Workproduct-first AI is the practical path to deployed surrogates

Start with the artifact

A surrogate should be measured by the work it ships. The first scope is usually a brief, routine, reply, report, or handoff that already has an owner.

Keep review visible

The most useful deployments make source context, review ownership, and acceptance criteria explicit before the first production run.

Expand after cadence

Once the workproduct cadence is trusted, teams can add more sources, more reviewers, and more adjacent surrogate roles.