Approvals
What waits for a person in Ateliq, who can approve it, how the Approvals inbox works, and why approving a post or a template sends nothing.
Ateliq's rule is simple: anything a shopper or the public will see waits for a person. The AI agents draft; your team decides.
What needs approval
| Item | Drafted by | Approved by | What approval does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offers and initiatives | Head office | Publish right | Live on the screens of its stores between its dates |
| Trend boards | Trend scout or head office | Publish right | The stores in that city use it |
| Design concepts | Designer | Publish right | Can appear on the mirror as "New ideas" |
| Lookbooks, posts, briefs and shoots | Marketer, Photographer | Publish right | Approved to use. Posts nothing. |
| Follow-up and appointment message templates | Clienteling or head office | Publish right | Used for that kind of message from then on. Sends nothing by itself. |
| Short clips | Marketer, Photographer | A person, per clip | The clip is made |
| Each social post | Marketer proposes | A person clicks to post | The post goes out |
| Tag suggestions | Cataloguer | Write access | The tag is added to the product |
| Size charts | FabFit charts or head office | A person verifies | The chart reaches the screens |
| Metal rate proposals | Ateliq | Write access | The rate is used |
| Follow-up programmes | — | Head office switches on | Messages can be queued |
Sets, assortment, stores, avatars and catalogue edits take effect when saved, by people with the right access.
How the Approvals inbox works
- Send for approval puts the item in the Approvals inbox. One approval from a person with the publish right is needed, with a 48-hour target.
- The approved version is pinned. Approving re-reads and re-checks the item. If it changed after it was sent, the request closes as rejected: "Changed after it was sent for approval." Editing an item while it waits replaces the request.
- Self-approval. On an Enterprise workspace, the person who sent a request can never approve it. On other plans, a single approver may approve everything, including their own requests.
- Editing an approved offer or initiative takes it off the screens until it is approved again. Approved trend boards and concepts can't be edited: copy a board as a new draft, or retire a concept.
Approving sends nothing
Approving a post doesn't post it, and approving a template doesn't send a message. Posts go out only when a person clicks to post an approved draft. Messages go out only to opted-in shoppers, through a programme head office switched on, at most two a week and never between 9pm and 9am.
The agents' own levels
Separately from these approvals, each AI agent has an approval level that decides what it may do by itself inside your workspace. The Ateliq agents run at L2, Assist: they save drafts and reports without asking, and the approvals above still apply. See AI agents.
Something missing or unclear? Write to pb@ateliq.co and we will answer and fix this page. Last reviewed 12 November 2026.