Verifiability Failure Cost: A Draftability Policy for AI-Generated Docs
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Learn to decide when to use AI-generated docs and when to rely on humans with the draftability policy, reducing verification costs and team arguments
Action Steps
- Apply the draftability policy to your documentation workflow
- Classify documentation sections based on verifiability and failure cost
- Assign model-drafting rights to sections with low failure cost and mechanical verifiability
- Leave high-risk or complex sections to human drafters
- Review and refine the policy based on team feedback and documentation quality
Who Needs to Know This
Developers, technical writers, and product managers can benefit from this policy to streamline documentation processes and reduce costs
Key Insight
💡 The draftability policy prioritizes mechanical verifiability and low failure cost when deciding who should draft a documentation section
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Full Article
Deciding who may draft a documentation section matters more than deciding how to review it, because the classification happens before any token is generated. A section earns model-drafting rights only when its claims can be checked mechanically and its failure cost stays low. Everything else belongs to a human, not because models are untrustworthy, but because verification cost exceeds drafting cost. Call this the draftability policy: a tiny decision rule that turns a recurring team argument
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