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Steps from the door to the snack

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Problem it solves

You cannot hand a step to software until you can see the step. Walk the order before you buy a kiosk pitch.

Best tool

  • ChatGPT (free chat)
  • Claude (free chat)
  • Gemini (free chat)
  • Copilot (free chat)

The free chat is enough for one draft. ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and the free Microsoft Copilot chat can each do this. A paid plan only helps if you hit a usage limit. Copilot inside Word, Excel, or Outlook is a separate paid Microsoft 365 feature. You do not need it to try this once.

Copy-paste prompt

List every step a visitor takes to buy a coffee and a snack in our cafe, and mark which steps a person still has to do: [describe the cafe]

Replace every [bracket]. If you cannot fill one, delete that line.

Example output

A usable draft is the path you described, in order, with a mark on steps a person still has to do. It should not add a robot where you still need a person.

Tips

  • Describe your counter, not a chain you saw in an airport.
  • Payment, allergies, and a guest who needs help stay with a person unless you have a real reason otherwise.

Time saved

Estimate: walking the counter once and writing it down is the exercise. The draft just cleans the list. Budget a short break, not a project plan.

How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt. Copy the prompt on this page into a free chat.
  2. Fill every bracket. Replace each [bracket] with a fact from your own notes. If you cannot fill one, delete that line instead of guessing.
  3. Edit before you use it. Read the draft against your notes. Delete any price, date, name, or promise you did not supply. You decide what gets sent.

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