# Choose the first workflow worth automating

Find the narrow repeatable pain before you build the agent.

Source: skills/shape/SKILL.md

## Input

Messy process notes, stakeholder complaints, recent examples, and the current manual handoff.

## Decision

Pick the workflow with repeated demand, visible friction, and a clear success oracle.

## Evidence

Candidate workflow, non-goals, owner, acceptance proof, and failure/escalation conditions.

## Failure handling

If no repeated pain or proof exists, keep researching instead of automating a demo-shaped workflow.

## What to verify

- The input exists in live evidence.
- The decision has an oracle.
- The evidence path is captured before closeout.