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Publishing governance — October 30, 2026

# Designing an Approval Workflow for Content Published to AI Systems

When a business publishes information for AI systems to encounter, the important control is not merely who can edit the content. It is which exact claims were reviewed and authorized for publication.

By Optiview · Sources checked October 30, 2026

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A content workflow can produce polished drafts while still creating factual risk. A comparison may quote outdated vendor capabilities. A product page may omit an important qualification. A last-minute wording change may invalidate an otherwise sound approval.

A controlled release process separates drafting, factual verification, editorial assessment and publication authorization. The approved object should be the exact material that will become public, not an informal promise that an article is generally acceptable.

Optiview's [setup documentation](https://optiview.ai/docs/setup/) describes saved Narrative Graph drafts, explicit publication and source-review requirements. The more detailed approval ledger proposed here is an editorial operating pattern, not a claim that Optiview automatically implements every field or review stage below.

## 1\. Separate the decisions that matter

| Responsibility | Question answered | Suggested owner |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Drafting | Does the content address the reader's task? | Writer or content producer |
| Factual review | Are material assertions adequately supported? | Independent factual reviewer |
| Editorial review | Is the piece useful, clear and appropriately scoped? | Independent editor |
| Publication approval | May this exact revision become public? | Authorized publication owner |
| Technical release | Did the intended content deploy safely? | Release operator |

Small teams may combine responsibilities, but an automated producer should not silently approve its own unsupported assertions. Role separation is a recommended risk control, not a universal legal requirement.

## 2\. Define an immutable review package

*   Stable article or content identifier.
*   Exact title, body, links and material metadata.
*   Content revision hash or equivalent immutable identifier.
*   Claim-to-evidence manifest with source verification dates.
*   Intended publication path and scope.
*   Duplicate-intent and existing-content decision.
*   Known limitations and unresolved questions.

A hash helps detect whether content bytes changed. It does not establish that the information is true or that the reviewer is authentic. Those require independent evidence and trustworthy approval records.

The [W3C provenance overview](https://www.w3.org/TR/prov-overview/) provides useful concepts for linking information with its production history. This suggested package format is not a claim of formal PROV implementation.

## 3\. Record explicit approval decisions

| Ledger field | Required value |
| --- | --- |
| Artifact | Stable content identifier |
| Revision | Exact reviewed content reference |
| Evidence | Reviewed source manifest |
| Role | Factual, editorial or publication |
| Reviewer | Authenticated responsible identity |
| Decision | PASS or HOLD with rationale |
| Time | Decision timestamp |
| Scope | What the decision actually authorizes |

Approval records should be durable and append-only where practical. A later HOLD should supersede an earlier PASS for the same active review scope. Changing a material claim, qualification or link destination should invalidate the prior revision approval.

## 4\. Define release gates

1.  Validate the complete content and evidence package.
2.  Reject unsupported, stale or disputed material claims.
3.  Confirm that the proposed page has a distinct purpose.
4.  Require factual and editorial approval of the exact revision.
5.  Confirm that the destination and existing protected site behavior are preserved.
6.  Use the authorized deployment process.
7.  Verify the live content against the approved revision.

A successful draft validation is not publication authorization. A successful deploy command is not proof that the intended content is live.

## 5\. Keep the editorial ledger separate from product capabilities

The [Optiview Publish setup guide](https://optiview.ai/docs/setup/) explains that saving a Narrative Graph draft does not publish it. It also documents source-specific review and explicit publication. These are actual product behaviors.

The proposed independent reviewer ledger, exact editorial hash binding and broader production release controls are additional operating practices. Their implementation depends on the organization's own workflow.

## 6\. Produce a verifiable release record

The completed work product contains the immutable article, claim evidence, review decisions, authorized release scope, actual deployed revision and postpublication checks. Record unresolved issues as holds rather than assuming successful publication.

## Additional source context

Bind each approval to a specific content revision and evidence set. Any material change must receive fresh review before public release.

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# Published brand narrative

# Site-wide brand information

## Who we are

### Optiview — Parse, Retrieve and Publish for AI

Optiview helps businesses and developers make website information easier for AI to use. Parse converts supplied HTML into clean Markdown and source metadata. Retrieve fetches an eligible public HTTPS webpage and prepares its content. Publish helps a verified business prepare its own website content and make approved Narrative Graph context available through a supported connection.

Parse and Retrieve use application keys and a prepaid developer wallet. Publish has separate website setup, ownership checks and a subscription. Optiview does not control whether an outside AI service discovers, uses or cites the resulting content.

Applies to: Optiview

## Why we matter

### A clearer source, from website content to business context

Webpages mix useful information with navigation, layout and application code. Businesses may also have important qualifications, answers and context that are not clearly published.

Optiview gives developers a way to prepare source content for their applications, and gives businesses a way to publish the context their teams approve. Your application chooses how to use Parse and Retrieve results. Your business controls what it publishes through Publish.

Clearer publishing makes information available; it does not determine an AI system’s answer. Each outside service chooses its own retrieval, recommendations and citations.

