AI handoff approval workflow

Approve durable AI guidance without turning draft notes into public claims.

Use this page when the guiding-principles and guardrail files need an owner decision. It separates positive feedback, exact approval language, and technical appendices so future AI-assisted passes do not infer approval from a casual note.

Owner signal

look good

Recurring positive review signal. Keep as pending explicit decision until Mike chooses approve, approve-with-edits, narrow, replace, quarantine, or leave generated.

Guiding principles

Positive Signal

Purpose, stack priority, and evidence discipline are drafted; promote only after the exact wording is approved.

Guardrails

Positive Signal

No-go wording stays visible for review; it does not become an approved instruction until the owner selects an exact decision.

Decision-ready guidance

Copy the exact instruction when ready.

Each option gives the next pass unambiguous wording: approve, keep in review, or approve with edits.

Approve both as-isApprove guiding principles and safety anchors as written.
Keep in owner reviewKeep guiding principles and safety anchors in owner review.
Approve with editsApprove the guidance with the following edits: [paste exact edits].

Current decision state

Positive feedback is logged; durable approval is still pending.

The main cards show owner-readable status. The appendix preserves the exact source file and approval phrase.

Current Architecture Work

Guiding principles

positive signal; final decision available

Technical appendix

Reference file: .uai/totem.uai

Approve .uai/totem.uai as-is and mark it user-confirmed.
Current Architecture Work

Guardrails

positive signal; final decision available

Technical appendix

Reference file: .uai/taboo.uai

Approve .uai/taboo.uai as-is and mark it user-confirmed.

Structured decision packets

Give the next pass exact context.

Copy a packet when a future update needs machine-readable decision state instead of another summary paragraph.

Owner Review

Approve both anchors

Promote both .uai/totem.uai and .uai/taboo.uai to user-confirmed after Mike sends the exact approval phrase.

Owner Review

Approve both safety anchors as-is

Manual future pass may promote both anchors to user-confirmed after this exact text is provided.

Technical resources

Reviewer note

Handoff approval workflow.

This route separates positive feedback, exact approval phrases, and technical appendices so future AI passes can use owner-controlled guidance without guessing.

Positive Signal