01
Request
Agent describes the goalHuman action for AI agents,
built into your app.
One simple APIGive AI agents
Humans on demand
Give AI agents
real-world reach.
Humans on demandLet your agent hire and coordinate a person to complete physical tasks—then return live updates and proof to your product.
How it works
From agent request
to real-world result.
Your product sets the rules. Handoff finds the human execution path and keeps the agent informed from start to finish.
02
Approve
Confirm price and limits03
Execute
A person does the work04
Verify
Agent receives proofLIVE UPDATESSent back to your app
What the API gives you
Everything an agent needs
to hire a human.
READY TO BUILD
Add human action to an agent without building dispatch, payments, tracking, or exception handling yourself.
01
$18.40
Price the task
Give the agent cost and timing before it asks for approval.
02
Hire a person
Turn approved instructions into a real job for a human operator.
03
01
Keep the context
Carry the goal, location, instructions, progress, and result in one record.
04
Update the agent
Stream progress and questions back into the agent's workflow.
05
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Handle exceptions
Bring in human judgment when the real world does not follow the plan.
06
Control permissions
Choose which agents and workflows may create human-executed tasks.
07
72%
Set spending limits
Keep every agent inside the budgets and boundaries you choose.
08
See every outcome
Know what is active, delayed, completed, or waiting for a decision.
HANDOFF / TASK_0057 IN PROGRESS
AGENT-REQUESTED TASKFind and collect an item
HANDOFFACTIVE
QUOTE$18.40 ready
AI AGENTApproved
HUMAN OPERATOROn the way
OUTCOMEProof pending
CURRENT STATUSHuman operator heading to the task
Human active
The human execution layer
Your agent decides.
A person acts.
Handoff gives AI agents a controlled way to hire people for work that software cannot do alone. Send the goal and boundaries; we coordinate the human and return the result.
Approve the taskwith price and limitsFollow the humanfrom inside the agentReceive proofwhen the work is done
What agents can do
Give agents the ability
to act, not just answer.
Handoff turns agent intent into human action while your product stays in control of the experience.
Hire a person for a task
Let an AI agent send a trusted human to buy, pick up, deliver, inspect, wait, or handle something in person.
Keep the agent informed
Return the assigned person, live progress, questions, and completion details to the agent as the work happens.
Handle the unexpected
Route questions and changing conditions to a human so the task can keep moving safely.
Built for agent-powered products
Useful wherever software needs a person.
Add a human execution layer to assistants, commerce, marketplaces, and operations tools.
A human completes the taskAGENT → APPROVE → HUMAN ACTION
AI agents and assistants
Let an agent hire a person to run an errand, buy an item, visit a location, or complete another approved task.
FIND → BUY → HAND OFF
Shopping and commerce apps
Let an agent find an item, arrange the purchase, and send a person to pick it up or deliver it.
ORDER → COURIER → PROOF
Marketplaces and platforms
Add pickup and delivery to an order without building your own courier operations from scratch.
RETURN → PICK UP → CONFIRM
Returns and exchanges
Let customers schedule a return pickup and see when the item makes it back to the store or seller.
DISPATCH → CHECK → REPORT
Field work and operations
Send a person to inspect a location, photograph an issue, wait for a service, or confirm that work was completed.
Start with one agent skillGive your agent one
Give your agent one
real-world ability.
Choose one physical task the agent should be able to hand to a person, then expand from there.
- 01 Define the task your agent can request
- 02 Set approvals, spending limits, and instructions
- 03 Return human updates and proof to the agent
Common questions
What developers and users need to know.
What can an AI agent do with Handoff?+
It can request and pay for approved real-world work: buying an item, making a pickup, delivering something, visiting a location, waiting for a service, or completing another clearly defined task.
Who does the physical work?+
A human operator accepts and completes the task. Handoff coordinates the person, instructions, progress, questions, and proof of completion.
How do I keep an agent under control?+
Your product sets the permissions, approval rules, spending limits, and task boundaries before an agent can hire anyone.
Does the user have to leave my app?+
No. Your product or agent owns the experience while Handoff provides the human execution layer behind it.
What happens when the real world changes?+
Handoff returns questions and exceptions to your workflow and can bring in human judgment instead of letting the agent guess.