Automation Discovery · Client Workbook
Your Details
1 · What you want handled: the starting workflow
The single task you most want off your team's plate. We build it end to end first; more workflows follow once this one is running. Examples: incoming orders/results intake, new customer intake & record prep, renewals & billing follow ups, status updates and follow ups, report preparation, or name your own.
How will you judge it's working? (hours back, faster turnaround, nothing missed)
2 · Access: what we need to build anything
These answers determine our build timeline more than anything else in this document.
Every system/portal this workflow touches (software names; note web vs installed):
3 · The workflow today, step by step
One row per step, exactly as your team does it now. This table becomes the automation's script, the most valuable page here.
| # | What happens (opened, clicked, typed, checked) | System | Who | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| 2 | ||||
| 3 | ||||
| 4 | ||||
| 5 | ||||
| 6 |
What starts an item (something arrives? a queue fills? time of day?), and what marks it done?
4 · The rules your team follows
The judgment calls, written as rules. Include exact required wording where it matters (notes, flags, messages) and any hard limits. Where a rule lives only in someone's head, write the person's name. We'll interview them.
| If / when… | …then do | Who owns this rule |
|---|---|---|
What must ALWAYS go to a human, no matter what, and to whom?
5 · Data, compliance & approvals
Data safe by design: the agent works on your own workstation and the run logs stay there. The one document reading step, and everything else about access, is on the Security page.
Who must sign off before go live (owners, compliance, legal)?
6 · Volume, hours & contacts
Items per day and minutes each · your operating hours and when the automation may run (nights/weekends so mornings start clean?) · the one person we call with questions, and the escalation contact.
7 · Later (the parking lot)
Everything else you'd eventually hand off. Listed here so nothing is lost. The first automation stays focused.
8 · Sign off
| Name | Role | Signature | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
Or book the 20 minute demo
Pick a slot; you'll get a Google Meet link. Fill in the workbook first if you can. It makes the demo shorter.