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Automation Discovery — Client Workbook

Prepared by the Mortar Automation Team · Confidential
How to fill this out: Type directly into this document — your answers save on this device as you go. When you are done, use Complete Discovery below to send them to us, or print to PDF — or skip the typing entirely: book a 20-minute call and we'll fill it out together while you talk. Screenshots welcome anywhere.
Prefer a file? Excel workbook (.xlsx) Printable form (.pdf)

Your Details

Please complete the required fields — Name, a valid Email, Business Name, and Phone.

1 · What you want handled — the starting workflow

The single task you most want off your team's plate. We build it end-to-end first; more workflows follow once this one is running. Examples: incoming orders/results intake, new-customer intake & record prep, renewals & billing follow-ups, status updates and follow-ups, report preparation — or name your own.

How will you judge it's working? (hours back, faster turnaround, nothing missed)

2 · Access — what we need to build anything

These answers determine our build timeline more than anything else in this document.

Remote access to a workstation (e.g., a spare computer we can reach securely):
A dedicated login for the automation in your main system:
Two-factor codes on any logins:
Where do codes go (phone/email/app)?

Every system/portal this workflow touches (software names; note web vs installed):

3 · The workflow today — step by step

One row per step, exactly as your team does it now. This table becomes the automation's script — the most valuable page here.

#What happens (opened, clicked, typed, checked)SystemWhoTime
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2
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6

What starts an item (something arrives? a queue fills? time of day?) — and what marks it done?

4 · The rules your team follows

The judgment calls, written as rules. Include exact required wording where it matters (notes, flags, messages) and any hard limits. Where a rule lives only in someone's head, write the person's name — we'll interview them.

If / when……then doWho owns this rule

What must ALWAYS go to a human, no matter what — and to whom?

5 · Data, compliance & approvals

This workflow touches:
Sensitive data:
Do you sign BAAs today?

We operate data-safe by design — compliant processing, zero-retention AI, nothing identifying leaves your environment.

Who must sign off before go-live (owners, compliance, legal)?

6 · Volume, hours & contacts

Items per day and minutes each · your operating hours and when the automation may run (nights/weekends so mornings start clean?) · the one person we call with questions, and the escalation contact.

7 · Later (the parking lot)

Everything else you'd eventually hand off. Listed here so nothing is lost — the first automation stays focused.

8 · Sign-off

NameRoleSignatureDate