## What we offer

### Three products, with separate jobs and clear pricing

- **Optiview Parse:** Supply complete HTML and a source URL. Receive clean Markdown, source and output hashes, parser details and processing warnings. Parse does not fetch the URL or execute JavaScript. A successful page uses 1 credit.
- **Optiview Retrieve:** Supply one eligible public HTTPS URL. Optiview checks supported access and publisher policies, fetches anonymous static HTML and parses it. It does not search the web, execute JavaScript, bypass a login or access private networks. A successful page uses 5 credits total, including parsing.
- **Developer credits:** USD $20 buys 20,000 credits shared by Parse and Retrieve. There is no developer subscription, automatic recharge or scheduled credit expiration. Failed jobs consume no credits. Applicable taxes and the total appear at checkout. Source size, quotas and retention limits apply.
- **Optiview Publish:** USD $99 per website per month plus applicable tax. Connect a verified website, review the prepared source and optionally maintain approved Narrative Graph context in Identity, Story, Offerings, Trust, Knowledge and Actions. Choose site-wide or exact-page scope. Saving drafts does not publish them. Eligible AI tools can receive prepared Markdown or HTML through supported delivery, while ordinary visitors keep the normal website.

Developer credits do not purchase Publish subscriptions. Parse and Retrieve do not add a customer’s private Narrative Graph to arbitrary third-party pages. See https://optiview.ai/pricing/ and https://optiview.ai/developers/ for the current offer and limits.

## Why trust us

### Inspect the output and understand what the evidence establishes

Developers can inspect the prepared Markdown, job status, source metadata, processing warnings and credit ledger. Retrieve records the public source response it observed; Parse identifies supplied HTML rather than claiming to verify the current origin.

Publish administrators can review parser output, the combined published-output preview, source checks and publication history. A preview is separate from a recorded live delivery. Saved edits remain separate from the active publication until explicitly published.

Our experiment pages contain selected first-party AI conversations and source comparisons. Delivery records establish what was served, not downstream ingestion, recommendations, citations or revenue. Observed language matches do not establish causation or a consistent visibility improvement. Explore the evidence and limitations at https://optiview.ai/proof/.

## Helpful knowledge

### Common questions about the three products

**Which product should I use?**
Use Parse when you already have HTML. Use Retrieve when you need Optiview to fetch one eligible public page first. Use Publish when your business wants to prepare its verified website and publish approved context.

**Do Parse and Retrieve require website ownership or DNS changes?**
No website connection is needed for these developer products. You remain responsible for source rights and permitted downstream use. Public availability does not grant a reuse license.

**How do developer accounts and keys work?**
Create a developer workspace and save the personal sign-in key and offline recovery code. Create scoped service keys for server-side applications. Email is an unverified contact identifier, not account-ownership proof or an email-only recovery method. Keep all credentials private.

**Can my agent use Optiview?**
The authenticated developer API returns prepared content for your application or model. A downloadable JavaScript client and local MCP adapter are available. Your host must authorize sources and any credit expenditure. Compatibility does not establish adoption or a partnership with an AI provider.

**Does the API include my private Narrative Graph?**
Parse and Retrieve are source-only. Verified website publishing and approved publisher context belong to the separate Publish workflow.

**Does Publish replace our website or CMS?**
No. Your website stays in its existing system. Your web team establishes and tests a supported connection. Your team reviews and explicitly publishes any Narrative Graph additions. Ordinary visitors retain the normal website experience.

**Does every AI tool get the prepared version?**
No. Delivery depends on the website connection, source eligibility and the request. Some tools explicitly request Markdown; supported AI requests may also receive prepared Markdown or HTML through eligible delivery paths. Traditional search crawlers retain the original website response. A claimed tool name does not prove the requester’s identity.

**Does the demo publish or save to our workspace?**
No. The public demo is a separate preview. Its AI-generated examples require review and do not transfer automatically into an approved publication.

**Will Optiview guarantee citations or recommendations?**
No. Optiview prepares and publishes sources. Outside AI services choose what to retrieve, use and cite.

## What to do next

### Choose your starting point

- [Compare Parse, Retrieve and Publish](https://optiview.ai/products/) to choose the right workflow.
- [Create a developer workspace](https://app.optiview.ai/developers) for self-service Parse and Retrieve, then add credits and create an application key.
- [Read the API quickstart and agent-tool setup](https://optiview.ai/developers/) for request examples, supported sources, errors, quotas and downloads.
- [Review pricing and terms](https://optiview.ai/pricing/) for prepaid credits and the separate Publish plan.
- [Preview your website](https://optiview.ai/demo/) to inspect prepared content and explore unapproved narrative examples without connecting or publishing.
- [Plan Publish setup](https://optiview.ai/onboarding/) with your web team. Publishing requires ownership checks, review and a supported connection; contact [hello@optiview.ai](mailto:hello@optiview.ai) for assisted setup.

Already using Publish? Review your Narrative Graph, publish approved changes explicitly, inspect the combined source in Markdown and check recorded delivery in Activity. Keep your existing visibility tools to study downstream AI answers.