The pre-handoff check · for AI-assisted internal work

Is this safe to handa colleague?

AI drafts look finished. Then a colleague spends two hours chasing the source that won't open and the number that traces to nothing. This gate catches both before the handoff — mark six signals, and the verdict is the weakest one, with a dispositive rule that an unreachable source or an untraced figure is DO NOT HAND OFF however polished the rest reads.

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Five deliverables · runnable
Runnable handoff engine
python
Workbook that reproduces it
xlsx
Reviewer playbook
docx
Fix-it runbook
docx
6-deliverable worked sample
csv
Works alongside
Claim Defensibility Gate · Output Risk Triage · Audit-Trail Kit
01.The Problem

"Workslop" spreads at the handoff.

2 people

is what the failure needs: one passes on polished AI work, the next spends hours verifying and redoing it. The cost lands on the receiver, off the sender's books.

1 broken link

is all it takes. A colleague acts on a number; if its source can't be opened, the polished draft was confidently wrong the whole time.

0 tells

an AI-assisted draft leaves on the surface. It reads finished — the gap only shows when someone downstream tries to trace it.

An overall "looks good" read is exactly what fails here, because the failure is local: one hollow signal in an otherwise clean deliverable. This gate forces you to look at each signal and won't let a strong average paper over a broken source.

02.See It Work

Grade one deliverable — and watch one unreachable source hold the whole handoff.

Live demo · grade one deliverable before you hand it off
Handoff verdict
DO NOT HAND OFF
Mean (context only)
92%
Gate fired. The weakest signal alone reads REWORK, but a source a colleague can't open or a figure that traces to nothing forces DO NOT HAND OFF — that's what turns a polished draft into work that's confidently wrong downstream.
verdict = weakest signal (MIN) · fix first: Sources reachable
Sources reachablegate
Figures traced to sourcegate
Task actually advanced
Owner edits present
Claims scoped to support
Next action clear

Each mark is 0/1/2. The verdict is the weakest of the six, not the average. The two verifiability signals (sources reachable, figures traced) also arm a gate: below full, they force DO NOT HAND OFF. The full kit ships this engine, a workbook that reproduces it, two playbooks, and a 6-deliverable sample. It scores the deliverable, never the person. Not legal advice.

The same logic, from the runnable engine (verified output)
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INTERNAL AI HANDOFF QA GATE
Is this AI-assisted deliverable safe to pass to a colleague?
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DELIVERABLE                  WEAK   MEAN  VERDICT         GATE
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Q3 board summary                2   100%  HAND OFF
Competitor pricing brief        1    92%  DO NOT HAND OFF FIRED
Market-size memo                1    75%  DO NOT HAND OFF FIRED
Onboarding checklist            1    75%  REWORK
Vendor comparison               0    75%  DO NOT HAND OFF FIRED
Weekly metrics roundup          1    50%  DO NOT HAND OFF FIRED
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Batch: HOLD — DO NOT HAND OFF
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Q3 board summary: fix first — Sources reachable
Competitor pricing brief: fix first — Sources reachable
Market-size memo: fix first — Figures traced to source
Onboarding checklist: fix first — Task actually advanced
Vendor comparison: fix first — Sources reachable
Weekly metrics roundup: fix first — Sources reachable
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Verdict is the weakest signal; the mean is context only. The gate
forces DO NOT HAND OFF when a source is unreachable or a figure is
untraced. Deterministic, offline; it scores the deliverable, not people.
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The competitor brief scores 92% on the mean and still reads DO NOT HAND OFF: its weakest signal alone would only be REWORK, but that weak mark is a half-reachable source, so the gate is dispositive. The mean is context; the weakest signal and the gate are the verdict.

03.What's Inside

One engine, one workbook, two playbooks, one worked sample.

The handoff engine

A zero-dependency Python CLI: feed it a deliverables CSV and it returns each item's weakest-signal verdict, the mean for context, the gate, and the one signal to fix first — plus a batch rollup across a stack of handoffs. Runs anywhere Python does; nothing uploaded.

The workbook that reproduces it

Start Here → Handoff Scorecard → Dashboard. Enter the six marks per deliverable; the same verdict, the same gate, the same batch rollup — live formulas that reproduce the engine exactly. Opens in Excel, Google Sheets, or Numbers.

Reviewer playbook

How to mark a deliverable honestly and read the verdict — what a 0, 1, or 2 means for each signal, so two reviewers reach the same call instead of arguing about vibes.

Fix-it runbook

What to do with each verdict: how to close an unreachable source, trace a floating figure, or send it back — and how to re-score once you have.

04.The Standard

Three rules keep the verdict honest.

The weakest signal is the verdict

Not the average. A handoff fails at its weakest point, so the verdict is the lowest of the six marks — one hollow part sinks it, and the mean is shown for context only.

The gate is dispositive

An unreachable source or an untraced figure forces DO NOT HAND OFF even when the weakest signal would only read REWORK. Verifiability isn't just one mark among six — it's what makes a polished draft wrong downstream.

The verdict is your own marks

No AI grades the work, no benchmark is baked in. The engine applies the same weakest-signal rule and the same gate every time, so the result is reproducible and you can show your work.

05.What It Is — and Isn't

A pre-handoff QA gate, not a grader of people.

What it is
  • A deterministic, offline gate for AI-assisted internal deliverables — memos, analyses, summaries, briefs — before they move to a colleague.
  • A weakest-signal verdict with a dispositive verifiability gate that catches the one unreachable source a polished read misses.
  • The internal, peer-to-peer companion to the Claim Defensibility Gate (external deliverables) and the Output Risk Triage (customer-facing surfaces).
What it isn't
  • Not a grader of people. It scores the deliverable, never the author, and is not for any hiring, performance, or employment decision.
  • Not an automatic fact-checker or AI detector — you read the deliverable and enter the marks; the engine applies the verdict and the gate.
  • Not a guarantee of quality or a substitute for subject-matter review. A review aid for your own internal work; not legal advice.

Scope. This grades a deliverable's quality, not any person. It does not screen, score, or rank individuals and is not for any hiring, performance, or employment decision. It is a review aid, not legal advice.

06.Who It's For

Teams passing AI-assisted work between people.

Managers who get AI-drafted memos and analyses from their team
Analysts and associates handing research up the chain
Ops and strategy teams passing briefs between functions
Anyone who has spent hours cleaning up a colleague's confident-but-hollow AI draft
08.Common Questions

The questions teams actually ask before handing off AI-assisted work.

It's ready when its weakest signal is a full 2 and both verifiability checks are clear. The Internal AI Handoff QA Gate has you mark six 0/1/2 signals — sources reachable, figures traced, task actually advanced, owner edits present, claims scoped to support, next action clear — and takes the weakest one as the verdict: HAND OFF, REWORK, or DO NOT HAND OFF. One hollow part sinks the handoff, so a memo that's polished everywhere but rests on a source a colleague can't open is not ready, no matter how finished it reads.

Catch the workslop
before it reaches the next desk.

Gate every AI-assisted handoff on six signals before it moves. One purchase, lifetime access, 12 months of updates. $79, once.

Scope. This grades a deliverable's quality, not any person. It does not screen, score, or rank individuals and is not for any hiring, performance, or employment decision. It is a review aid, not legal advice.

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