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by YaraDori 130 days ago
Cool approach! The plain-English-to-automation idea resonates with something I've been exploring too.

One thing I've noticed is that for more complex multi-step workflows, text descriptions often miss edge cases and decision points. We've been working on SkillForge (https://skillforge.expert) which takes a different angle — you record your screen actually doing the task, and AI extracts a structured skill file (SKILL.md) that coding agents like Claude Code or Codex can replay.

The recording captures the exact clicks, context switches, and error-handling paths that are hard to describe in text. Kind of like the difference between explaining how to drive vs. watching someone drive.

Do you handle branching logic in your automations? Like "if this button isn't visible, try this other path"?