autoresearchclaw-gate-stages-hitl-mcp-pattern

AutoResearchClaw has 3 gate stages (5, 9, 20) that require human-in-the-loop approval before the pipeline continues. The MCP server exposes researchclaw_approve_gate and researchclaw_reject_gate tools so ORACLE Hermes can act as the programmatic HITL reviewer. Rejection requires a reason field that feeds back into the next stage. Never leave gate stages unattended — the pipeline blocks indefinitely until a gate decision is made.