The latest articles on DEV Community by Ali (@alidoesai). https://dev.to/alidoesai https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3967733%2Fbcad6640-951c-4b13-a506-7db0a124749b.png https://dev.to/alidoesai en Ali Fri, 26 Jun 2026 02:32:37 +0000 https://dev.to/alidoesai/the-four-gates-i-make-ai-clear-before-its-output-enters-my-tracker-moc https://dev.to/alidoesai/the-four-gates-i-make-ai-clear-before-its-output-enters-my-tracker-moc <p>An AI agent reads every wedding-vendor quote I get and fills a tracker. I don't let it.</p> <p>No value enters until it clears four gates — provenance (does it have a source?), a confidence label, a math check, and my sign-off. I built them because the failures were real: a consolidation once turned a 118-row guest list into four tidy counts and silently dropped the payment schedule. It looked done. A reconciliation check caught it.</p> <p>"Looks complete" and "is complete" are different claims — and only a check can tell them apart.</p> <p>Full write-up + the diagram below.</p> <p>Read it: <a href="https://alidoes.ai/wedding-vendor-ai-four-gates/?utm_source=devto&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=four-gates" rel="noopener noreferrer">alidoes.ai</a></p> agents ai automation productivity