Automate the routine

Routine automation is when you describe repetitive work once as a process, and then the agent performs it on a signal. There are four parts to any such process. Trigger - what triggers it: time (“every morning”), an event (“a new order has arrived”) or your command. Steps - a sequence of actions with tools. Quality control - checking the result before issuing: the criterion by which the agent evaluates himself. The human point is the place where you confirm or rule. Growing up mechanics: start with the person approving of the last step, and only release control where mistakes are cheap. Insider trick: first run the process manually according to your own steps - if you can’t describe it in words, the agent certainly won’t be able to. The second trick is to add “stop conditions”: if there is a lack of data or a strange result, the process freezes and calls you, rather than moving on blindly. A typical mistake is to immediately transfer the entire process to a fully automatic machine in order to save time. Reliable automation grows from a manually tested process with clear quality control and human control.