Shelter operations resource
No AI autopilot adoption review
Keep drafting, summarizing, and missing-context flags from becoming automated applicant or placement decisions.
AI can help organize. AI can help summarize. AI can help flag missing context. AI cannot decide who gets an animal.
01
AI may help prepare
- Organize source material.
- Summarize a thread with attribution.
- Flag a missing field or unanswered question.
- Draft a routine question for human review.
02
AI cannot decide
- Do not auto-approve an applicant.
- Do not auto-reject an applicant.
- Do not rank adopters.
- Do not make a final placement decision.
03
Sensitive context stays human
- Photos are context, not decisions.
- Medical and behavior notes require human interpretation.
- Disability and special-needs context must not become a risk score.
- Edge cases belong to accountable people.
04
Visible review
- Mark AI-prepared content.
- Keep the source attached.
- Let the reviewer override or stop the draft.
- Record the final human action and reason.
- Named reviewer
- Override reason
If this worksheet surfaces a specific handoff problem, WhiskerMatch can start with that one workflow while the rest of your tools stay in place.
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