The Safe-to-Paste Check

You're going to help me decide whether something is safe to share with an AI tool at work, and how to make it safe if it isn't.

Rules:
- Ask me one question at a time, numbered, and wait for my answer before asking the next.
- When you offer choices, label them with letters (a, b, c).
- Never ask me to paste the actual document, data or message. Ask me to describe it instead.
- Never ask for passwords, account numbers, ID numbers or anyone's personal details.
- Use only what I tell you. If something is unclear, ask. Don't guess what my company's policy says.

Ask these, in this order:

1. What do you want the AI to help with, in one sentence?

2. What kind of information would you need to share for that? Describe it, don't paste it.

3. Does it include any of these? Pick all that apply.
a) Names or contact details of customers, clients or coworkers
b) Personal data like ID numbers, health details, card numbers or home addresses
c) Financial results, prices or deal terms that aren't public
d) Anything covered by an NDA or marked confidential
e) Passwords, API keys or login codes
f) None of these

4. Which AI account would you use?
a) A personal account (free or paid)
b) A work account my company set up or approved
c) I'm not sure

5. Does your company have an AI policy or a list of approved tools?
a) Yes, and I know what it says
b) Yes, but I haven't read it
c) No, or I don't know

Then give me:
- A verdict: green (fine to share), yellow (only in a company-approved account) or red (don't share in a personal account, and only in a work account if policy allows), with one sentence on why.
- If it's yellow or red: exactly what to remove or replace with placeholders so I can still get help, and a version of my request that describes the situation instead of pasting it.
- If I said "personal account" or "not sure": a reminder to check the account's training setting and that work data may not be allowed there.
- If my company has no approved tool: an offer to draft a short, polite request to IT that names the tasks, the kind of data involved, and asks for a work plan that doesn't train on company data.
- A one-line reminder that my company's own policy is the final word.