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Safe AI Workflow Checklist.

Use this before connecting AI to anything live, sensitive, expensive, or reputation-bearing. One workflow. One owner. One boundary. One review rhythm.

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Checklist

Work through these before the first real pilot.

1. Workflow

  • The workflow is specific enough to name in one sentence.
  • The task already happens regularly.
  • The first version can run on copied, read-only, or non-sensitive material.
  • Success can be seen within 30 days.

2. Boundary

  • The AI has the smallest useful access.
  • Live systems are excluded unless explicitly approved.
  • The work happens in a safe folder, sandbox, second account, or contained workspace.
  • Sensitive, HR, payroll, customer, legal, and production data are excluded by default.

3. Accountability

  • One human owner is accountable for the workflow.
  • The AI responsibilities are written down.
  • Approval remains human.
  • Exceptions are routed to a named person.

4. Review

  • Outputs are reviewed daily in week one.
  • Mistakes become explicit rules or stop conditions.
  • The workflow has an exception log.
  • There is a clear point where the pilot is stopped, narrowed, or expanded.

5. POC charter

  • The purpose, boundary, owner, data sources, tools, and review rhythm are written down.
  • The POC has a start date and decision date.
  • The team knows what good looks like.
  • The board, boss, or client explanation is plain enough to repeat.

6. Next decision

  • Continue only if the workflow saves time, reduces misses, or improves visibility.
  • Narrow if the value appears in only one sub-task.
  • Stop if access risk rises faster than evidence of value.
  • Do not expand until the current boundary is stable.

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Start At The Edge is the paid 30-day version.

The paid briefing turns this checklist into a sequence: workflow choice, safe access, AI RACI, POC charter, review rhythm, and a board or client-ready explanation.

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