The fastest way to build the wrong automation is to build it from a description. What people say they do and what they actually do almost always diverge — not because anyone is dishonest, but because real work is full of exceptions that never make it into the documentation.
Autostep starts by observing. It maps the actual steps, branches, and edge cases of a process as it happens, producing a living diagram instead of a static flowchart. That map becomes the source of truth for everything that follows.
Only once the process is understood do we ask the automation question. Often the biggest win is not an agent at all — it is removing a redundant step, merging two tools, or changing who does what. Discovery surfaces those wins for free.
Automate from observed reality, not from assumptions. It is the difference between an automation that survives contact with production and one that breaks the first week.