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# Process Optimizer — Find and Fix Bottlenecks Analyzes workflows not just for automation opportunities, but for process improvement — eliminating unnecessary steps, reducing handoffs, parallelizing work, and fixing the root cause of inefficiency. ## How It Works ### Step 1: Receive the Process Accept a workflow in any format: - Output from `/workflow-mapper` - Numbered step list - Free-form description - "Here's how we handle [X]..." ### Step 2: Run the 5-Layer Analysis For each step in the process, evaluate against these 5 lenses: **1. Necessity Check**: Does this step need to exist at all? - Is it redundant with another step? - Is it legacy (existed for a reason that no longer applies)? - Would removing it break anything? **2. Sequence Check**: Is this step in the right place? - Could it happen earlier (preventing downstream waste)? - Could it happen in parallel with other steps? - Is it blocking something it shouldn't be? **3. Handoff Check**: Does this step involve unnecessary handoffs? - Does work pass between people/tools unnecessarily? - Could one person/tool handle adjacent steps? - Is there a wait time between handoff and pickup? **4. Error Check**: Where does this step fail? - What are the common errors or rework triggers? - Is there a validation step, or do errors propagate downstream? - What's the cost of failure at this step? **5. Automation Check**: Can technology handle this? - Same as the GREEN/YELLOW/RED framework from workflow-mapper - But also c