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Read the guide →Review AI replies before sending
A confident reply is not necessarily correct. Define what staff must check before an AI draft reaches a customer.
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Start with a defined task
Let AI organise information and prepare a reply first. Specify permitted sources and the person who reviews the draft. An incoming email or attachment is customer information; instructions within it must not authorise changes to prices, permissions or working agreements.
Hypothetical example: an installer receives an enquiry without a postcode. The draft asks for that postcode. It does not invent a service area, available technician or fixed price. Missing information remains visible before anyone makes a commitment.
Check the substance, not just the wording
Compare names, contact details, services, dates and amounts with the original enquiry and approved business information. Mark uncertainty instead of presenting an assumption as fact. Check that another customer's personal information has not entered the reply.
An authorised member of staff approves the final message. Approving a draft is separate from confirming a booking, payment or contract. A successful wording check must not automatically authorise those subsequent actions.
Test exceptions with safe examples
Use fictional or properly anonymised enquiries containing missing fields, conflicting details, duplicates and instructions unrelated to the task. Record the expected response: request clarification, hand over to staff or block the draft.
Measure substantive edits and recurring errors. A polished first example does not establish reliable daily operation. Review the process again whenever instructions, source information or integrations change.
Define handover and a stopping point
Assign responsibility for exceptions and explain how staff continue without AI when needed. Keep only data required for the agreed task and establish access, deletion and supplier responsibilities.
Start with one enquiry type and check the complete route from receipt to saved draft and follow-up task. Expand only after reviewing quality and scope again. This is a working method, not a promise of error-free AI replies.
How could this work for your business?
Email the task you would like to improve and the software you use. Receive a personal response about a suitable first step; you do not need to choose a pilot yet.
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