# The 30-Day AI Automation Checklist

AI Ops for Small Business · https://proassetsolutions.live/

Choose one low-risk task. Test it safely. Measure the result after human review.

## Week one: choose the task
- [ ] List three recurring tasks that take time every week.
- [ ] Choose one low-risk task to improve.
- [ ] Record baseline time, weekly volume, and common mistakes.
- [ ] Define a useful outcome and a trial budget.
- [ ] Assign someone to review and approve the result.

## Week two: test one tool
- [ ] Compare two tools on the same task and total cost.
- [ ] Check privacy, data retention, export, and cancellation settings.
- [ ] Test with fictional or de-identified data.
- [ ] Write a reusable instruction with goal, context, constraints, and format.
- [ ] Run ten examples and review all outputs.

## Week three: use it carefully
- [ ] Document input, tool, review, approval, and fallback.
- [ ] Require human approval for messages, payments, and publishing.
- [ ] Grant minimum access and enable account-security options.
- [ ] Track time including review and corrections.
- [ ] Record failures and revise the instructions.

## Week four: measure and decide
- [ ] Compare time, errors, and costs with your baseline.
- [ ] Ask the person doing the work whether it is genuinely easier.
- [ ] Keep, change, or cancel the tool.
- [ ] Save a one-page procedure with an owner and review date.
- [ ] Consider a second task only after the first workflow is useful.

## Scorecard
- Task:
- Owner:
- Baseline minutes per week:
- Trial minutes per week, including review:
- Monthly tool cost:
- Error or rework notes:
- Decision:
- Next review date:

Practical workflow guidance, not a guarantee of business or financial results.