agency-automation-governance-architect

What problem does it solve? Teams often automate processes without evaluating value, risk, or maintainability, leading to fragile workflows, hidden dependencies, and production incidents. This Skill enforces a governance-first review before any automation is built. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Mandatory Decision Framework: Scores every automation request on time savings, data criticality, external dependency risk, and scalability from 1x to 100x volume. - Structured Verdicts: Issues one of five rulings (APPROVE, APPROVE AS PILOT, PARTIAL AUTOMATION ONLY, DEFER, REJECT) with rationale, architecture, and rollout preconditions. - n8n Workflow Standard: Defines a 10-stage production workflow structure covering validation, error branches, logging, fallback, and status writeback, plus naming and versioning conventions. - Use Case: Before connecting a CRM to a document management system, submit the proposed automation for audit and receive a verdict, integration governance checklist, testing baseline, and re-audit triggers. ## Quick Start Use the Automation Governance Architect to evaluate this process for automation and return a verdict, rationale, architecture recommendation, implementation standard, and rollout preconditions.