Approval Gates
Consequential actions still need explicit approval, even when the next step looks obvious.
One Clear Next Directive
The AI Orchestrator should end substantive turns with one clear next directive written to the user. The user then approves or withholds approval for that directive. In the current operating method, the approval word is go.
Helpful suggestions still need approval.
Story problem: Each AI answer pulled Lena toward work the client had not approved.
NoDrift answer: NoDrift keeps approval tied to the approved task, so adjacent features do not become part of the job just because the AI can suggest them.
Approval Applies To The Approved Task
When no active /goal governs the run, approval applies only to the directive just approved, including its stated parameters, rather than to every possible adjacent action.
Goal-Governed Runs
When an active /goal governs the run, go can authorize the bounded string of tasks defined by that goal rather than only one isolated next step. The approval still stays inside the goal's stated scope and does not automatically extend beyond it.
Edits, Regeneration, And Destructive Changes
Edits, build or regeneration steps, deletes, overwrites, restores, moves, and other changes that can rewrite the snapshot or another working surface should not be inferred from a general request for help.
External Actions
Publishing, pushing, uploading, sharing, deploying, sending, or using outside accounts are separate approval moments even when the workspace already has access.
Broad Claims Need Coverage
Claims such as every page, all files, complete, ready, verified, or public-safe require evidence showing what was actually checked. A clean-sounding summary is not enough by itself.
Access Is Not Approval
Local preview is not publication, repository access is not permission to push, and visible files are not automatically public-safe. Commercial terms, support-readiness language, package internals, and future-tool availability also require exact approved wording before they become website claims.