Course 3: MIFY for Business — Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Configuring Approval Workflows

Set up human-in-the-loop workflows that ensure quality and compliance.

What You’ll Learn

• Designing multi-stage approval pipelines
• Configuring escalation policies
• Using the policy engine for automated rules

Multi-Stage Approval

AI generates content
  → Junior reviewer approves style/tone
    → Senior reviewer approves accuracy
      → Compliance officer checks regulations
        → Published

Each stage uses a Pause node. Each reviewer sees their pending items in the Inbox.

Escalation Policies

Configure at /admin/notifications:

• If no response in 1 hour → remind via email
• If no response in 4 hours → escalate to manager via Slack
• If no response in 24 hours → auto-approve or auto-reject

Policy Engine

Define rules at /admin/policy:

Rule Type	What It Does
require_approval	Force human review for specific actions
time_window	Only allow execution during business hours
rate_limit	Cap how many times a workflow can run
data_filter	Block workflows from processing sensitive data

Policies are evaluated with deny-takes-precedence — if any rule denies, the action is blocked regardless of other rules.

Audit Trail

Every approval decision is logged:

• Who approved/rejected
• When and from which device
• What the AI produced
• Full execution trace

Export at /admin/audit for compliance reporting.

Exercise

1. Build a workflow with two Pause nodes (two-stage approval)
2. Run it — approve at the first stage, reject at the second
3. Check the audit log at /admin/audit
4. Configure a notification rule at /admin/notifications

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