Design the human-in-the-loop approval gate
Rung 4 of 10 · Constraints + negative instructions
1 · Learn the move · Constraints + negative instructions
Mark every step where a human must approve before it fires. Anything client-facing, money-moving, or Fair Housing-sensitive never sends unreviewed. In a Cowork routine that means the skill stops and waits for your yes. The gate is the difference between leverage and a license complaint.
You are a workflow designer. Take my lead-reply workflow and add a human approval gate: AI may draft, but nothing sends until I approve. List exactly which steps must never auto-send and why. [workflow]
2 · Your turn — you write the prompt
Your AI-drafted lead replies could go straight to clients unread. Write a prompt that inserts an approval checkpoint so nothing reaches a client until you've seen it.
Remember: the AI sees only your prompt — not this page. If the situation isn't in your prompt, it doesn't exist.
Optional — these shape the output when you run your prompt below, not your score.