# Review, test and publish: how the assistant keeps you in control

_Connect an AI assistant · 2 min read · Updated 2026-10-28 · https://lanachat.ai/guides/ai-review-test-publish/_

Your assistant never changes live replies in one go. Every important change goes through a draft, a test and your "yes".

## The four stages

| Stage | Tool | What changes for fans |
|---|---|---|
| Draft | `create_ai_profile`, `edit_ai_profile` | nothing |
| Test | `playground_reply` | nothing: the Playground never sends to Telegram |
| Publish | `publish_ai_profile` | the new brain is live, but only if replies are on |
| Replies on | `set_workspace_auto_reply` | the AI answers her fans |

## Preview, then apply

The tools that matter work in two steps. First a preview: the assistant shows you what would change. Then `apply`, with the fresh hash or revision the preview gave. If someone changed the same thing in between, the apply is refused: nothing is overwritten, the assistant reads again and shows you the new preview.

## What to check in the test replies

- She answers in her language, with her tone.
- The prices match the ones you gave.
- A fan who says he is under 18 gets no sale and no flirting. See [Minor or distress: when Lana stops](https://lanachat.ai/guides/minor-distress-or-stop/).
- A fan in another language gets a sensible answer.

You can also open **Playground** in the Console and read the same test conversations.

## Keep the last word

- **Publish agency AI** is needed to create a creator's first AI Brain (`setup_workspace_ai` with apply), to publish a draft and to turn replies on. Without it, the assistant can edit and test drafts of a brain that already exists, never publish.
- For a new creator, either keep the box ticked for the setup and untick it afterwards with **Edit**, or [create and link her brain](https://lanachat.ai/guides/create-and-link-a-brain/) in the Console first, then let the assistant work on drafts. You then publish in **AI Brain** yourself.
- Replies stay off after `setup_workspace_ai`. They go on only with `set_workspace_auto_reply`, after your "yes".
- To stop everything at once, ask: "Turn off her AI replies." Or pause her in the Console.

Before the first real fan, run through the [Go-live checklist](https://lanachat.ai/guides/go-live-checklist/).

## Related

- [Playground: test a conversation safely](https://lanachat.ai/guides/playground/)
- [The setup prompt: copy, paste, answer](https://lanachat.ai/guides/ai-setup-prompt/)
- [Go-live checklist](https://lanachat.ai/guides/go-live-checklist/)