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  <title>Mochlos — Writing</title>
  <subtitle>Methods for documenting how an operation actually runs, and for governing autonomous work.</subtitle>
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  <link href="https://mochlos.ai/writing" />
  <id>https://mochlos.ai/</id>
  <updated>2026-08-07T12:00:00Z</updated>
  <author><name>Mochlos</name><email>hello@mochlos.ai</email></author>
  <rights>© 2026 Mochlos LLC</rights>
  <entry>
    <title>What an AI agent should record every time it acts</title>
    <link href="https://mochlos.ai/agent-audit-trail" />
    <id>https://mochlos.ai/agent-audit-trail</id>
    <published>2026-08-07T12:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-07T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">An agent that runs unattended and leaves no record cannot be audited or trusted. Six fields per action, why append-only matters, and what to review weekly.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to document a process people will actually follow</title>
    <link href="https://mochlos.ai/document-a-process" />
    <id>https://mochlos.ai/document-a-process</id>
    <published>2026-08-07T12:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-07T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">Most process documentation fails for one reason: it was written from a description, not from the work. A six-step method, and the test that tells you it worked.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Why your operations documentation doesn&apos;t match how the work actually happens</title>
    <link href="https://mochlos.ai/four-sources" />
    <id>https://mochlos.ai/four-sources</id>
    <published>2026-08-07T12:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-07T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">Stated, observed, documentary, operational — the four-source method for finding out how a business actually runs, not just how it&apos;s described. Run it yourself.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What should an AI agent be allowed to do on its own?</title>
    <link href="https://mochlos.ai/governing-ai-agents" />
    <id>https://mochlos.ai/governing-ai-agents</id>
    <published>2026-08-07T12:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-07T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">A concrete model for deciding what an AI agent can do automatically, what it must draft for a human to approve first, and what a human alone must always decide.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Why your SOPs are out of date before anyone reads them</title>
    <link href="https://mochlos.ai/sops-out-of-date" />
    <id>https://mochlos.ai/sops-out-of-date</id>
    <published>2026-08-07T12:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-07T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">Written procedures decay because the work moves and the document doesn&apos;t. How to find which of your SOPs still describe reality — and how to write ones that last.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to decide what to automate first</title>
    <link href="https://mochlos.ai/what-to-automate-first" />
    <id>https://mochlos.ai/what-to-automate-first</id>
    <published>2026-08-07T12:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-07T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">Four properties decide whether a process is a good first automation candidate: time consumed, whether the rule can be written down, blast radius, and observability.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The hiring pipeline, running end to end</title>
    <link href="https://mochlos.ai/case-studies/hiring-pipeline" />
    <id>https://mochlos.ai/case-studies/hiring-pipeline</id>
    <published>2026-08-06T12:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-07T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">A governed hiring and onboarding pipeline running in production in a real multi-state company: ~30 owned steps, six ownership types, an append-only audit trail.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Document how the operation actually works — then automate it</title>
    <link href="https://mochlos.ai/methodology" />
    <id>https://mochlos.ai/methodology</id>
    <published>2026-08-06T12:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-08-07T12:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary type="text">Document, Build, Govern, Audit, Improve — a five-step loop for documenting how an operation runs before you automate it, and governing the agents once they run.</summary>
  </entry>
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