Workflow mapping before automation

See the work clearly before you automate it.

Slatewyre maps one end-to-end business workflow so its steps, decisions, handoffs, exceptions, evidence, and unknowns become visible before you choose AI or automation.

  • One workflow
  • One week
  • Starting at $300
  • No system access
Self-initiated mock-up of a creative-agency onboarding workflow using synthetic data
Creative-agency onboarding, self-initiated mock-up using synthetic data.
01 Trace the current state

Start with what the available evidence actually supports.

02 Make uncertainty visible

Keep assumptions, conflicts, and missing evidence explicit.

03 Keep people in control

Preserve human approval where judgment or accountability matters.

Selected work

Four workflows, four visible decision systems.

Every project below is a self-initiated mock-up using synthetic data. No client commissioned the work, and no measured result is claimed.

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Workflow Clarity Map

Creative agency client onboarding

A seven-step map from incomplete brief to an approval-aware, kickoff-ready handoff.

Self-initiated mock-up using synthetic data.

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Workflow Clarity Map

Recurring client reporting approval

A visible path through source completeness, review loops, owner approval, distribution, and archive state.

Self-initiated mock-up using synthetic data.

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Workflow Improvement Roadmap

Content production review and approval

A review-state roadmap connecting brief, draft, revision, human approval, and release boundaries.

Self-initiated mock-up using synthetic data.

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AI Preparation Blueprint

Ceramics order-to-shipping controls

An evidence-linked blueprint for capacity, production, quality rework, packing, shipping, and reconciliation.

Self-initiated mock-up using synthetic data.

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One bounded Service

Business workflow clarity map before automation.

See how one important workflow actually works before you invest in AI or automation.

Starting at $300
Duration 1 week
Scope 1 workflow
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What you receive

  • A confirmed current-state map for one workflow
  • Roles, tools, decisions, handoffs, waits, and exceptions
  • An evidence, assumptions, and unknowns register
  • An editable map and final PDF
  • One factual correction round and one presentation-polish round
Clear boundary

Workflow analysis and documentation only. No credentials, system access, tool configuration, implementation, or AI-readiness certification.

How it works

A short path from evidence to a usable map.

  1. 01

    Bound the workflow

    Define one trigger, one ending condition, and the scope between them.

  2. 02

    Review safe evidence

    Use only non-sensitive process information you are authorized to share.

  3. 03

    Confirm the current state

    Correct factual gaps before presentation polish or next-step evaluation.

  4. 04

    Receive the handoff

    Get the editable map, final PDF, and evidence and unknowns register.

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Free planning toolkit

Before You Automate: Workflow Readiness Scorecard

Score one workflow against 12 clarity and control checks, define its boundary, surface handoffs and exceptions, and record what supports each material claim.

  • Designed PDF guide and scorecard
  • Editable workflow-boundary worksheet
  • Handoff and decision checklist
  • Evidence, assumptions, and unknowns register
  • Self-initiated worked example using synthetic data
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This is a self-directed planning toolkit, not legal, compliance, financial, security, or implementation advice.

About Slatewyre

Evidence first. Important decisions stay human.

Hi, I am the person behind Slatewyre. I trace how work actually happens, pressure-test assumptions, and build practical, evidence-backed maps.

The approach is simple: ask good questions, make uncertainty visible, keep people in control of important decisions, and deliver something useful instead of dressed-up guesswork.

Available for bounded workflow-mapping projects.

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