{"found":true,"collection":"failure_modes","library_url":"https://www.grokbotdb.com/library/fm.scheduling-an-unclear-process","generated":"2026-09-06T05:32:11Z","citation":["Quote the record id and its source_url (or provenance if there is no URL).","Include last_verified or observed_at when present. Do not present an old date as current.","If tier is community and confidence is low, say so. Do not launder it into a fact.","If the database does not hold the answer, say that. Do not invent Grok Bot product claims.","Contradictions are data: when conflicts_with is present, report both records rather than picking a favourite.","Deprecated and removed records stay visible. They are history, not current guidance."],"record":{"id":"fm.scheduling-an-unclear-process","title":"Scheduling an ambiguous process makes it fail dependably rather than making it clearer","symptom":"A routine runs on time, every time, and produces work that still needs the same manual correction it always did.","cause":"Promotion to a routine before the manual version was verified, so the schedule automates the ambiguity.","detection":"Correction time per run does not fall as the routine matures.","fix":"Promote only along the ladder of one-time task, corrected task, saved skill, tested routine, with a successful run required at each step. Expand scope only after at least three consecutive runs with source-linked output, no unauthorised actions, predictable cost, recoverable failures, and less human correction time than the original workflow. A Bot that produces more activity but creates more review work has not automated the job.","severity":"medium","source_id":"src.tp.learncursor.skills-routines","source_url":"https://www.learncursor.dev/learn/cursor-agents/grok-bot-skills-routines","confidence":"high","first_seen":"2026-09-03","last_verified":"2026-09-03"}}