Automating a process you have never performed does not remove ignorance. It reproduces it faster.
The process on paper is not the process
Real work contains exceptions: a strange file, an unavailable product, an ambiguous request, a platform rule, or a customer who does not fit the happy path. Manual repetitions expose those cases while the stakes are small.
They also separate mindless labor from judgment. The former may be delegated. The latter needs an explicit owner.
Three repetitions create a useful map
On the first run, you learn the basic steps. On the second, you notice what repeats. On the third, you begin to see which choices depend on taste, risk, or context.
Write the map in plain language. Include inputs, outputs, stop conditions, approval points, and what evidence proves completion. That document becomes the agent’s job description.
Automation is earned
A station should move from manual to assisted, then to queued, then—only when justified—to unattended within hard limits. Autonomy is not the starting setting.
The goal is not to eliminate yourself from the process. It is to spend your attention on the decisions that deserve it.
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