Drake Surach recommends listing repeated tasks, estimating their time and cost, and sorting them into eliminate, automate, delegate and accelerate categories before choosing what to build. His examples of savings are participant anecdotes rather than independently verified results.
He maps a workflow in terms of trigger, actions and outputWorkflow automation uses software or AI to complete a connected sequence of routine steps with less manual effort., then explains a skill structureAn AI agent skill is a reusable package of instructions, resources, and tool guidance for performing a bounded kind of work. with instructions, reference materials and optional scripts for repeatable operations. A small emoji-formatting example illustrates the components.
In a longer demonstration, Surach builds and tests a skill to draft a newsletter from a video transcript using voice and business context. He reviews the first outputHuman-in-the-loop AI keeps a person involved in reviewing, correcting, approving, or guiding an AI system's work., requests a link correction and discusses scheduling after gaining confidence in the drafts.
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