# Signers (authors) Every article has a named signing person. The CLI calls these people authors. ## Find the signing person Author records belong to the active company. List them to obtain an id before assigning an article. `author` is an alias for `authors`. ``` recala authors list ``` An owner can add a real person with the name and profile information that person supplied. An agent must not invent a person, bio, expertise or photo. ## Assign the author to an article Use the article id and the selected author’s id from their list commands. Replace the placeholders before running: ``` recala article person --person ``` ``` recala article status ``` Assignment and approval are separate steps. Assignment alone does not sign or publish the draft. ## Approval records both signer and actor Approval signs in the named author’s name and records who performed the action. The signing person must have agreed to the content. A publish key is restricted to the people named when it was created. Automatic approval uses the configured active signing person and owner consent. Follow [Review an article](https://recala.co/developers/guides/review/) for manual approval or read [Calendar and autopilot](https://recala.co/developers/calendar/) for automatic approval.