The Stepthrough blog: page 6

Updated October 21, 2026

Practical, plain-English guides to using AI at work: better prompts, email replies you can trust, and automations that do the busywork. Every post points to a free lesson where you build it yourself, one click at a time.

Routine's Calendar in Week view with the sidebar, a TASKS list, and a task called Call Nicolas being dragged onto 11:00 in the week grid (screenshot from routine.co)

Routine Weekly Planning: 8 Mistakes to Avoid

Routine mistakes that wreck a weekly plan: working from the Inbox, deliverables with no day, deleting what to postpone and approving AI changes unread.

Oct 21, 2026 5 min read

✎Truquence for n8n FAQ: Contracts, PASS, FAIL, UNKNOWN

Plain answers about Truquence for n8n: why a green run can be wrong, what a contract is, which files to export and what PASS, FAIL and UNKNOWN mean.

Oct 21, 2026 5 min read

✎Truquence for n8n: 8 Acceptance Check Mistakes

Truquence mistakes that let a wrong n8n run through: copying the answer from the run, a partial export, treating UNKNOWN as fine and reusing old contracts.

Oct 21, 2026 5 min read

Screenpipe's Timeline with the sidebar, a date picker, the recorded screen and a strip of colored app blocks (screenshot from Screenpipe's GitHub README)

Screenpipe Task Mapping FAQ: Privacy, Search, Step Lists

Plain answers on mapping a recurring task with Screenpipe: privacy rules, the Timeline, keyword search, step lists with timestamps and what to automate.

Oct 21, 2026 5 min read

Screenpipe's Workflows app (beta) listing recurring workflows it found, each with a short description and its number of steps (screenshot from Screenpipe's GitHub README)

Screenpipe Task Mapping: 8 Mistakes to Avoid

Screenpipe mistakes that spoil a task map: recording without consent, no ignored windows, vague searches, unchecked steps and automating the wrong step.

Oct 21, 2026 5 min read

$The math behind each 3-year total, including 6 × $949 + 6 × $65 + 6 × $119 = $6,798 for Riverbend.$ ChatGPT Vendor Quotes: 7 Comparison Mistakes to Avoid

Mistakes when you compare vendor quotes with ChatGPT: no same basis, picking the lowest unit price, reading a lease monthly and letting it guess prices.

Oct 21, 2026 5 min read

ChatGPT’s laptop quote comparison table: Summit IT $6,774 before tax, Riverbend Tech $6,798, Keystone $6,805 including buyout.

ChatGPT Vendor Quote FAQ: One Table, Totals, Follow-up

How do you compare vendor quotes written three different ways with ChatGPT? Answers on the same basis, the 3-year totals, leases and follow-up emails.

Oct 21, 2026 4 min read

$The non-renewal deadline calculation: effective March 1, 2024, 36 months to February 28, 2027, minus 90 days is November 30, 2026.$ ChatGPT Contract Review: 7 Renewal Deadline Mistakes

ChatGPT contract review mistakes that cost a year of fees: a vague question, no section numbers, an unchecked date, mailing late, emailing the rep.

Oct 21, 2026 5 min read

The key-terms table with columns Term, What the contract says, Section number and What it means for us.

ChatGPT Contract Renewal FAQ: Key Terms, Deadline, Letter

How do you find a vendor contract's auto-renewal deadline with ChatGPT? Answers on the key-terms table, section numbers, the date math and the letter.

Oct 21, 2026 5 min read

ChatGPT’s fact check: two wording issues in the crew text and the final audit table with seven passes.

ChatGPT Rewrite for Audience: 7 Mistakes to Avoid

Mistakes when ChatGPT writes one update for a client, a boss and a team: leaked costs, a story instead of facts, no fact check and gaps filled in silently.

Oct 21, 2026 5 min read

The client email to Dr. Moreno in an Email card: one apology, two options with dates and a decision deadline.

ChatGPT Rewrite for Audience FAQ: Client, Boss, Team

How do you turn one update into a client email, an owner Slack and a team text with ChatGPT? Answers on the facts file, in/out rules and the fact check.

Oct 21, 2026 5 min read

The Sources list with Citations · 21 and citation 1, getharvest.com/pricing, highlighted.

ChatGPT Deep Research: 7 Vendor Comparison Mistakes

ChatGPT Deep research mistakes that spoil a vendor comparison: no budget in the brief, made-up vendors, skipping the plan and forwarding unchecked sources.

Oct 21, 2026 5 min read

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