Automate the process, not an isolated prompt
A prompt can draft an answer; a workflow gets a job to done. We decompose the process into observable stages—ingest, classify, retrieve, extract, reason, draft, validate, approve, and apply—then decide where AI contributes and where deterministic software or a person must remain in control.
Each stage has a defined contract. Work only advances when the output satisfies its checks, which keeps one weak model response from silently contaminating everything downstream.