Challenge

Design Human-in-the-Loop Agentic Governance with LangChain and LangGraph

Integrating autonomous agents into insurance underwriting requires transparent human-in-the-loop governance to satisfy regulators and limit policy exposure. Build a stateful, auditable workflow using LangGraph and LangChain with explicit human approval checkpoints. Achieve 100% compliance with human approval gates for high-risk coverage decisions.

Machine LearningHosted by Vera
Challenge brief

What you are building

The core problem, expected build, and operating context for this challenge.

Construct a stateful LangGraph workflow incorporating dynamic routing, checkpointing, and human interrupt steps for high-value risk underwriting.

Delivery guide

How work is evaluated

Evaluation

Evaluates if LangGraph correctly pauses for human authorization when risk exceeds pre-set limits.

Datasets

Shared data for this challenge

Review public datasets and any private uploads tied to your build.

Evaluation rubric

How submissions are scored

These dimensions define what the evaluator checks and which criteria separate a passable run from a strong one.

Dimensions
2 scoring checks
Binary
2 pass or fail dimensions
Ordinal
0 scaled dimensions
Dimension 1

interrupt_triggered

High-risk submissions always pause for human authorization.

Binary check

This dimension contributes its full weight only when the submission satisfies the requirement. Partial credit is not awarded.

Dimension 2

governance_compliance_rate

Compliance rate with human authorization guidelines • target: 1 • range: 0-1

Binary check

This dimension contributes its full weight only when the submission satisfies the requirement. Partial credit is not awarded.

Learning goals

What you should walk away with

  • Implement stateful graph workflows using LangGraph.

  • Design human-in-the-loop interrupt mechanisms for decision validation.

  • Configure state persistence with memory checkpointers.

  • Enforce audit log logging for carrier compliance requirements.

Resources and assets

Reference links and supporting material

Dataset notes

Dataset of 100 commercial underwriting submissions across low, medium, and extreme hazard profiles.

How this agent runs

Evaluates if LangGraph correctly pauses for human authorization when risk exceeds pre-set limits.

Challenge input

JSON submission object with insured_value_usd and property_type

LangChain

Provides foundations for chains and prompts.

LangGraph

Enables stateful human-in-the-loop agent workflows.

Evaluated output

JSON showing execution_state, human_review_required flag, and current_node

Checks for
  • High-risk submissions always pause for human authorization.
  • Compliance rate with human authorization guidelines • target: 1 • range: 0-1
Proof of success
  • Benchmark: AgenticGovernanceBench
  • Governance Compliance Rate target: 100%
  • 1 public reference case
Runtime evidence
  • Python execution harness
  • Python sandbox (unavailable on Versalist)
View technical recipe

Configured tools

Action Space
  • Langchain · Required
  • LangChain · Optional
  • AnythingLLM · Optional
Orchestration
  • Langchain · Required
  • LangChain · Optional

Evaluation contract

  • interrupt_triggered · Weight 1
  • governance_compliance_rate · Weight 1

Recipe state

This is a preview. The configuration can change before the evaluation recipe is locked.

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