Responsible work is an operating system, not a disclaimer at the bottom of a prompt.
Minimum control set
- Named owner for the workflow.
- Narrow input and permission scope.
- Test cases for normal and risky conditions.
- Logs for source, output, approval and action.
- Stop conditions and human escalation.
- Recovery plan for a wrong or partial action.
- Review date for sources, prompts, models and policy.
Before deployment
Write the exact sentence that justifies automation:
We allow this system to perform this action because these tests passed, these permissions are limited, this owner reviews exceptions and this recovery path is available.
If the sentence cannot be completed with evidence, the workflow is not ready for that level of autonomy.
Mariete products can implement parts of this operating model, but the accountable owner and policy remain outside the product.