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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.