START HERE · LESSON 9 OF 10 · 20 MIN
Plan your first automation
Automations fail when nobody planned for bad input. Planning on paper first is what professionals do, and it costs nothing.
Do it now
- Pick a task you repeat every week.
- Write the trigger: “When … happens”.
- List each step and mark where AI helps.
- Add a human check before anything is sent or paid.
- Write what happens when the input is wrong or missing.
Check yourself
Answer in your head first, then open each one.
Why add a human check?
AI makes mistakes; a person approves anything that affects money, customers or reputation.
What is a failure plan?
What the automation does when input is missing, wrong or the service is down.
Tip
Start with automations that save 10 minutes a day and cannot embarrass you if they fail.