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Refund approval example

A synthetic refund shows how Relay reviews a money-moving action before it happens

Review outcome

Amount
$420
Decision
Owner review
Next step
Owner review
Blocked
Refund and message

Review flow

The proposed refund becomes a review decision before anything changes

  1. 01

    Refund proposed

    Agent proposes a refund for order CO-1007and a customer notification

  2. 02

    Policy checked

    Relay checks the refund againstthe merchant approval threshold

  3. 03

    Owner review required

    Relay pauses this refunduntil owner review is complete

  4. 04

    Execution blocked

    No payment is sentand no customer message leaves the system

Review checkpoint

Relay pauses this refund until the owner reviews it.

Blocked until owner approval

Refund payment

Payment stays blocked

Customer confirmation

Message stays blocked

Decision record

The decision stays inspectable without exposing private data

Scenario
Over-threshold refund
Proposed action
Refund order
Target
Order CO-1007
Amount at risk
$420
Decision
Owner review
Runtime instruction
Pause for owner review
Allowed next step
Prepare owner review
Blocked actions
Refund payment; customer confirmation
Record
Review record 001
Trace
Refund review trace

Run locally

Test the refund review with synthetic data

Run the refund example
git clone https://github.com/neurarelay/relay-action-card.git
cd relay-action-card
npm ci
npm run verify:commerceops-fire-drill

What this example shows

Neura Relay reviews the proposed refund, returns a clear decision, and keeps execution inside the runtime

It does not claim production integration, provider approval, certification, real merchant adoption, or downstream execution by Neura

What Relay controls

Relay reviews the refund and returns the decision. Execution stays with the runtime.

  • Synthetic data only
  • No real Shopify store touched
  • No real payment touched
  • No customer message sent
  • No provider approval or certification claimed
  • Relay does not execute downstream actions