moderation queue / spec

How submitted workflows become public pages safely.

The Builder's Exchange should accept community contributions without becoming a spam board or privacy risk. This is the human moderation path before any workflow goes live.

stage 1

Intake

Capture title, audience, problem, tools, sanitized example, human-review point, never-automate line, publish permission, and safe contact.

stage 2

Privacy redaction

Reject or redact real names, phone numbers, emails, customer IDs, health data, financial data, private DMs, and unreleased product details.

stage 3

Safety review

Block workflows that automate clinical/legal/financial decisions, harassment, protected-group targeting, credential handling, or private-data scraping.

stage 4

Editorial draft

Rewrite into the standard workflow format: problem, outcome, tools, steps, human-review gate, privacy note, related workflows, CTA.

stage 5

Contributor approval

Send the draft back to the submitter. Publish only after explicit written approval and attribution preference is confirmed.

stage 6

Publish + measure

Add the page, template link when useful, newsletter mention, and track workflow_view / submission follow-on events.

Queue fields

FieldPurposePrivacy note
submission_idInternal row keyNo user identifiers
statusnew, needs_redaction, needs_followup, approved_draft, published, rejectedOperational only
risk_levellow, medium, high, blockedHigh/blocked requires documented reason
redaction_notesWhat was removed before draftingNever include removed PII itself
contributor_approvalpending, yes, noPublish only when yes
publish_slugPlanned public URL slugMust not contain person/company private names unless approved
hard reject

Do not publish.

  • Medical, legal, or financial advice automation without licensed review.
  • Workflows that use private data without consent.
  • Credential/token handling, surveillance, harassment, scraping private communities, or impersonation.
  • Fake testimonials, fake user claims, or unverifiable revenue/traction claims.
approval rule

No auto-publish.

Every public workflow must have a human reviewer, contributor approval, sanitized examples, and a clear human-review gate. If a workflow cannot meet those conditions, it stays private or gets rejected.