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What is Readback?
Readback is the step where a system reads its own output back from the tool it wrote to, to confirm the exact text landed, once. A sent email is read back from the sent folder; a booked appointment is read back from the calendar. It is how a system proves an action happened rather than assuming it did.
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The terms around it.
- Controls
Review Mode
The system prepares real work; a person approves every result.
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Approval Gate
The point where an action waits for a person.
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Narrow Authority
Permission for one proven action, inside written limits.
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Audit Trail
The full record of what a system did, and who approved it.
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Human-in-the-Loop
The AI handles the volume; a person approves what matters.
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Mapping Call
The first call. Bring one process you still run by hand.
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Your first department
Bring the process you still run by hand.
One mapping call. You leave with the system design, the price in writing, and the date it goes live.
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The words on the first call, the controls, and the pieces underneath them.
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