Guide

Designing a human-approved AI workflow

How to decide which AI actions run automatically and which wait for a person, with a simple approval model you can apply today.

Updated · Maqron

In short

Let AI run reversible, low-cost work on its own and require a person to approve anything that costs money, contacts people or cannot be undone. Review approvals in one queue so they never block you for long.

Sort actions by risk

  • Reversible and free: research, outlines, drafts. Run automatically.
  • Costs money: tool use, subscriptions. Approve or cap.
  • Irreversible or public: sending, publishing. Always approve.

Keep one approval queue

Scattered approvals get ignored. One list with the action, its cost and its reason lets you decide in seconds.

Record every decision

Approvals and rejections are data. Over time they show which actions can safely move to automatic.

Choose a mode per business

Some businesses need tight control, others benefit from speed. Pick the mode that matches the risk, not a single rule for everything.

In Maqron

Co-founder mode makes every tool use wait for owner approval. Auto-pilot acts only within your limits. Scheduled mode runs at set times. Each action is written to the activity history.

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