diff --git a/.buildkite/pipelines/quality-gates/pipeline.tests-production.yaml b/.buildkite/pipelines/quality-gates/pipeline.tests-production.yaml
index 5a0738ead7d9c..f2a96d0e23f92 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipelines/quality-gates/pipeline.tests-production.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipelines/quality-gates/pipeline.tests-production.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+env:
+  TEAM_CHANNEL: "#kibana-serverless-release"
+  ENVIRONMENT: "production"
+
 steps:
   - label: ":pipeline::fleet::seedling: Trigger Observability Kibana Tests for ${ENVIRONMENT}"
     command: echo "replace me with Observability specific Kibana tests"
@@ -8,3 +12,10 @@ steps:
     command: echo "replace me with Security specific Kibana tests"
     agent:
       image: "docker.elastic.co/ci-agent-images/basic-buildkite-agent:1688566364"
+
+  - wait: ~
+
+  - label: ":judge::seedling: Trigger Manual Tests Phase"
+    command: "make -C /agent trigger-manual-verification-phase"
+    agents:
+      image: "docker.elastic.co/ci-agent-images/manual-verification-agent:0.0.1"
diff --git a/.buildkite/pipelines/quality-gates/pipeline.tests-qa.yaml b/.buildkite/pipelines/quality-gates/pipeline.tests-qa.yaml
index 669b306bc2ceb..1c9047c38ae92 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipelines/quality-gates/pipeline.tests-qa.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipelines/quality-gates/pipeline.tests-qa.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+env:
+  TEAM_CHANNEL: "#kibana-serverless-release"
+  ENVIRONMENT: "qa"
+
 steps:
   - label: ":pipeline::kibana::seedling: Trigger Kibana Tests for ${ENVIRONMENT}"
     command: echo "replace me with Kibana specific tests"
@@ -18,3 +22,10 @@ steps:
     command: echo "replace me with Control Plane specific Kibana tests"
     agent:
       image: "docker.elastic.co/ci-agent-images/basic-buildkite-agent:1688566364"
+
+  - wait: ~
+
+  - label: ":judge::seedling: Trigger Manual Tests Phase"
+    command: "make -C /agent trigger-manual-verification-phase"
+    agents:
+      image: "docker.elastic.co/ci-agent-images/manual-verification-agent:0.0.1"
diff --git a/.buildkite/pipelines/quality-gates/pipeline.tests-staging.yaml b/.buildkite/pipelines/quality-gates/pipeline.tests-staging.yaml
index 5a0738ead7d9c..bb2381df1fd28 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipelines/quality-gates/pipeline.tests-staging.yaml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipelines/quality-gates/pipeline.tests-staging.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+env:
+  TEAM_CHANNEL: "#kibana-serverless-release"
+  ENVIRONMENT: "staging"
+
 steps:
   - label: ":pipeline::fleet::seedling: Trigger Observability Kibana Tests for ${ENVIRONMENT}"
     command: echo "replace me with Observability specific Kibana tests"
@@ -8,3 +12,10 @@ steps:
     command: echo "replace me with Security specific Kibana tests"
     agent:
       image: "docker.elastic.co/ci-agent-images/basic-buildkite-agent:1688566364"
+
+  - wait: ~
+
+  - label: ":judge::seedling: Trigger Manual Tests Phase"
+    command: "make -C /agent trigger-manual-verification-phase"
+    agents:
+      image: "docker.elastic.co/ci-agent-images/manual-verification-agent:0.0.1"