Glossary

Trust Loop

Trust Loop is the workflow contract behind C: explain the change, preview the result, apply only what is approved, and keep undo available.

Explain Preview Apply Undo

Working definition

The Trust Loop is the minimum contract C keeps around AI-assisted change so teams can gain speed without surrendering reviewability.

Explain

State what is proposed and why it fits the current work.

Preview

Inspect the proposed result before it becomes canonical state.

Apply

Commit only approved commands through a governed path.

Undo

Keep rollback available when experiments miss or constraints change.

Why it matters

Why the Trust Loop exists

Production teams do not reject automation because it is new. They reject changes they cannot inspect, explain, or recover from.

Without a trust contract, speed gains turn into review risk, continuity drift, and weak accountability.

A deployable workflow needs a visible contract around model suggestions and execution.

What each step does

Explain keeps the system legible enough for humans to decide whether the suggestion belongs.

Preview separates planning from commitment.

Apply turns approved intent into explicit commands instead of hidden mutations.

Undo protects experimentation and keeps autonomy from becoming irreversible.

In deployment

Studio keeps preview, approval, and rollback attached to timeline change.

Enterprise rollout keeps policy and approvals explicit as autonomy expands.

CommandBus keeps execution deterministic instead of letting model output mutate state directly.

The Trust Loop is more useful as an operating model than as a slogan.

Workflow

See the full path from read, plan, preview, apply, and undo.

Update

Read the product note behind the concept.

Comparison

Understand why the workflow contract matters more than raw speed claims.

Review contract

The right conversation is usually about where preview, approval, and rollback need to stay explicit as teams increase autonomy.