8 AI prompts to find and automate your busywork

List the tasks I repeat every week, based on this description of my work. For each task, say how often I do it and roughly how long it takes. My work: [Insert what you do in a normal week]

From this task list, pick the 3 best tasks to automate first. Favor tasks that are repetitive, follow clear rules and are low-risk if something goes wrong. Explain each pick in one line. Tasks: [Insert task list]

Break this task into a trigger (what starts it) and actions (what happens next), step by step. Name the app used in each step. Task: [Insert task]. Apps I use: [Insert apps]

Turn these steps into a plan for a Make scenario: list each module in order, what data passes between them, and any filters I need. Keep it simple enough for a beginner. Steps: [Insert trigger and action steps]

Write 5 realistic test examples for this automation, including 2 messy ones (a missing field, an odd format). Automation: [Insert what it does]

List what could go wrong with this automation and what should happen in each case: retry, skip, or alert me. Automation: [Insert scenario plan]

Write a short note a teammate can read to understand this automation: what it does, when it runs, where to check it, and how to turn it off. Automation: [Insert scenario plan]

Here is what my automation did this month. Tell me what is working, what failed, and one change to try next. Notes or run history: [Insert notes or run history]