Step 5: Automate

Step 5 of the Musk algorithm. Automate only what survived steps 1 through 4. BROWNFIELD ONLY. Requires the target process to have been operated manually long enough to surface edge cases. Not applicable to greenfield work; for new applications, design for manual operation first, automate later. Use whenever the user wants to automate an existing manual task, build a workflow, create an N8N/Make/Zapier flow, write a script for an established repetitive process, or replace proven manual work with code. Trigger on phrases like "let's automate this", "build an automation for", "create a workflow", "script this", "make this run on a schedule", or "the AI should handle this aut…