Automation Loop Hardening

Use this skill when a manual operation has repeated enough times that it may deserve automation, but the next step is not yet obvious. The goal is not to automate everything. The goal is to promote proven, repetitive work into the smallest safe loop with clear evidence, controls, and feedback.

Operating Rule

Automation earns promotion by evidence:

1. The operation recurs with similar inputs, decisions, and outputs.
2. The manual version has visible cost, delay, error risk, or coordination load.
3. The operation can be made bounded, idempotent, observable, and reversible.
4. A human can understand the loop state without reading the implementation.

If those conditions are not met, return a "do not automate yet" verdict and specify what evidence would change the decision.

Workflow

1. Capture the manual loop

Record the current operation as a concrete runbook: