricing page (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 4530, "npmWeekly": 329023, "pypiWeekly": 76080, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.restate.dev/ai/patterns/human-in-the-loop", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.restate.dev/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.restate.dev/schemas/openapi-admin.json", "capabilities": [ "hitl.approve", "hitl.ask", "agent.durable", "automation.workflows", "automation.code" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "self-hosted", "source-available", "freemium", "free-tier", "no-card", "llms-txt", "openapi", "typescript", "python", "java", "go", "rust", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-01", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 73.3, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 78, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 722, "categoryRank": 3, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 81, "maintenance": 92, "payments": 40, "reliability": 91, "schema": 85, "security": 61, "transparency": 50 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "An awakeable pauses a handler at no compute cost and resumes it from one HTTP request, with a durable timeout, on a free plan of 100,000 actions a month. Restate sends nothing to the approver, so the Slack message, email or inbox is the builder's code, and the published terms and privacy statement predate the paid plans.", "bestFor": "A team that already writes agent steps as durable handlers and wants a long, cheap wait for a human answer in TypeScript, Python, Java, Go or Rust, with the option to self-host.", "strengths": [ "One HTTP request resolves or rejects an awakeable, and the waiting handler resumes after restarts or redeployment", "`orTimeout` puts a durable timer on the wait, so the remaining time survives a crash", "Free plan of 100,000 actions a month with no card, and $25 per extra million actions on Starter and Business", "Cloud Environments shows 100 per cent on the status page for the 90 days to 8 October 2026", "MIT SDKs for TypeScript, Python, Java and Kotlin, Go and Rust, with llms.txt and Markdown copies of every docs page" ], "weaknesses": [ "No reviewer inbox, Slack app or email. The approval request and the reply endpoint are the builder's code", "Signals can't be resolved over HTTP yet, only from another handler (open issue of 5 October 2026)", "Self-hosted ingress and admin ports have no authentication, so the awakeable ID alone resolves a wait there", "The terms say Restate Cloud is free of charge and the privacy statement of 23 February 2022 covers only the website", "Server under BSL 1.1, which isn't an OSI licence, with no security.txt or SECURITY.md found" ], "agentNotes": [ "Create the awakeable, send its ID inside `ctx.run`, then await the promise, so a retry doesn't send a second approval request", "Resolve with `POST /restate/awakeables/\u003cid\u003e/resolve` and a JSON body, or `/reject` with a text reason, which throws a terminal error in the handler", "On Restate Cloud send `Authorization: Bearer key_...` to `https://\u003cenv_id\u003e.env.\u003cregion\u003e.restate.cloud:8080`. On a self-hosted server put an authenticating proxy in front of port 8080", "Wrap the wait in `orTimeout` and decide what a timeout means. Without it the handler waits with no limit", "Retry ingress errors only on 408, 425, 429 or 5xx, and only when `x-restate-error-source` isn't `invocation`" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 73.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 81, "maintenance": 92, "payments": 40, "reliability": 91, "schema": 85, "security": 61, "transparency": 46 }, "provenanceScore": 54 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install --global @restatedev/restate-server@latest @restatedev/restate@latest", "http": "curl localhost:8080/restate/awakeables/sign_1M28aqY6ZfuwBmRnmyP/resolve --json 'true'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http restate-docs https://docs.restate.dev/mcp" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/hitl.approve", "tool": "https://letme.dev/restate" }, "area": "agent-runtime", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Starter plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 75, "note": "5 million actions, 50 actions a second, 5 GB, 3-day history" }, { "item": "Business plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 300, "note": "20 million actions, 200 actions a second, 20 GB, 7-day history" }, { "item": "Premium plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 1000, "note": "50 million actions, 500 actions a second, 50 GB, 30-day history" }, { "item": "Extra durable actions on Starter and Business", "unit": "1k-calls", "usd": 0.025, "note": "$25 per million actions, $15 per million on Premium" }, { "item": "Extra virtual object storage", "unit": "gb-month", "usd": 0.5 } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Restate GmbH", "domain": "restate.dev", "domainRegistered": "2022-02-11", "endpointOnVendorDomain": false, "terms": "https://restate.dev/terms-and-conditions", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "https://status.restate.dev", "changelog": "https://docs.restate.dev/changelog/server", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The imprint names Restate GmbH, Knaackstr. 92, 10435 Berlin, Amtsgericht Charlottenburg HRB 240580 B. The server licence names Restate Software, Inc. and Restate GmbH as licensors.", "The general terms and conditions cover Restate Cloud by name, under German law with Berlin as the place of jurisdiction, and say its use is free of charge, which the pricing page no longer matches.", "No privacy field. The privacy statement at https://restate.dev/privacy is dated 23 February 2022 and covers the website, the newsletter and early code access, not customer data in Restate Cloud, and no other privacy policy was found.", "Restate Cloud environments answer at \u003cenv_id\u003e.env.\u003cregion\u003e.restate.cloud, a different domain from restate.dev.", "https://restate.dev/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 2026-10-08. 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Both do hitl approve.", "verdicts": { "gotohuman": "Built for agent review, with TypeScript and Python SDKs, a 3-tool MCP server, an n8n node and a Make app. No status page, published rate limits or documented error responses.", "restate": "An awakeable pauses a handler at no compute cost and resumes it from one HTTP request, with a durable timeout, on a free plan of 100,000 actions a month. Restate sends nothing to the approver, so the Slack message, email or inbox is the builder's code, and the published terms and privacy statement predate the paid plans." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gotohuman-vs-restate", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gotohuman-vs-restate.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gotohuman-vs-restate.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gotohuman-vs-restate.min.md" }, "markdown": "Restate scores 73.3 (BB) on agent readiness against gotoHuman's 43.6 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do hitl approve.\n\n- gotoHuman: grade E, 43.6/100, rank #670 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gotohuman.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gotohuman.json\n- Restate: grade BB, 73.3/100, rank #78 of 722. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/restate.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/restate.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### gotoHuman (E)\n\nGood for: A team that wants a ready reviewer inbox where people edit AI output before it ships, without building a UI.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: No status page, published rate limits or documented error responses\n\n### Restate (BB)\n\nGood for: A team that already writes agent steps as durable handlers and wants a long, cheap wait for a human answer in TypeScript, Python, Java, Go or Rust, with the option to self-host.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 91 against 20\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 49\n- Agent ergonomics, 81 against 62\n- Security \u0026 auth, 61 against 44\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 92 against 64\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: No reviewer inbox, Slack app or email. The approval request and the reply endpoint are the builder's code\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | gotoHuman | Restate | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 20 | 91 | Restate +71 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 49 | 85 | Restate +36 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 62 | 81 | Restate +19 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 44 | 61 | Restate +17 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 40 | Restate +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 64 | 92 | Restate +28 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 52 | 50 | gotoHuman +2 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **43.6 · E** | **73.3 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | gotoHuman | Restate |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | Model platform |\n| Vendor | gotoHuman | Restate GmbH |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.gotohuman.com` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT (SDKs and MCP server) | BSL 1.1 converting to Apache-2.0 four years after release (server), MIT (SDKs) |\n| Tools exposed | 3 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-24 | 2026-10-01 |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Popularity | none | 4.5k stars, 329k npm/wk, 76k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**gotoHuman.** Built for agent review, with TypeScript and Python SDKs, a 3-tool MCP server, an n8n node and a Make app. No status page, published rate limits or documented error responses.\n\n**Restate.** An awakeable pauses a handler at no compute cost and resumes it from one HTTP request, with a durable timeout, on a free plan of 100,000 actions a month. Restate sends nothing to the approver, so the Slack message, email or inbox is the builder's code, and the published terms and privacy statement predate the paid plans.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### gotoHuman\n\n1. Call `get-form-schema` before `request-human-review-with-form`, since the field data must match the review type\n2. Send `agentId` on every API request, because the API reference marks it required even though the JS SDK doesn't\n3. Pass a `webhookUrl` per request when the review type has no default, or the answer has nowhere to go\n4. Deduplicate webhook calls on the `Idempotency-Key` header, since delivery is at least once\n5. Set your own deadline on the agent side and treat silence as a rejection\n\n### Restate\n\n1. Create the awakeable, send its ID inside `ctx.run`, then await the promise, so a retry doesn't send a second approval request\n2. Resolve with `POST /restate/awakeables/\u003cid\u003e/resolve` and a JSON body, or `/reject` with a text reason, which throws a terminal error in the handler\n3. On Restate Cloud send `Authorization: Bearer key_...` to `https://\u003cenv_id\u003e.env.\u003cregion\u003e.restate.cloud:8080`. On a self-hosted server put an authenticating proxy in front of port 8080\n4. Wrap the wait in `orTimeout` and decide what a timeout means. Without it the handler waits with no limit\n5. Retry ingress errors only on 408, 425, 429 or 5xx, and only when `x-restate-error-source` isn't `invocation`\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, gotoHuman or Restate?\n\nRestate scores 73.3 (BB) on agent readiness against gotoHuman's 43.6 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Can an agent call gotoHuman and Restate without installing anything?\n\ngotoHuman has a hosted endpoint at https://api.gotohuman.com. 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