- In short
- Three signals point to removable friction in a workflow run more than once: repetition, where the same context or material is pasted or typed every run, fixed by saved context or a standing instruction; correction, where the same flaw is fixed in every output, fixed by a configuration change that removes the flaw at the source; and variance, where different people running the same task get different results, fixed by a shared Skill or knowledge base. Friction is easy to live with and hard to see because it is absorbed one session at a time, so it must be actively instrumented to be found.
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