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Field note

Designing work people can review

A field note on context, drafts, and human decisions.

Start with bounded work

Choose one familiar task, one agreed source format, and one draft output. Write down what is outside the task before introducing automation. A draft of a record is not permission to update a business system.

Keep the source beside the draft

For each proposed value, preserve the source passage and its location. Separate an explicit statement from an interpretation. If a source is missing or contradictory, leave the value unresolved rather than filling the gap with a plausible answer.

Make correction part of human review

A reviewer compares the draft with its source, corrects ambiguous fields, and records why a change was needed. Approval and rejection are distinct decisions. Review must happen before the output is used; a confident-looking draft does not replace accountability.

Stop and return to a manual path

Stop when the format is unsupported, evidence conflicts, or the reviewer cannot resolve a value. Keep the original available and hand the task back for manual entry or clarification. A useful boundary lets a person finish the work without depending on the preview.

Synthetic workflow example
Invented source: delivery window is unclear
Draft: delivery window unresolved → source passage attached
Human review: request clarification → correct or reject
Stop: no clarification → manual follow-up, no automatic update

Local editorial preview · synthetic examples · not an outcome promise.