# Designing AI Workflows That Stay Accountable

> AI can accelerate operational work with explicit state, controlled actions, review points, and visible exception paths.

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AI can accelerate operational work without becoming a black box. The key is explicit state, controlled actions, review points, and visible exception paths.

## Keep workflow state outside the model

Let the application own the official state and transitions so the process stays testable, queryable, and recoverable.


## Separate recommendations from actions

Match each system action with the appropriate validation, permission, and human review policy.


## Make exceptions visible

Route incomplete inputs and failed integrations into an exception path with the relevant context attached.


## Preserve an activity history

Record the sources, outputs, validations, approvals, edits, and state changes that produced each important result.


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