Citera never forces automation on you. Each workflow can run under the policy that fits your team.
The four policies
Autonomous (autopilot): Citera executes within the rules you've set, for example publishing blog posts on schedule.
Approval required: a person approves before anything is published or any external action is taken.
Draft only: Citera prepares the work but never publishes it. Your team reviews and ships it through your own process.
Disabled: the workflow is monitored, but no action is taken.
Citera publishes without a review step only when an autonomous policy has been intentionally enabled for that workflow.
Blog content
In the Calendar's autopilot panel:
Autopilot off: drafts are still written on schedule but wait on the calendar for your approval.
Per article type, choose Off, Drafted or Autopilot.
Scheduled posts can be edited, moved or returned to draft until they go out.
When you click Publish manually, Citera asks you to confirm first, because taking a post down again has to be done on your own site.
Social and Reddit
On Scale and above, social autopilot can be switched on or off separately from blogs. Reddit agent posting has its own switch and is currently in beta.
Website fixes
On Scale and above, on-page fixes can be pushed to your CMS. You decide which fixes to apply.
Different rules for different actions
Publishing, website changes, distribution and other workflows can each use a different policy based on risk, channel and preference.
Recommended approach for new accounts
Start with drafts or approval required for a few weeks, review what the agent produces, give feedback through edits and the Knowledge Base, then enable autopilot for the content types you trust.