Your First Automation: From Repetitive Task to Reliable Workflow

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  General

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  • Select activity ROBOT TRAINER · PRACTICEBuild the smallest version...

    ROBOT TRAINER · PRACTICE

    Build the smallest version that is genuinely useful. Then make it survive.

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    Before you start Page

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  • Select activity Build log and questions

    

    Build log and questions Forum

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• Select section Pin the task down

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  Pin the task down

  One trigger, one outcome. If you cannot get it onto one line, you have more than one automation.

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• Select section Build the smallest useful version

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  Build the smallest useful version

  The version that does one thing, for one case, and can be read in a minute.

  • Select activity Small enough to hold in your head

    

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• Select section Guard rails

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  Guard rails

  Safe to repeat, safe to interrupt, safe when the input is wrong.

  • Select activity Three guard rails worth building every time

    

    Three guard rails worth building every time Page

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  • Select activity Check yourself: guard rails

    

    Check yourself: guard rails Quiz

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• Select section Give it a heartbeat

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  Give it a heartbeat

  The difference between an automation you trust and one you merely hope about.

  • Select activity How to make silence detectable

    

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• Select section Watch it for a week

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  Watch it for a week

  Then decide what it actually needs — based on evidence rather than imagination.

  • Select activity The first week, and the handover

    

    The first week, and the handover Page

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  • Select activity Ship one automation and write up how it fails

    

    Ship one automation and write up how it fails Assignment

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  • Select activity Final check: shipping it

    

    Final check: shipping it Quiz

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