How the RunSignl content workflow works
The real statuses a piece moves through — Idea, Draft, In review, Approved to create, In production, Ready to post — and what each one commits you to.
Everything you make in RunSignl is one record moving through one set of statuses. The Content page lists all of them with the status each one is really in, and you can filter by status.
The statuses
- Idea — an accepted suggestion. Real and saved, and visibly not yet written.
- Draft — the piece is being written. Hook, concept, structure, caption.
- In review — submitted, waiting on a human decision.
- Approved to create — someone approved it. The next step is filming, designing or recording it.
- In production — you are making it.
- Ready to post — finished, and ready for you to post from Instagram when you choose.
- Posted — you posted it and recorded that here.
- Archived — set aside.
Approved does not mean published
Approved to create means approved to make. It is a decision about spending your time, not a publishing action. Nothing is queued, scheduled or sent anywhere when a piece is approved — RunSignl does not publish, and this status is the moment that becomes most confusing if you assume it does.
The same is true at the end of the line. Ready to post means the package is complete and it is your turn: you post it from Instagram yourself, then come back and record the link.
Who can move a piece
Owners and editors can create, edit and approve work. Viewers can see everything and change nothing. See Switching workspaces and what each role can do.
Approvals
The Approvals page collects everything waiting on a human decision in one list. Each approve, edit or reject is recorded against the exact piece it was made about.
Completeness
A piece is not "ready" because you say it is. RunSignl checks the package against the sections that piece's format actually needs, and shows you what is still missing. A video and a carousel do not need the same things, so the checklist differs by format.
Where content comes from
A record can start in several places, and each one keeps its provenance:
- from a benchmark opportunity you decided to adapt,
- from an idea you accepted on Overview,
- from your 30-day plan,
- or from something you created by hand.
Provenance is only shown when the record really carries it — a draft you wrote yourself is never labelled as coming from somewhere else.
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