human-auth-delegation

Agent Building

Overview of how Human Phone authorization and delegation artifacts work. For specific capability handling, see the individual human-auth-* skills.

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Human Auth Delegation Overview

When a task requires real-world data or sensitive authorization, you call request_human_auth. The human on their phone approves and may return a delegation artifact — a file containing the data you need.

How It Works

You call request_human_auth(capability, instruction, ...).
The human sees an authorization page on their phone.
They approve/reject and optionally attach data (photo, audio, coordinates, code, credentials, etc.).
You receive a result with artifact_path and artifact_summary.
You decide what to do next based on the artifact and current screen state.

Artifact Result Format

After request_human_auth returns, the tool result contains:

status: approved / rejected / timeout
artifact_path: local file path to the saved artifact
artifact_summary: structured key-value description (kind, size, fields, etc.)

What to Do With the Artifact

Each capability has its own skill with detailed handling instructions:

Capability	Skill	Typical Artifact
camera	human-auth-camera	Photo file (JPEG/PNG)
photos	human-auth-photos	Photo file(s)
microphone	human-auth-microphone	Audio file (WebM/OGG)
location	human-auth-location	JSON with lat/lon
oauth	human-auth-oauth	JSON with credentials
payment	human-auth-payment	JSON with card fields
sms, 2fa	human-auth-sms-2fa	JSON with code text
qr	human-auth-qr	JSON with scanned text
nfc	human-auth-nfc	JSON/binary NFC data
biometric	human-auth-biometric	Approval signal
contacts, calendar, files	human-auth-contacts-data	JSON/file data

Use read(<skill_location>) to load the relevant skill for detailed instructions.

Key Principles

You decide. The runtime only saves the artifact. You choose how to apply it.
Redo the flow. The app's UI may have changed while waiting for human auth. After receiving the artifact, you typically need to:
- Press Back (keyevent KEYCODE_BACK) to exit the current screen (camera preview, file picker, etc.)
- Push/prepare the data (adb push, type_text, geo fix, etc.)
- Re-navigate to the point where the data is needed (re-open picker, re-focus input field)
- Complete the action (select file, tap submit, etc.)
Read the artifact first. For JSON artifacts (credentials, codes, coordinates), call read(<artifact_path>) to get the actual values. OTP values are not in the session log.
Clean up sensitive data. Delete credential/payment artifacts after use: exec("rm <path>").
File artifacts are auto-pushed. When you receive a file artifact (image, audio, etc.), the runtime automatically pushes it to /sdcard/Download/ on Agent Phone and runs media scan. The result includes device_path=/sdcard/Download/openpocket-human-auth-<ts>.<ext> — this is the path you use in file pickers. You do NOT need to manually adb push.