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When should you automate business tasks?
Automate repetitive work with clear rules. Don’t automate what nobody understands yet.
By Will Fortes · Fortes Tech
Good automation candidates
- Same task many times a week.
- Explainable rules (“if X then Y”).
- Human error is expensive.
- Data already lives in email, sheets, or a system.
Bad candidates (for now)
- Process that changes weekly.
- Political decisions.
- No process owner.
Suggested order
- Map the real flow.
- Cut useless steps.
- Automate the rest with a simple tool.
- Only then add generative AI if needed.
Quick answers
Can n8n / Zapier handle it?
Often yes early on. When rules get complex or volume rises, they become pieces inside a system.