Principal-led architecture for critical systems

Checklist

Human-Reviewed AI Workflow Checklist

A checklist for separating proposed work from executed action and preserving named human authority.

Decision resourceUse the artifact with a named owner
Resource type
Checklist
Version
1.48.0
Decision
A workflow uses AI, but authority, reviewer responsibilities, overrides, refusals, and execution boundaries are unclear.

Purpose and use

A workflow uses AI, but authority, reviewer responsibilities, overrides, refusals, and execution boundaries are unclear.

Who should use it

Enterprise, Government, Partner decision owners, technical owners, reviewers, and delivery partners.

Decision supported

A workflow uses AI, but authority, reviewer responsibilities, overrides, refusals, and execution boundaries are unclear.

Authority

For each item, record the responsible owner, evidence, and whether the answer is Yes, Partly, No, Unknown, or Not applicable when the worksheet format supports it.

  • Identify every consequential action
  • Separate recommendation, approval, and execution
  • Name reviewer roles and required expertise
  • Define actions the system may never execute automatically
  • Define escalation for disputed, unknown, or high-impact cases

Review experience

For each item, record the responsible owner, evidence, and whether the answer is Yes, Partly, No, Unknown, or Not applicable when the worksheet format supports it.

  • Show source support and material uncertainty
  • Support approve, reject, edit, block, and escalate
  • Record reviewer identity, rationale, override, and timestamp
  • Prevent default approval through ambiguous interface design
  • Make refusal and insufficient evidence visible

Operations

For each item, record the responsible owner, evidence, and whether the answer is Yes, Partly, No, Unknown, or Not applicable when the worksheet format supports it.

  • Set review sampling and calibration cadence
  • Monitor false acceptance and false rejection
  • Version prompts, models, data, and policies
  • Define rollback and incident review
  • Retain evidence appropriate to the workflow
Usage boundary: Does not determine legal sufficiency or replace client policy, risk, security, or domain review.

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