# Social Approval Mode Risk Map

Compare the documented approval mode with the team's intended publishing boundary before changing any settings.

## Scope
Preparation and review only. No account action or professional decision.

## Inputs
Dated workspace-settings export; intended approvers; publish-permission roster; documented mode; owner policy.

## Workflow
1. Record workspace and policy versions; do not infer mode from an approval icon.
2. Classify no approval, optional, required or multi-level using supplied settings; missing settings stay unknown.
3. Compare the policy with whether unapproved content can proceed under that mode.
4. List mismatches and the person who must decide; do not change permissions or approve a post.

## Output contract
workspace | actual_mode | intended_gate | evidence | bypass_risk | owner_decision

## Fictional acceptance test
Fictional agency requires client sign-off but workspace uses optional approval. Flag policy mismatch even when a post has a green approval icon. Missing settings prevent a mode verdict.

## Review gates
Keep original values, source IDs and version dates. Unknown facts stay held. Use qualified review for hiring, legal and accounting conclusions. No send, share, sign-in, scheduling, ledger change or payment. Fictional contract review is not a live account compatibility test.

## Method source
https://planable.io/guides/content-approvals-in-planable/

Checked October 8, 2026. Oct8 live GSC through Oct5: marketing copilot 37 impressions, Planable/Claude 33 and Planable/ChatGPT 23, campaign brief 12 and reports 11. Marketing/social topics follow these parent-query leads; other professions follow method-source workflow needs, not exact query measurements. Exact monthly volume is unmeasured.