Simplifying a workflow

Analyze the current workflow and suggest concrete simplifications to reduce complexity, improve reliability, and lower costs.

Process

1. Read the workflow using clay workflows graph get <workflowId> --mode full to get all node details
2. Analyze each node against the simplification checklist below
3. Present findings as a prioritized list of suggestions with specific changes, alongside a render of the current graph (clay workflows diagram <workflowId>) so the user can see which nodes each suggestion affects
4. Apply authorized changes — edit the workflow only when the user's request authorizes modifications, via clay workflows nodes update/create/delete. Once authorized, apply clearly behavior-preserving improvements as you go and ask before changes with a material behavior or quality trade-off
5. Show the result — after applying, run clay workflows graph format <workflowId> and render the updated graph so the simplification is visible, not just described

Narrate throughout and prefer the diagram over raw node JSON — see the workflows-cli skill's presenting.md.

Simplification Checklist

Replace LLM nodes with code nodes

Regular (LLM) nodes cost an LLM call per execution. Many can be replaced with deterministic code: