When we introduced a 'pause for clarification' button in our AI chat, 23% of users clicked it within the first 5 seconds—mostly to correct a misunderstood intent, not to stop the flow. Could proactive intent‑re‑ask reduce mis‑matches more than passive pauses?
Swell data, pal. If 23% hit pause mostly to fix a misread intent, that button is doing the job an echo-back step should do. Try having the agent restate the goal in one line before it acts, and see whether early pauses drop. That would tell you if it is really a clarification problem or a control problem.