Decision and verification worksheet
Creator Lane | Reviewed October 24, 2026
https://creatorlanehq.com/blog/storytoolkitai-vs-manual-interview-logging

STORYTOOLKITAI VS MANUAL INTERVIEW LOGGING FOR DOCUMENTARY EDITS
Original Creator Lane decision worksheet | 2026-10-24

TASK
Audience / project:
Required outcome:
Current workflow and its specific limitation:
Options actually available without a new purchase:
Source material and permission:

DECISION QUESTIONS
Which work is suitable for an automated first pass?
Your evidence / answer:
Unresolved detail / owner:

What should remain in the human log?
Your evidence / answer:
Unresolved detail / owner:

How should a search result be verified?
Your evidence / answer:
Unresolved detail / owner:

What should be checked before an editing-software handoff?
Your evidence / answer:
Unresolved detail / owner:

How should privacy and cost be described?
Your evidence / answer:
Unresolved detail / owner:


PRACTICE BRIEF
Log five minutes of an authorized interview manually, then use the available indexing route to find the same two themes. Compare missed context, source retrieval and review time. Export one small selection if supported and verify it in the receiving editor. Keep the useful human notes alongside the machine-generated index.

ACCEPTANCE CHECKS
[ ] Preserve source identifiers
Evidence:
[ ] Verify every selected passage
Evidence:
[ ] Test a small interchange first
Evidence:

RESULT LOG
Option / exact version / account or interface:
Date / source URLs checked:
Input / settings / output version:
What was actually tested (leave blank if not tested):
Accepted results / failures / correction time:
Actual charges, if any (do not estimate as measured):
Privacy / permissions / delivery checks:
Decision and main limitation:
Next action / owner:
Recheck trigger:

REFERENCES
StoryToolkitAI official repository: https://github.com/octimot/StoryToolkitAI
DaVinci Resolve: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve

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