Workflow documentation
Written descriptions of what each automation does, how it is triggered, what systems it touches, and what errors it handles. PURIST documents every client workflow so that after 12 months, anyone can understand and modify it without reverse-engineering it.
Expert insight
Undocumented automations are time bombs. The person who built them leaves, and the business loses the knowledge.
In a real workflow
Each workflow has a short note: purpose, trigger, systems touched, owner and what to do when it fails.
Common mistakes
- Documentation that is never updated.
- Documentation stored where nobody looks.
Complexity level
Anyone can understand this no technical background needed.
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