Toil
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What is Toil?
Repetitive manual work that does not build lasting value and could usually be reduced or automated.
Toil is busywork that has to be done but does not make the system better over time. Examples include repeated copy-paste steps, manual approvals, or recurring cleanup that could be scripted.
How it relates to Orbit
Orbit takes repetitive steps out of agent work, such as re-explaining project state, by carrying each project’s context between sessions. See Context & Handoffs for details.
When you would use it
You use toil when you want to describe necessary work that should eventually disappear or shrink.
Common operations
- Identifying automation targets
- Reducing operational overhead
- Estimating maintenance burden
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