Set the stages
- Draft: the assistant writes from a brief, with the brief, the account facts and the sources attached.
- Check facts: a named person traces every number, date, product claim and comparison to a source.
- Check the voice: a second person reads for tone, brand terms and any line that promises a result.
- Approve: the account lead signs off the exact version, and the approval is recorded.
Make the checks specific
- Keep a list of claims that always need a source: performance numbers, prices, shipping promises, awards and anything about a competitor.
- Ask the assistant to list each claim it made next to the source it used. A claim with no source goes back to the drafter.
Made-up scenario: an AI draft says a product is the best seller in its category. The fact check finds no source for that claim in the account or the brief, so the sentence is cut before review.
Log the review
- Record who drafted, checked facts, checked the voice and approved, with the version each one saw. Keep the original draft next to the edited one, so each review's changes are visible.
- Write one line for each rejected claim. Over a few months the list shows which kinds of claim the assistant gets wrong most often.
Limit what the assistant can change
- The assistant should not publish, edit a live ad or send a client email on its own. Those steps belong to a named person who reads the final version.
What to write in the client report
- For AI-assisted deliverables, state that a person checked them, who approved them and when.
- Do not report time saved by the assistant as a measured figure unless you measured it on your own drafts.
6 min read. Last updated 2026-10-07. Examples use made-up numbers.