# Human Review Gate

Version 1.1 · Kramaniti Kosh

## Intended outcome

An explicit approval decision with evidence and a next owner.

## Before you begin

- The proposed action or final wording
- Evidence, assumptions and unresolved questions
- An authorised decision owner

## How to use

1. Place this gate before a consequential action, such as publication or a system change.
2. Present the exact proposed action and evidence to the named approver. A draft recommendation is not approval.
3. Record the approver’s actual decision and any conditions. Proceed only within what was explicitly approved.

## Working template

## Decision prompt

What exactly needs approval, revision, or rejection?

## Why review is required

Describe the customer, claim, commitment, financial, legal, system, or reputational consequence.

## Evidence needed

- Sources or inputs reviewed
- Assumptions and unknowns
- Options and trade-offs
- Recommended action

## Decision

- Approve
- Approve with changes
- Return for revision
- Reject

## Record

Decision owner:

Decision date:

Reasoning:

Next owner and next action:

## Demonstration

This is an illustrative scenario, not a client case study or a measured result. Do not reuse its details as facts about your work.

A draft announcement is ready for editorial review but contains an unsupported result claim.

### Sample inputs

Demonstration inputs only: final draft supplied; the result claim has no source; publication is waiting for editorial approval.

### Example output

#### Decision prompt
Approve, revise or reject the supplied announcement for publication.

#### Evidence needed
Final wording, support for the result claim and publication permission.

#### Recommended next step
[Recommendation] Return for revision because the result claim is unsupported. This recommendation is not the approver’s decision.

#### Decision record
Decision: pending.
Owner: [Name the approver].
Date: [Complete after review].
Conditions: [Record the approver’s exact conditions].

#### Next state
Hold publication until the authorised owner records approval of the final wording.

## Quality check

The exact action is visible; recommendations and approvals are distinct; the decision record is completed by the authorised owner.

## Limits and human review

The template records a decision. It does not establish a person’s authority or replace approval required by the organisation. Keep consequential actions with the named human owner.

## Edition notes

Version 1.1 adds setup guidance, an illustrative example and a review checklist. Provider-neutral Markdown instructions; no installation or platform compatibility is implied. Runtime behaviour has not been verified across AI providers. Reuse terms have not yet been published.