The Prompt Receipt
Attach the ask to the answer so reviewers can challenge the right thing. AI can produce a clean memo in minutes. The risk is not always the writing. It is that the polished page hides the ask that shaped it. When leaders review only the output, they debate tone and structure while the real leverage sits upstream: what was requested, what was constrained, what was ruled out, and what the model was never told. The Prompt Receipt is a short attachment that travels with every AI-shaped deliverable on a decision path. It makes the ask visible, so stewardship can land on the right surface. Why polish is not proof A fluent draft can make a weak brief feel settled. If nobody saved the prompt, the team argues about paragraphs while the original constraints drift or disappear. Reviewers inherit the ask Anyone who signs off is also signing off on the question that was asked. Without a receipt, they cannot see whether the question was fair, narrow, or loaded. Memory is not an audit trail C...