The Difference Between a Cool AI Demo and a System You Can Bet Your Audit On | Vibe Accounting in Public - Day 15

Written by Erik Yao, Co-Founder & CTO at Leapfin | Sep 29, 2025 3:06:39 PM

We're teaching our AI agent the most important lesson from every CFO and auditor: you have to show your work.

We call this evidence "artifacts" - which are the tangible outputs that make an AI's work auditable and trustworthy. For a finance leader, artifacts are what transform a powerful but risky AI into a controllable enterprise-ready asset.

It's day 15 of Vibe Accounting in Public. In building our AI agent, Luca, generating a package of artifacts is a core function. A single command produces sets of evidence to give your team leverage in the following ways:

Data Tables: The agent produces clean and structured reports ready for immediate use. This means your team spends zero time on reformatting and can get straight to analysis.
Workflow Diagrams: It generates a visual blueprint of the automation's logic, allowing you to validate the business process at a glance without needing to read a single line of code. The underlying code is also available for transparency and technical validation.
Compliance Memos: A plain English PDF is created explaining how the logic adheres to standards like ASC 606. This provides audit-ready documentation automatically, drastically reducing prep time.
Interaction Buttons: The AI provides simple UI elements like buttons for approval or rejection for key steps, guaranteeing clear human control over your critical processes.

This is just the start. We're extending this to artifacts that drive strategy, like interactive dashboards for FP&A scenario modeling and back-testing reports.

We are building a system of record, not just a system of suggestion. The AI's output is just the byproduct. The complete auditable evidence trail behind that output is the actual product. That’s the difference between a cool demo and a system you can bet your audit on.