Reviewing & Approving

Auto-Approve Mode

Auto-Approve runs your production end-to-end without stopping for any review gate. Approve it once (by toggling the switch); the system handles every phase from Planning to Publishing on its own.

Use it when you trust the inputs (good source content, a tested brand preset, a familiar style). Don't use it for high-stakes one-offs you've never run before.

Where to turn it on

There are two places.

1. In the Create Wizard, Step 3 (Branding)

A checkbox labelled Auto Approve Plan with a lightning-bolt icon. Tick it before clicking Next to Step 4 — it's stored on the production at creation time.

2. On the production detail page

If you forgot during the wizard, or want to flip a draft to auto-pilot, the production page header has an Auto-Approve toggle visible while the production is still in draft or Phase 1 state.

You can also flip it off mid-flight — the next phase won't auto-advance and the production will pause at the next review gate.

What it actually does

When Auto-Approve is on, every phase result is treated as if you'd clicked Approve:

Phase 1 done → auto-approve → Phase 2 fires
Phase 2 done → auto-approve → Phase 3 fires
Phase 3 done → auto-approve → Phase 4 fires
Phase 4 done → auto-approve → Phase 5 fires
Phase 5 done → auto-approve → production marked Complete

End-to-end, no clicks. The phases still run sequentially with the same wait times — Auto-Approve removes the human pause, not the AI work.

You'll still see status updates in the production timeline and in Recent Productions on the dashboard.

When Auto-Approve does not override

Auto-Approve only skips review gates. It does not override:

  • Errors. A failed phase still stops the production and surfaces in the Errors tab. See Pause, Resume & Errors.
  • Pause. If you click Pause mid-flight, the production halts regardless of Auto-Approve.
  • Storage check. If you're under the 200 MB headroom threshold before Phase 1, the production never starts.
  • Plan / quota gates. Monthly video slots are still consumed; running out of slots blocks new productions, not in-flight ones.

When to use it

Good fits:

  • High-volume workflows — a marketer pushing 20 product updates a week.
  • Overnight batches — start at 6 PM, wake up to 5 finished videos.
  • Trusted templates — a brand preset you've shipped 50 videos with.
  • Multi-language fan-out — let all 5 variants run unattended after the master Phase 1 is approved.
  • Repeat formats — weekly news roundups, daily quote videos, recurring tutorial series.

Bad fits:

  • First production for a new client — you want to catch tone problems early.
  • Sensitive or regulated content — anything with compliance / legal review needs.
  • Source content you haven't read — feeding an article you didn't write or vet.
  • A new brand preset you haven't validated — run one supervised production first to confirm the look.

Real scenarios

Scenario A — Overnight bulk production

A solo creator schedules 7 weekly explainers in one Sunday-evening session. They've used the same brand preset and wizard settings for three months — nothing surprising lately.

  1. Creates production 1 with Auto-Approve on → clicks Create.
  2. Repeats for productions 2–7 in the next 10 minutes (each takes ~90s of clicking thanks to brand preset).
  3. Closes the laptop.
  4. Monday 8 AM: opens the dashboard. All 7 productions show Published. Downloads MP4s, copies metadata, schedules on YouTube.

Scenario B — Mid-flight rescue

A marketer turned Auto-Approve on for what they thought was a routine update. Phase 2 finishes and they happen to glance at the dashboard — the AI generated images that look off-brand.

  1. Opens the production.
  2. Toggles Auto-Approve off in the page header.
  3. The production halts at the Phase 2 review gate (which was about to be auto-approved within seconds).
  4. Replaces the off-brand images via the Assets tab and approves manually.

The lesson: Auto-Approve is reversible at any moment. If you have a hunch, flip it off and review.

Tips & gotchas

  • Plan-gating. Auto-Approve is currently visible to every plan's UI. If you find it greyed out, your account configuration may differ — contact support.
  • Errors are not auto-resolved. Auto-Approve doesn't bypass error handling. A failed phase will pause the production and trigger the automatic 5-minute retry; if retries exhaust, the production sits waiting for human intervention.
  • It applies to future phases only. Toggling on at Phase 3 doesn't retroactively skip Phase 1 or 2 review (they're already past).
  • No "approve once but pause at Phase 5" mode. Auto-Approve is all-or-nothing. If you want to review only the publishing metadata, turn Auto-Approve off before Phase 5 completes.
  • Multi-language master. When the master fans out into language variants after Phase 2, each variant inherits the master's Auto-Approve setting.

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