Editing The Workflow Blueprint (section)

== 🔧 Jump in (Tinkerers start here) ==

Pick a real business process that currently takes you 30+ minutes and involves multiple steps. Examples: weekly reporting, content production, customer onboarding documentation, project status updates, invoice processing.

'''Phase 1 — Map the current process.''' Send this:

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I'm going to automate this business process: '''[describe the process]'''.

Help me map the current manual workflow:
1. What triggers the process? (time-based, event-based, request-based)
2. What are the sequential steps from trigger to final output?
3. What inputs does each step require?
4. What decisions are made at each step? (if/then logic)
5. Where are the bottlenecks or error-prone points?
6. What's the final deliverable and who receives it?

Present this as a numbered workflow with decision points marked.
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'''Phase 2 — Design the AI workflow.''' Send:

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Now redesign this as an AI-automated workflow. For each step, specify:

| Step || Human or AI? || If AI: what prompt template? || If Human: what decision? || Input || Output || Quality gate


Rules:
- Some steps should remain human (judgment calls, approvals, sensitive decisions)
- Every AI step needs a quality gate — how do you know the output is good enough to proceed?
- Include error handling — what happens when an AI step produces bad output?
- Include a feedback mechanism — how does the workflow improve over time?
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'''Phase 3 — Write the prompt templates.''' For each AI step in the workflow:

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Write the production-ready prompt template for Step '''[N]''': '''[step name]'''

The template should include:
- Role definition for the AI
- Clear input specification with [PLACEHOLDERS]
- Exact output format requirements
- Quality criteria the output must meet
- An example of good output vs. bad output

This prompt should work reliably every time with different inputs. It should be usable by someone who didn't design the workflow.
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'''Phase 4 — Run the workflow end-to-end.''' Execute the full pipeline with real data. Track:
* Time per step (manual vs. AI-assisted)
* Quality gate pass/fail rates
* Where you had to intervene or override
* Total time saved vs. the manual process

'''Phase 5 — Document the blueprint.''' Create a 1-page workflow document:

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Write a "Workflow Blueprint" for this process that includes:
1. '''Trigger:''' What starts the workflow
2. '''Flow diagram:''' Step-by-step with decision points (use text-based flowchart)
3. '''Prompt templates:''' Reference to each template (step number and name)
4. '''Quality gates:''' What to check at each stage
5. '''Error handling:''' What to do when something fails
6. '''Maintenance:''' How to update the workflow as requirements change
7. '''Metrics:''' How to measure whether the workflow is working well
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