Closed NivenPrasad closed 3 years ago
In just a sentence or two, explain the repetitive thing you have to do, and the benefit of automating it. Your description should be clear enough so that developers will understand what it does, but not use too much jargon so less technical users can understand how it might help them. Coming up with this brief summary can help you clarify your idea, so it may take a few iterations to refine it.
For tips on how to to this, read the guide for writing a description of your automation
Check major code repositories and developer communities (GitHub, StackOverflow, NPM) to see if there are already similar tools. If there are, describe how your idea makes things easier or takes a different approach. For example would it be more efficient, or unattached to another project?
Describe who your automation will help and how. Also, consider what help you might need with your automation. Do you have the code and need an interface? Do you have a mock-up of your idea and need help with the code? Think about less technical needs, like writing and testing.
Try to convey a sense of how much time it might take to fully develop your idea, and how much time your automation could save compared to how things are done now. Does it solve a small problem for a lot of people? A big problem for a few?
Look at the guide for creating a good ReadMe and based on your idea, try to fill out what you know. This should help you understand what questions you'll need to answer as you develop your automation. If you've already started working on your automation, describe how you expect it to work (what triggers it, what the result will be) and what the requirements are (language, platform, dependencies).
Ideas to include
Created placeholder document in _guides: Evaluating Your New Automation Idea
Progress: Made updates above based on comments Blockers: no Availability: lookin' good ETA: Draft seems pretty close to done
Change title to "Self-Evaluating an Automation Idea"
Updated with suggested changes, and adding more items from the Automations Proposal Template
@superbunker to update this into new PR.
PR approved and merged. Issue now moving to Done.
We need to include a link at the bottom of this readme to Automation Proposal
Just have to remind myself to do this -- will try to do it later today
Q: The Automation Proposal link will open a new github issue with the template text in it? A: Yes! Needs explanation in the guide of what will happen via the link
added the following at the end of evaluation guide:
Once you're ready, fill out the Automation Proposal which will add your automation as a Future Automations issue.
Made pull request
Fixed with a PR.
Overview
We need to create website content with a mark-down approach so that development can be easily updated. This is the issue to create a mark-down file for the "Evaluating A New Automation Idea" guide.
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Figma Board for 100 Automations Website Design Automations Proposal Template