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It is ",[15,16,17],"strong",{},"ungrounded authority"," — text that reads official but is not tied to approved sources, current versions, or accountable owners.",[20,21,23],"h3",{"id":22},"_1-generation-without-retrieval-is-fiction-with-formatting","1. Generation without retrieval is fiction with formatting",[11,25,26,27,31],{},"If the assistant is not constrained to retrieved, approved evidence, it will invent structure that ",[28,29,30],"em",{},"looks"," right. For regulated workflows, treat every generated paragraph as a claim that must map to:",[33,34,35,39,42],"ul",{},[36,37,38],"li",{},"a source document or clause",[36,40,41],{},"an approved template version",[36,43,44],{},"an explicit human owner",[11,46,47],{},"Without that mapping, you are not generating documents. You are accelerating rework.",[20,49,51],{"id":50},"_2-templates-are-guardrails-not-the-product","2. 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Effective review is staged:",[107,108,109,115,121,127],"ol",{},[36,110,111,114],{},[15,112,113],{},"Evidence check"," — do citations support each material statement?",[36,116,117,120],{},[15,118,119],{},"Scope check"," — does the draft match the requested document type and jurisdiction?",[36,122,123,126],{},[15,124,125],{},"Delta check"," — what changed versus the last approved version?",[36,128,129,132],{},[15,130,131],{},"Approval check"," — who signed, when, and under which policy?",[20,134,136],{"id":135},"_5-logging-and-retention-matter-for-audits","5. Logging and retention matter for audits",[11,138,139],{},"Regulators and internal audit will ask what model, what prompt, what sources, and what human approved the output. Log generation events with document IDs — never raw document bodies in application logs.",[20,141,143,144,147],{"id":142},"_6-when-not-to-use-generation","6. When ",[28,145,146],{},"not"," to use generation",[11,149,150],{},"Do not use generative drafting for:",[33,152,153,156,159],{},[36,154,155],{},"binding legal positions without counsel review",[36,157,158],{},"safety-critical procedures without subject-matter validation",[36,160,161],{},"anything where a wrong verb changes liability",[11,163,164],{},"Use generation for acceleration inside a governed envelope — not as a substitute for ownership.",[20,166,168],{"id":167},"bottom-line","Bottom line",[11,170,171,172,175],{},"Document generation pays off when it is ",[15,173,174],{},"retrieval-backed, template-bound, version-aware, and review-gated",". 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