Rank the manual tasks by hours saved, not by how much they irritate you.
A ranked shortlist of tasks worth automating, with yearly hours, effort, payback, and a clear list of what should stay manual.
Automation tends to start with whatever annoys someone. A clever automation gets built for a ten-minute weekly job while a daily copy-paste carries on, and nobody counted the hours or asked who fixes it when it breaks.
Automation Audit lists every repetitive task with frequency and minutes, converts to yearly hours, and screens out work that is unstable or needs judgment. It estimates build effort, upkeep, and the cost of a silent failure, then ranks by net hours saved with a payback period and a first small step for each.
What it produces.
- →A task inventory with yearly hours, marked estimated or measured
- →A screen showing which tasks should stay manual, and why
- →A ranked shortlist of three to five with net hours and payback
- →A later list, a never list, and the one measurement to take before starting
- ✦Operations managers choosing where to spend limited setup time
- ✦Owner-managers whose team lives in spreadsheets and copy-paste
- ✦Anyone asked what the team could automate
This Playbook ranks tasks by hours saved. It does not map how a process actually runs, so it does not trace handoff delays, rework loops, or steps that should be removed before anything is automated. The Process Audit Tool does that diagnosis: it finds where a working process quietly loses time, money, or quality. Automation Audit does not include that, and it builds nothing.
See the Process Audit Tool ($99) →- →automation-audit.zip: a native Claude Skill. Upload to Settings → Skills in Claude, or unzip to
~/.claude/skills/ - →automation-audit-skill.md: plain markdown. Works in ChatGPT Custom GPTs, Gemini, Claude Projects, agent system prompts, anywhere
- →A README inside the zip with install steps for Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini
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Before you buy.
How is this different from just asking Claude directly?
Asked cold, Claude lists popular automation ideas for your industry. This ranks your own tasks by net hours after build and upkeep, screens out unstable ones, asks who owns the fix, and tests whether the ranking survives if your estimates are half right.
How is this different from a Tool?
Playbooks are systematically produced to a fixed template and priced accordingly ($12.99). Tools are hand-built, one at a time, and go deeper ($39 to $199). A Playbook gives you a reliable method for routine work; a Tool is for when the judgment matters more than the format. This Playbook ranks tasks by hours saved. It does not map how a process actually runs, so it does not trace handoff delays, rework loops, or steps that should be removed before anything is automated. The Process Audit Tool does that diagnosis: it finds where a working process quietly loses time, money, or quality. Automation Audit does not include that, and it builds nothing.
Will this work with ChatGPT, Gemini, and other LLMs?
Yes. You get a native Claude Skill (.zip) that auto-invokes in Claude, plus a plain .md you can paste into a ChatGPT Custom GPT, a Gemini system prompt, or any LLM. The procedure travels with the file.
Can I share this with my team?
It's licensed for your own personal and professional use. The output it produces is yours to circulate. To put the Playbook itself in the hands of a whole team, email hello@authority.md about team licensing.
What if it doesn't work for me?
If the file hasn't been delivered, or arrives defective or empty, we refund in full: see our refund policy.