feat: Add human-in-the-loop interactive mode for Biomni agents

[lxasqjc]

• Add interactive parameter to A1 class for human confirmation workflow
• Implement _get_human_confirmation() method with approve/edit/reject options
• Add plan editing capabilities with multi-line input support
• Display interactive mode status in agent configuration
• Maintain backward compatibility with non-interactive mode (default)
• Add comprehensive documentation with usage examples and API reference

[lxasqjc]

🤝 Human-in-the-Loop Interactive Mode for Biomni Agents

Overview

This PR introduces human-in-the-loop functionality to Biomni agents, enabling interactive sessions where users can review, approve, edit, or reject agent-generated plans before execution. This feature provides users with fine-grained control over agent behavior while maintaining full backward compatibility.

🎯 Key Features

Interactive Mode

• Human Confirmation Workflow: Users can approve, edit, or reject agent plans before execution
• Plan Editing: Multi-line editing capabilities with real-time preview
• User Control: Four options for each agent decision:
  1. ✅ Approve - Proceed with the current plan
  2. ✏️ Edit - Modify the plan before execution
  3. ❌ Reject - Ask agent to regenerate a new plan
  4. 🛑 Stop - Halt execution entirely

Backward Compatibility

• Default Behavior: Interactive mode is disabled by default (interactive=False)
• No Breaking Changes: Existing code continues to work without modifications
• Optional Parameter: Users opt-in to interactive mode explicitly

🔧 Implementation Details

Core Changes

1. Enhanced A1 Class (biomni/agent/a1.py)

class A1:
    def __init__(
        self,
        path: str = "./data",
        interactive: bool = False,  # New parameter
        # ... other parameters
    ):

2. Human Confirmation Method

def _get_human_confirmation(self, plan: str, plan_type: str) -> tuple[bool, str]:
    """
    Get human confirmation for agent plans with editing capabilities.
    
    Returns:
        tuple[bool, str]: (approved, potentially_modified_plan)
    """

3. Configuration Display

• Interactive mode status shown in agent initialization
• Clear visual indicators when human confirmation is required

📚 Usage Examples

Basic Interactive Session

from biomni.agent.a1 import A1

# Create an interactive agent
agent = A1(
    path="./data",
    interactive=True,  # Enable human-in-the-loop
    commercial_mode=True
)

# Agent will now ask for confirmation before executing plans
log, response = agent.go("Create a scatter plot of gene expression data")

Interactive Workflow Example

When interactive mode is enabled, users see:

============================================================
🤖 BIOMNI AGENT - CODE CONFIRMATION
============================================================

📋 Generated code:
----------------------------------------
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# Load gene expression data
data = pd.read_csv('gene_expression.csv')
plt.scatter(data['gene1'], data['gene2'])
plt.show()
----------------------------------------

🤔 What would you like to do?
  1. ✅ Approve and proceed
  2. ✏️  Edit the plan
  3. ❌ Reject and ask agent to regenerate
  4. 🛑 Stop execution

Your choice (1-4): 

Plan Editing Workflow

If user chooses "Edit":

✏️  Edit mode - Current code:
----------------------------------------
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# Load gene expression data  
data = pd.read_csv('gene_expression.csv')
plt.scatter(data['gene1'], data['gene2'])
plt.show()
----------------------------------------

Enter your modifications (press Enter twice to finish):
# Add title and labels
plt.title('Gene Expression Correlation')
plt.xlabel('Gene 1 Expression')  
plt.ylabel('Gene 2 Expression')

✅ Plan updated! Proceeding with modified version...

Non-Interactive Mode (Default)

# Standard usage - no human confirmation required
agent = A1(path="./data")  # interactive=False by default
log, response = agent.go("Analyze protein interaction data")
# Executes automatically without user input

🧪 Testing

The implementation includes comprehensive testing covering:

• ✅ Approval Workflow: Plans approved and executed unchanged
• ✅ Rejection Workflow: Plans rejected and regeneration requested
• ✅ Editing Workflow: Plans modified by user before execution
• ✅ Backward Compatibility: Non-interactive mode works as before
• ✅ Configuration Display: Interactive status properly shown

Test Results

🎯 Overall result: ALL TESTS PASSED

🎉 Human-in-the-loop functionality is working correctly!
   Users can now:
   • Approve agent plans before execution
   • Edit plans to customize behavior  
   • Reject plans they don't want executed

📖 Documentation

New Documentation Added

• docs/HUMAN_IN_THE_LOOP.md: Comprehensive guide covering:
  • Feature overview and benefits
  • Installation and setup instructions
  • Detailed usage examples
  • API reference
  • Best practices and troubleshooting

API Reference

A1.__init__(
    interactive: bool = False,  # Enable human-in-the-loop mode
    # ... other parameters remain unchanged
)

A1._get_human_confirmation(
    plan: str,      # The generated plan to review
    plan_type: str  # Type of plan (e.g., "code", "analysis")
) -> tuple[bool, str]  # (approved, potentially_modified_plan)

🔄 Workflow Integration

Interactive Mode Flow

1. Agent Generates Plan: Based on user query
2. Human Review: User sees formatted plan with options
3. User Decision: Approve, Edit, Reject, or Stop
4. Plan Modification (if editing): Multi-line input with preview
5. Execution: Proceed with approved/modified plan

Langgraph Integration

The feature integrates seamlessly with the existing Langgraph StateGraph architecture, adding human confirmation nodes where appropriate without disrupting the agent's decision-making flow.

🎉 Benefits

For Researchers

• Quality Control: Review agent plans before execution
• Learning Tool: Understand agent reasoning and decision-making
• Customization: Modify plans to match specific requirements

For Production Use

• Risk Mitigation: Human oversight for critical operations
• Compliance: Meet requirements for human-supervised AI systems
• Flexibility: Balance automation with human control

For Development

• Debugging: Step through agent logic interactively
• Testing: Validate agent behavior with human feedback
• Iteration: Refine prompts and logic based on interactive sessions

🔧 Configuration

Environment Setup

No additional dependencies required. The feature uses standard Python input/output for user interaction.

Integration Examples

# Research workflow with human oversight
research_agent = A1(
    path="./research_data",
    interactive=True,
    llm="gpt-4o",
    commercial_mode=False  # Full academic datasets
)

# Production workflow with commercial datasets  
production_agent = A1(
    path="./production_data", 
    interactive=True,
    commercial_mode=True,  # Commercial-licensed datasets only
    timeout_seconds=300
)

📝 Files Changed

• biomni/agent/a1.py: Core interactive functionality implementation
• docs/HUMAN_IN_THE_LOOP.md: Comprehensive documentation and examples

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Ready for Review: This PR is fully tested and backward-compatible. The interactive mode provides powerful human oversight capabilities while maintaining the existing API for non-interactive use cases.

[kexinhuang12345]

This is really cool - will test out and merge