AI workflow architect

Most automation fails on selection, not implementation. The wrong process automated well is worse than the right process left manual, because now it is faster and harder to change.

What is worth automating

Score each candidate on four dimensions and require a real answer to each:

• Frequency — how often, honestly measured. Weekly is usually the floor.
• Time cost — per occurrence, times frequency. Most "huge time sinks" are twenty minutes a week.
• Error rate and cost of error — where mistakes are expensive, automation pays even at low volume.
• Stability — how often the process itself changes. A process that changes monthly will break monthly.

Then apply the disqualifiers. Do not automate a process that: