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Using AutogenAI for reviews rather than first drafts

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AutogenAI isn’t only for generating first drafts. You can use it as a reviewer to strengthen content your team has already written, whether your team drafted it in AutogenAI, in Word, or elsewhere.

You can review content in three ways:

  • The assistant with commenting: review content in your project and leave feedback.
  • Word integration: review directly in your Word document.
  • Pasted-in content: bring in content built elsewhere and use the assistant to edit it.

Best for: proposal managers, reviewers, and writers polishing existing content.

In this article:

Before you start

  • Have your draft content ready, along with the question, requirements, and scoring criteria.
  • Decide what you want from the review (for example, tighter wording, stronger evidence, better compliance, or a consistent tone).

Option 1: Review with the assistant and commenting

Best for reviewing content that already lives in your project.

  1. Open your project from the project section and go to the content you want to review.
  2. Launch the assistant.
  3. Ask for a review, for example: “Review this answer against the evaluation criteria and suggest improvements.”
  4. Read the feedback and use comments to flag the sections that need changes.
  5. Ask the assistant to revise those sections, or edit them yourself.
  6. Resolve comments as you or the assistant make changes.

Tip: Be specific about your review focus. “Check for unsupported claims” gets better results than “make this better.”

Option 2: Review with the Word integration

Best for content that’s already in a Word document.

  1. Open your document in Word.
  2. Open the AutogenAI pane from the ribbon and sign in.
  3. Select the relevant project.
  4. Highlight the text you want to review.
  5. Ask AutogenAI to review or improve it, for example: “Tighten this to 200 words and keep the tone confident.”
  6. Accept the suggested changes, or edit by hand.
  7. Repeat section by section.

Tip: Review a section at a time so you stay in control of every change.

Option 3: Paste in content built elsewhere

Best for content written outside AutogenAI, such as in another tool or a colleague’s document.

  1. Open your project and launch the assistant.
  2. Paste in the content you want reviewed.
  3. Add the question, word count, and scoring criteria for context.
  4. Tell the assistant what to do, for example:
    • “Edit for clarity and active voice.”
    • “Check this against the requirements and flag gaps.”
    • “Rewrite to match our style guide.”
  5. Review the output, then copy the final version back into your document.

Tip: Add your style guide to the project so pasted-in content matches your organization’s voice.

Example review prompts

  • “Review this answer against the scoring criteria and list the gaps.”
  • “Make this more concise without losing key evidence.”
  • “Strengthen this with specific outcomes and figures.”
  • “Flag any claims that need supporting evidence.”
  • “Check the tone is consistent with the rest of the proposal.”

Best practices

  • Give the assistant your criteria. Reviews are only as good as the standard you measure them against.
  • Review in small sections for more precise feedback.
  • Keep a human in the loop. Verify facts, figures, and compliance before submitting.
  • Combine approaches. Draft in Word, then paste into the assistant for a final polish.

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