Today's Agent Skill: Repetitive Task Automation Planner
What It Does
Small business owners lose hours every week to tasks they do the same way every time — sending the same email, formatting the same report, answering the same question. Most of them never stop to map those tasks because they're too busy doing them. An AI agent can interview you about your week, identify the five tasks most worth automating, and produce a step-by-step automation plan for each one.
How It Works
The skill walks you through a structured conversation about your recurring weekly tasks, asks how long each one takes and how often it repeats, then evaluates which ones are best suited for automation using tools you already have (Zapier, Make, Google Sheets, email templates, or AI agents). It outputs a prioritized automation roadmap — what to automate first, which tool to use, and a rough setup estimate.
How to Deploy It
Drop the SKILL.md into your agent's skills folder and start it by typing "audit my repetitive tasks." It works in Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor, and Windsurf. Once you have the roadmap, use Zapier (zapier.com) or Make (make.com) to implement the highest-priority automations, or bring the plan back to the agent to draft the automation configuration.
SKILL.md — Ready to Deploy
## Description
Conducts a structured interview to identify the small business owner's top five most automatable recurring tasks and produces a prioritized automation roadmap with the recommended tool, estimated setup time, and first concrete step for each.
## Trigger
User types "audit my repetitive tasks", "find what I can automate", or "build my automation roadmap."
## Input
- task_list: A freeform list or description of recurring weekly tasks (owner describes in plain language)
- available_tools: Tools the business already uses (e.g., Gmail, Google Sheets, QuickBooks, Zapier) — optional
- time_per_task: Approximate time spent per task per week in minutes — optional, can be discussed interactively
## Steps
1. If task_list is not provided, prompt: "Walk me through a typical Monday — what do you do first, and what gets repeated most often each week?"
2. For each task described, ask:
a. How long does it take?
b. Does it always follow the same steps?
c. Does it involve moving data between two systems (e.g., email to spreadsheet)?
3. Score each task on automation suitability: High (same steps every time, no judgment needed), Medium (mostly the same, small decisions), Low (hCopy the full SKILL.md and drop it into your agent's skills directory to activate this skill.