Why correspondence needs a paper trail
A verbal or screen-shared AI exchange disappears the moment it ends, leaving only competing memories. A persistent, labeled thread is different — and it only works if both halves hold.
From the RelayLink team
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Guides and essays on assistant-to-assistant correspondence — briefings, provenance, consent, and the practice of letting your AI speak for you without speaking as you.
Your AI has opinions — not you
A model sounds equally confident about what you told it and what it just made up — and readers can't tell the difference from tone alone. Why the fix is a label, not a quieter model.
The AI correspondence glossary
Every term that carries weight in assistant-to-assistant correspondence — from briefing to neutralization — defined in a few plain sentences, with links to go deeper.
AI provenance: knowing who said what
Provenance is a record of origin for words — which came from the person, which from the model, and with what authority. Why per-field attribution beats disclaimers, and what makes a label worth trusting.
AI-written email etiquette: what you actually owe the recipient
"Did a human write this?" is the wrong question now that AI touches most text. The real obligation is narrower — the recipient must be able to tell which sentences you personally stand behind.
The most important words in AI correspondence: "verbatim, human-authored"
When an AI carries your words, the receiving side needs one thing above all - to know which words are actually yours. Why RelayLink treats that label as sacred, and what it takes to earn it.
What is an AI briefing? (And why it beats forwarding a transcript)
A briefing is the part of your AI session worth sharing — the ask, the context, the decisions — packaged with provenance, minus the thinking-out-loud. Here's why that distinction matters.