What is Approval Gate?
A checkpoint where a named person reviews and signs off before an AI tool, workflow or output is shared more widely or sent to a client. It keeps a person accountable for what goes out.
named sign-off · then out to the client
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The intake workflow stops at an approval gate, where Ben reads the AI-drafted advice letter and signs off before it reaches the client.
In the illustration
A finished document stops at the gate. The review lens passes over it and the reviewer's initialled tag drops onto the hook; only then the bolt draws back and the gate lifts toward the CLIENT chute.
Add an approval gate to this sample client-update workflow in your legal AI tool: where it sits, who signs off, what they must check, and what happens if they say no. Flag any step that could skip it.
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