Creating a custom checklist manually with the Audit Now Checklist Editor is simple, intuitive, and requires no coding. Whether you're standardizing safety inspections, documenting cleaning procedures, or setting up quality control tasks, our drag-and-drop builder helps you get it done quickly.
✅ What you will need
To create a new checklist, you will need:
An Audit Now account (free or premium) ▶️ Sign up to Audit Now
A user with either one of these roles: Account Admin, Application Admin, Audit Admin Learn more abour roles ▶️ User roles in Audit Now
Step-by-Step: Create a Checklist Manually
Log in to Audit Now
Open Audit Now in your browser.
Login to your home page and navigate to the Checklist Builder
Start a New Checklist
Click Start button under the Build from scratch menu card.
Give your checklist a name (e.g., Daily Safety Inspection).
Optionally, enter Industry, Standards and Workplace information to provide contextual information to your AI Model. Audit Now uses this information and your checklist content to improve the clarity and effectivity of the audit checklist you are creating.
Click Save and Continue button to navigate to the editor.
Default checklist section and questions
Audit Now generates a default Start Page with 3 identifier input fields to new checklists:
Site / Location: This field is automatically mapped to special response type: Site/Location allowing auditors to choose from the list of locations that they are assigned to. Do not remove this field if you are willing to collect location data from your audits. Location is part of audit web and pdf reports and filters unless it is not opted out in checklist start page.
Auditor Name: Automatically mapped to special response type Auditor Name. This field is automatically populated from user's login during auditing.
Audit Date: Automatically mapped to special response type: Audit Date. This field is automatically populated as user's current date and time during auditing.
You may remove these fields from your checklist but it is not recommended as it is commonly best practice to collect audit identifier information.
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