Recording and sharing a writing process
Writers and students can use Humanly Cloud to preserve an inspectable record while drafting. Start writing in the workspace before the process you want to document occurs. A certificate can show recorded edits and in-platform AI assistance; it cannot recover the earlier drafting history of text imported from elsewhere.
Start with the right writing setup
Open the Cloud application. For personal writing, create a document and review its setup. For an assignment, use the task invitation or public task link supplied by its owner. An assigned task carries the owner's instructions and controls; creating an unrelated personal document does not complete that assignment.
Check whether the task permits AI, copy and paste, and access to downloadable resources. Also check any timing, length or attempt limits. Those settings affect what you can do in the workspace and how another reader should interpret the resulting evidence. See AI access modes for the difference between discussion, polishing and fuller assistance.
Draft, inspect, then submit or certify
- Draft inside the Humanly editor so the session has a recorded process.
- Keep quotations and sources identifiable in the writing itself. Source attribution in a certificate describes input channels; it does not replace academic citations.
- If AI assistance is permitted, review any suggested changes before accepting them. You remain responsible for the resulting wording and claims.
- Inspect your document and recorded activity as part of finishing the work.
- Submit an assigned task, or generate a certificate for personal writing. Check that the certificate corresponds to the document you intend to share.
For example, you might paste a properly cited quotation and then write an analysis around it. The pasted portion is process information, not a finding that the quotation was improper. A reviewer needs the assignment rules and citation context to judge it.
Read your certificate accurately
Final-text composition describes the recorded sources of text that remains. Process input volume also reflects writing activity that may later have been revised or deleted. A large amount of drafting can therefore accompany a short final document. Neither number is a score for effort, skill or originality.
“Typed” means text entered through a recorded typing path. It does not prove that the writer invented the ideas, worked without AI elsewhere, or never consulted another person. Likewise, AI-assisted text can be entirely allowed in an assignment. See understanding the evidence before using a percentage as a claim about authorship.
Choose what a recipient can inspect
The certificate controls include whether the public view shows full text and edit history, and whether an access code is required. Inspect the shared view before sending its link. Sharing full history can reveal earlier wording as well as the final text; a certificate deserves the same care as the document itself.
These display choices control the shared certificate view. They are not a promise to erase stored records or withdraw copies someone has already obtained. An assigned task also has its own owner-facing submission workflow. Check with that owner about how assignment records will be reviewed.
The Humanly Cloud privacy policy explains service data processing. For the product's overall workflow, use What is Humanly Cloud?; for the limits of comparing process records with text classifiers, use provenance versus AI detection.
Reviewed: 2026-09-24.
Applies to: Humanly Cloud release baseline 75eba744, checked against source revision d5818c71 on 2026-09-24. Product descriptions cover capabilities shared by that release and source, not a new deployment. Available controls and evidence depend on the writing setup. Research findings refer to arXiv:2607.21758v1.