A Handoff Log for Model-Drafted Docs: Two Lanes and a Script That Counts Who Wrote What

Description and use

The article presents a lightweight handoff log system for model‑generated documentation, assigning lanes, evidence stamps, and CSV records to ensure accountability.

Problem

Documentation pipelines often fail because it is unclear who authored which section, leading to unchecked claims such as rate limits.

Outcome

The handoff log and scripts provide a lightweight, auditable record of authorship and evidence, reducing silent factual errors.

Workflow

• Freeze the outline before writing any prompt.
• Build a bounded evidence pack per section.
• Draft only the draft‑lane sections with supporting commands.
• Write the human‑lane sections from scratch.
• Log each section in the same CSV before the sprint closes.
• Run the report and read the violations before the totals.

Evidence

Most documentation pipelines fail not because the model writes badly, but because nobody records who was allowed to write which part.

Source

The lane rule is the entire design; the script exists only to make the rule visible and to stop the log from quietly drifting into fiction.

Source

The script below is plain Python 3 with only the standard library, small enough to audit in one sitting.

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