Automated doesn't mean unsupervised.
Every article can stop and wait for you. Autopilot, approve-first, or manual — set per article.
“Automate it, but let me stop it”
In approve-first mode, nothing publishes until you click approve — the pipeline waits, it doesn't proceed on a timer.
Automation people don't trust is automation they turn off.
All-or-nothing automation
Most tools offer full autopilot or full manual, with nothing usable in between.
Either you review everything or you review nothing, and neither fits a real team.
Three modes — autopilot, approve-first, manual — chosen per article.
Approval on a countdown
Some tools wait for approval and then publish anyway once a timer runs out.
Something nobody looked at is live on your site.
In approve-first mode nothing publishes until you click approve. It waits as long as it takes.
Locked to one setting
A single account-wide switch can't cover both a routine keyword and a sensitive client page.
The strictest page ends up setting the pace for everything else.
Control mode is per article, so different projects run different levels of oversight at the same time.
What actually happens
Three steps, not a black box.
Pick autopilot, approve, or manual
Set per article. Not an all-or-nothing setting for the whole account.
- Set per article, not globally
- Three modes, one toggle
- Change it any time
Every step, spelled out
Pick autopilot, approve, or manual
Set per article. Not an all-or-nothing setting for the whole account.
- Set per article, not globally
- Three modes, one toggle
- Change it any time
The pipeline runs to your setting
In approve mode, it stops and waits at exactly the right moment.
- Stops where you said it should
- No surprise publishes
- Same pipeline, different oversight level
You approve, or it ships automatically
Exactly what you chose, every time.
- No timer forces a publish
- Your click is what moves it forward
- Consistent behavior, article after article
One of 6 capabilities inside Content Engine.
“Write the pages I'm missing” — Content & Keywords
Questions people ask
Yes — set any article, or your whole queue, to approve-first or fully manual at any time.
The outline and the final draft both stop for your review before moving to the next stage.
Yes — an article waiting on you shows up in your queue rather than silently stalling.
Yes — control mode is set per article, so different kits or projects can run different levels of oversight.
It waits — nothing in approve-first mode publishes on a timer without your click.
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