Describe a WorkSteps rule in plain English

Choose an approved block, type when it applies in plain English, inspect the complete proposed change and save it deliberately as a draft.

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Choose an approved block, type when it applies in plain English, inspect the complete proposed change and save it deliberately as a draft.

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Plain English to a checked draft

  1. Load the current WorkSteps draft

    Load the current WorkSteps draft

    Load the EN-400 enclosure procedure from WorkSteps. Its centre support bar block is included when there are six or more panels.

  2. Choose the panel support block

    Choose the panel support block

    Choose Edit the panel support block, the approved block that fits the centre support bar. A proposal can change when the block applies, never the step itself.

  3. Type the requirement in plain English

    Type the requirement in plain English

    Type the requirement as the team wrote it: include this block when there are four or more panels.

  4. Ask for a proposal

    Ask for a proposal

    Ask for a proposal. The AI returns the complete change to this block. Nothing is saved until you choose to save it.

  5. Read the restatement of the rule

    Read the restatement of the rule

    Read the restatement: when the number of panels is at least 4, the panel support block applies.

  6. Inspect the proposed condition

    Inspect the proposed condition

    Inspect the condition in the same controls WorkSteps uses: the number of panels is at least 4, a whole number from 1 to 12.

  7. Check what will be saved

    Check what will be saved

    Read what the change will save, field by field, each value under its own name.

  8. Check the block keeps its approved step

    Check the block keeps its approved step

    Check that the block still holds its one approved step, Fit the centre support bar. The instruction and its check are unchanged.

  9. Confirm you checked the whole proposal

    Confirm you checked the whole proposal

    Confirm that you checked the condition and the block’s step. WorkSteps still validates the whole procedure when it saves.

  10. Save the proposal as a draft

    Save the proposal as a draft

    Save the proposal as a draft. Saving does not approve, publish or apply the rule: the expected routes, proof and an independent review come next.

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Only a draft was saved. The expected routes, the native proof and an independent review come next.

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