# Publishing Process ### Draft Automation Rules Users can create draft automation rules which will run in a 'Test' or 'Draft' mode. Rules with this status will not be executed within your organization or user base. They will show you what would have happened, if the rule was published and run. This is useful for: 1. Testing that any **complex automations** run correctly, before publishing or running them live. 2. Testing any automations that **remove users access to products**. To avoid inadvertently removing access from the wrong users. 3. Creating a draft list of users that you can manually address. e.g. If automatically removing user access is too risky, creating a draft will list the users that meet your rule criteria, allowing you to manually remove them when you're ready. If a draft rule is published, all draft results will be immediately cleared and the rule will be rerun at the next scheduled run time. ### Publish and Unpublish Automation Rules Users can **Publish** draft automation rules, which will make them immediately active and they will run at the next scheduled time. Pressing the **Unpublish** button will move an automation rule into a draft state. It will still run at the next scheduled time, but only in a draft state, not making any changes to your organization or user base. You can see the results of the draft automation in the 'Draft' tab, within the rule details. Got a question? Check out our [FAQs](/features/faqs.md) or email us at --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.smolsoftware.com/features/publishing-process.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.