Automation works best when the trigger, conditions, actions, and owner remain visible. Teams should be able to understand why an action happened without reading code.
Keep workflows narrow enough to reason about. A small set of explicit actions is easier to maintain than one enormous rule that silently changes many objects.
For AI-assisted actions, keep source context and human permissions visible. Suggestions and drafts can reduce coordination work without hiding responsibility.
Use one source of work truth.
Planning, execution, context, and reporting are easier to reason about when they point to the same underlying objects.