AI Ops Playbook for Content Teams: AI guardrails for teams that manage freelance writers

Hi Product Hunt, I'm Dylan, I run freelancer operations at an SEO agency (15+ writers, a few hundred deliverables reviewed monthly). This playbook exists because AI arrived inside my writer workflow before any rules did. A writer says AI was used "just for phrasing," the draft has unsupported stats, the editor re-checks everything from scratch, and the time AI saved is gone. The fix that actually worked was not banning AI and not trusting vibes. It was an operating layer: every assignment says what AI may help with, writers attach a 30-second AI-use note at submission, editors check sources and claims against that note, and repeat problems become policy updates. The playbook is that layer, packaged: policy template, per-assignment AI rule block, freelancer addendum, editor QA scorecard with automatic-stop rules, a red flag library, and a lightweight tracker. Word + Markdown + CSV, $37, 14-day fit guarantee. The linked page has the core policy template free, no signup. If you only take that, I'm glad it's useful. Happy to answer anything about running AI rules with real freelance teams.