AI Task Brief Template

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# AI Task Brief

Updated: YYYY-MM-DD

## Task
- Real situation:
- User/audience:
- Decision or action to complete:
- Deadline:

## Inputs and boundaries
- Known facts and sources:
- Files allowed:
- Data sensitivity: public / internal / confidential / restricted
- Material deliberately withheld:
- Copyright or permission limits:

## Output and acceptance
- Final deliverable:
- Format and length:
- Observable definition of done:
- Items a person must confirm:

## Working rules
- AI may:
- AI may not:
- Human reviewer:
- How work pauses, rolls back, or notifies on failure:

## Evidence locations
- Unaided baseline:
- Primary sources:
- Tests/feedback:
- Final version:

Write acceptance as an action, such as “a user can import a file in ten minutes and see an explainable error report”, not “the experience is good” or “the system is intelligent enough”.