Accepted "a person enters this by hand" in a procedure without asking why

Office work

Situation: The AI is working through an office procedure, and the manual says "from here, the staff member enters this by hand."
What the AI did: Following the manual, it planned to hand that step to a staff member. In fact, it could have finished the same work itself by using a different method it had access to.
How to ask next time (the operator's example): "Even if the manual says a person does it, write out in one line the assumption behind that. Check whether a different method would let you do it yourself before deciding to ask a person. Keep any step where a person judges and approves."
One question to ask: Does the assumption behind "a person does this" still hold?
Check it yourself: Ask the AI why the step is manual: no API, needs a login, needs a signature, or needs judgment. Approval and signature steps stay with a person; for the rest, ask about an export, an API, or a command-line tool.
AI used (month): Claude Code (2026-09)
Times this mistake was recorded: once
Source: The operator's work records (the details were changed to a different task)