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Generated: 2026-02-16

Workflow Automation: How To

Built for $1M+ founder-led teams that need restart-safe, measurable workflow automation (not ad-hoc zaps). Use this as a build guide for production-grade automations.

Step 1: Define the contract

  • Inputs/outputs
  • Success criteria
  • Data source of truth
  • Rollback plan

Step 2: Make it idempotent

Every run must be safe to repeat. Use correlation IDs, dedupe keys, and upserts instead of inserts.

Step 3: Observability by default

  • Structured logs
  • Heartbeat
  • Error alerts
  • Audit trail

Step 4: Failure handling

Retries with backoff, dead-letter queues, and clear operator runbooks.

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