talk2flow

Designs a universal, builder-agnostic automation spec from a prioritized opportunity (output of process-challenger) and a stack profile (output of stack-profiler). Produces a framing message, a plain-language end-user summary, a Mermaid flowchart, a universal JSON spec, deployer notes and confidence flags — in the operator's language. Trigger when both a stack profile (schema v1.1+) AND a prioritized opportunities JSON are present and the operator asks to design, architect, spec out, or shape an automation. Always proposes a recommended builder PLUS at least one alternative — never decides unilaterally. Selects the builder by priority order: existing platform in stack → tech comfort → budget → compliance → deployer skills. Inherits and surfaces every upstream confidence flag. Do NOT use to extract or model processes (process-extractor, process-modeler), to challenge them (process-challenger), to profile a stack (stack-profiler), or to generate platform-specific workflow files (n8n-builder, make-builder, …). The architect says WHAT, builders say HOW.

First skill in the Talk2Flow pipeline. Two modes — (1) guided interview from scratch: leads the end user or a consultant through a structured conversation about daily work and produces a clean transcript ready for process-extractor; (2) transcript review: accepts an existing transcript, scans it for coverage gaps (missing volumes, unnamed tools, vague pain points, actor gaps), and asks targeted complementary questions to enrich the data before extraction. Mode 2 is the default when a transcript is provided. Use mode 1 when starting from zero. Do NOT use to extract processes (that's process-extractor), model them (process-modeler), or challenge them (process-challenger). Adapts output language to the operator's language.

Translates a universal automation spec (output of automation-architect) into an importable n8n workflow JSON, an end-user summary, and a deployer handoff document. Trigger when an operator has an automation-architect spec with recommended_builder set to "n8n-builder" and wants to produce the deployable artifact. Validates the spec against schema v1.0, maps each step to a concrete n8n node, assembles the workflow JSON, and scales deployer documentation verbosity based on deployer_skills_estimated. Adapts all free-text output to the operator's language. Do NOT use to design the automation logic (that's automation-architect), or to generate Make.com / Zapier / Power Automate equivalents (those are make-builder, zapier-builder, power-automate-builder — planned V2).

Critically audits an enriched JSON produced by process-modeler to identify, qualify, and prioritize process optimization opportunities. Produces an effort/impact matrix, a four-quadrant classification (quick wins, strategic projects, marginal optimizations, time traps), and an estimated cumulative annual time saving. Trigger when an operator provides a JSON with a modeling section and wants to challenge, audit, optimize, identify time waste, or find improvement opportunities. NEVER proposes a single solution — always multiple paths (removal, standardization, existing tool, classic automation, AI, redesign). The choice of solution is the role of automation-architect that follows. Do NOT use to model processes (process-modeler) or to design automations (automation-architect). Adapts its output language to the input JSON's language.

Exhaustively and faithfully extracts the business processes described in an interview transcript or meeting note, and produces a structured JSON inventory consumable by other Talk2Flow BPM skills. Trigger when an operator provides a transcript, a meeting recap, a "day-in-the-life" interview note, or any oral description of business activity and wants to extract the underlying processes, daily tasks, or activities. Trigger even when the operator doesn't say "extract processes" explicitly — any request to analyze, structure, or summarize a business transcript should route through this skill. Do NOT use to formalize processes in BPMN (that's process-modeler), to judge value-added (that's process-challenger), or to design automations (that's automation-architect). Adapts its output language to the language used in the transcript.

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