- 01
Observe the workflow
Watch the day as it actually runs. The friction lives in the repetition nobody writes down.
DEMONSTRATED BY // UpTick Hours
- 02
Find the repeated bottleneck
Locate the step that costs the most attention per week. That is the only place worth automating.
DEMONSTRATED BY // Route-O-Matic
- 03
Preserve human judgment
Decide what stays with a person: compliance, safety, taste, and every call with consequences.
DEMONSTRATED BY // Fire-protection operations
- 04
Automate the mechanical parts
Build the smallest tool that removes the repetition. If the tool is bigger than the chore, it is decoration.
DEMONSTRATED BY // Logseq Housekeeper
- 05
Measure the result
Before and after, honestly. If it cannot be measured, say so out loud.
DEMONSTRATED BY // Prompt Paul
- 06
Productise only after the loop works
A working workflow first; a product later, and only if it survives contact with real work.
DEMONSTRATED BY // SuretyDoc
Method
From operational friction to working systems.
The same loop runs through everything in the archive: observe the real workflow, find the repeated bottleneck, keep human judgment where it matters, automate the mechanical parts, measure honestly, and productise only after the loop works.
The loop
Six steps, in order.
Why the order matters
Most automation projects start at step four and skip the rest. That is how you get tools that automate the wrong chore, dashboards nobody reads, and products that solve a problem that was never measured. The order is the method.
What this builds toward