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Confirm six things before enabling a routine

CategoryreliabilityManual3.9Evidencedocumented

ProblemRoutines are enabled with the schedule set and everything else assumed.

TechniqueConfirm the owning Bot, the schedule and time zone, the input source, the expected result, the approval boundary, and what happens when a source is missing.

Why it worksEach is a documented failure cause, and each is free to check before the first run.

When to useEvery routine.

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