AI automation approval checklist
A reusable control checklist for intent, evidence, authority, side effects, approval and auditability.
How to use it
Copy, assign owners, then attach real evidence.
A checklist is useful only if each item has an owner and a verifiable state. Do not mark an item complete because a tool returned a green badge.
- [ ] Allowed intent and prohibited actions listed - [ ] Evidence required before approval defined - [ ] Authority/identity of approver specified - [ ] External side effects enumerated - [ ] Failure and ambiguous-state behavior set to fail closed where appropriate - [ ] Approval and execution events retained in an audit trail
Checklist
What complete should mean.
Allowed intent and prohibited actions listed
Evidence required before approval defined
Authority/identity of approver specified
External side effects enumerated
Failure and ambiguous-state behavior set to fail closed where appropriate
Approval and execution events retained in an audit trail
The template is an operating aid, not certification.
Use the checklist to structure evidence, ownership and review. It does not replace the authoritative system, regulator, specialist audit, legal advice or professional judgement that may apply to the underlying job.