Start with the no-go list
Before any automation, write down what must never be published without legal or compliance review. This is where most teams cut corners and regret it later.
In regulated sectors, a clear no-go list is not optional. It is the minimum for safe scaling.
Build a publish contract, not a wish list
Quill performs best when every stage is explicit: source signal, draft output, review owner, and publish channel. Ambiguity creates rework.
Treat metadata as first-class. Category, audience, confidence score, and review state should travel with every draft.
- Hard-stop triggers for risk language and sensitive claims
- Named reviewer by stream, with escalation fallback
- Full idempotency on publish actions to avoid duplicates
Measure what matters
Throughput alone is a vanity metric. The useful measures are correction rate post-review, time to approval, and downstream engagement quality.
When those three stabilise, content velocity becomes a by-product rather than the main target.
