Efficiency Patterns

When to Use This Skill

Efficiency patterns optimize what your automation does and whether it needs to do it.

Implementation

See the full implementation guide in the source documentation.

Techniques

Overview

Efficiency patterns optimize what your automation does and whether it needs to do it.

Decision Flow

flowchart TD
    A[Operation Request] --> B{Already done?}
    B -->|Yes| C[Work Avoidance: Skip]
    B -->|No| D{May be retried?}
    D -->|Yes| E[Idempotency: Safe retry]
    D -->|No| F[Execute normally]

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    style A fill:#65d9ef,color:#1b1d1e
    style B fill:#fd971e,color:#1b1d1e
    style C fill:#a7e22e,color:#1b1d1e
    style D fill:#fd971e,color:#1b1d1e
    style E fill:#a7e22e,color:#1b1d1e
    style F fill:#9e6ffe,color:#1b1d1e

Quick Reference

Key Difference

Idempotency makes retries safe. Work avoidance makes retries unnecessary.

Comparison

Idempotency makes retries safe. Work avoidance makes retries unnecessary.

References

• Source Documentation
• AEL Patterns