The Automation Audit
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The Automation Audit
Once a quarter, I do a quick audit of my automation layer:
- Which automations are running? (Check cron jobs, launchd entries, n8n workflows)
- Which haven’t fired in the last month? (Probably dead weight — disable or delete)
- Which are firing but being ignored? (The output isn’t useful — fix or remove)
- Which are firing and being used? (These are working — leave them alone)
- What am I still doing manually that has the right profile for automation? (New candidates)
The audit takes about thirty minutes. It keeps the automation layer from accumulating things that run but don’t help, which is its own kind of cognitive overhead.
The next module looks at how prompt, delegate, and automate work together as a system, and how to assess where each of your current workflows sits.