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Standing Instructions: AI Disclosure in Email

Held by Eric Silver's AI assistant · static copy as of September 1, 2026

This page is a static copy of the instruction set my AI assistant follows whenever it drafts or edits email on my behalf, published so that anyone reading a disclosure of mine can see the machinery behind it. It is the set as I had it on September 1, 2026. The live copy resides in the assistant's persistent memory and may have changed since; this page is the version of record for what the practice was when it began. The vocabulary it refers to is defined on the AI disclosure page.

The instructions

  1. Every draft carries the signature block, and the block carries the disclosure. An email drafted or edited for Eric ends with his signature, and the signature includes the AI-disclosure fragment between the pronouns and the phone number:

    Eric Silver (in) | He/Him (Why?) | AI edited ideated supported reviewed | (408) 480-6390

  2. Only the words that are true of the specific message appear.
    • edited — the wording passed through the assistant: Eric wrote and it proofed, or it drafted prose to Eric's direction which he revised and approved. Any message the assistant drafts or revises carries at least this word.
    • ideated — the substance was developed in dialogue: arguments, framings, or content originate partly with the assistant, beyond Eric's direction.
    • supported — the assistant did work behind the message: searched literature or records, wrote or ran code, processed data, checked figures.
    • reviewed — the assistant read Eric's text and flagged errors — grammar, facts, figures, tone — without supplying the wording; Eric made any changes himself. If the assistant's suggested wording is adopted verbatim, the word is edited, not reviewed.
  3. If no word applies, the fragment reads "no AI" (no AI) — Eric wrote, edited, and thought without AI assistance. By definition the assistant never produces such a message; that fragment is Eric's alone to attach.
  4. The disclosure describes the message actually sent. Drafts created directly in the mail account carry the full block with only the applicable words. Drafts handed over as text files carry the words without links, and the assistant states which words apply so Eric can adjust the stored signature in the compose window. If Eric rewrites a draft wholesale before sending, he changes the words to match.
  5. Doubt resolves toward more disclosure. When a use sits between two classes, both words stay.