Author a plain English automation rule

Compile an exact plain English condition with retained offline evidence, then review and adopt it.

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Author a plain English automation rule

  1. Open the prepared rule draft

    Open the prepared rule draft.

    Describe the behaviour using exact field names, values and boundaries. The prepared rule retains its saved actions until a reviewed proposal is adopted.

  2. Describe the rule in plain English

    Describe the rule in plain English.

    This rule adds the approved recycling decoration when the destination is Germany. Say exactly what should match and what must remain unchanged.

  3. Save the plain English intent

    Save the plain English intent.

    Saving creates an immutable authoring revision. It does not compile, adopt or publish the change.

  4. Compile the saved intent

    Compile the saved intent.

    In production this requests the authoring provider once and records its state. This lesson uses an offline retained response, with no paid model call.

  5. Refresh the compilation results

    Refresh the compilation results.

    The synthetic queue worker completes the real compiler boundary with a retained provider response. Review the restatement, exact values and unchanged actions before adoption.

  6. Record the proposal review

    Record the proposal review.

    A review note records why this proposal matches the requested intent. It is not approval to print production labels.

  7. Confirm the checked proposal

    Confirm the checked proposal.

    Confirm only after comparing the proposal with the intended behaviour. The independent examples and release gates still follow.

  8. Accept the proposal into the draft

    Accept the proposal into the draft.

    The deterministic condition becomes a reviewed draft revision. It still cannot affect production until independent verification and publication.

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