# The checklist summary

When a [checklist](checklists.md) finishes, its page becomes a read-only record of
what happened. Open any completed checklist from the Checklists list to see it.

Nothing here can be edited. That is the point -- it is the account of one
checklist, and it stays as it was.

## What it shows

### Header

The checklist name, a **Complete** badge, which [workflow](workflows.md) and
version it ran, who started it and when, and how long it took start to finish. If
any tasks were skipped, the count is here too.

### Assignment overrides

Tasks closed by someone they were not [assigned to](assignment.md):

> **QA sign-off** was assigned to any Admin -- completed anyway by Sam Ortiz

Not flagged as a problem -- just on the record, so it can be looked at if anyone
wants to.

### Tasks

Every task, in order: its title and key, its final status, who closed it and when.
Tasks closed by a connected system show that system's name rather than a person's.

### Files

Everything uploaded to a [file field](fields.md) anywhere in the checklist, in one
list. If nothing asked for a file, the section says so.

### Activity

Everything that happened to this checklist, oldest first: when it was generated,
each task as it closed and who closed it, and the moment the checklist finished.

> Dana Reyes completed "Count the till"
> *Aug 25, 2026 - 2:18 AM CDT*

The sections above say what the checklist ended up saying. This one says how it
got there -- the order things closed in, and how far apart. Checklists that ran
before activity was kept say so rather than showing an empty list.

## What it is for

Three things, mostly:

- **Handover.** Somebody who was not there can read what happened without asking.
- **Evidence.** Who signed off, when, in what order, and what they attached, all
  kept together.
- **Improving the process.** Read a few summaries of the same workflow and it
  gets obvious which tasks take the longest and which ones keep getting skipped.

## Next

- [How assignment works](assignment.md)
- [Checklists](checklists.md)