Shuyang Li

Document-related tasks frequently entail a significant amount of physically strenuous clicking with the mouse. How can we employ diverse automation techniques to improve efficiency and liberate ourselves from monotonous repetitive tasks with low decision-making level?

First, define objectives. While maintaining the same level of delivery quality, consider the following:
- How can we reduce the frequency of mouse clicks?
- How can we minimize the manual operations and decision-making that are prone to errors?
- How can we shorten the time spent waiting for asynchronous information inputs?
- How can we implement clear division of labor and collaboration rules with minimal communication costs?

Considering the methods for automation to enhance efficiency, we have the following approaches:
- Keyboard shortcuts, graphical user interface (GUI) quick buttons, (command line) command aliases
- Regular expressions and functions in data tables
- Macros and scripts
- Workflow automation tools

Next, analyze the workflow and identify inefficient processes.

Finally, by integrating the automation techniques across various dimensions while considering constraints on manpower and budget, design a comprehensive solution to be tested, iterated upon, and implemented.

This presentation will use the example of my toolchain (AsciiDoc + Git/GitLab + VS Code + Feishu) to illustrate efficiency improvement methods across different dimensions, particularly the utilization of API scripts to connect multiple tools and streamline automation processes.