Practical Workflow Automation - downloadable files
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These are the starter files and completed examples for the optional local
Python path of the Practical Workflow Automation course. Everything in the
course can be completed in the browser without any of these; this path exists
for the parts a browser cannot do - real files on your own disk, an optional
and bounded live request, and a real scheduled task.

Files here
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  local-python-setup.txt      Windows-first setup: install Python, make a
                              practice folder, run a script, schedule it, and
                              remove the schedule afterwards.

  starter_organise_inbox.py   Starter. Surveys a practice folder, plans the
                              filing, and reports what it would do. Defaults
                              to a dry run.

  complete_organise_inbox.py  The same program, finished. Read it after you
                              have attempted the starter, not before.

  starter_daily_digest.py     Starter. The capstone's shape, reduced to one
                              file: read, validate, report, and write a run
                              record.

  complete_daily_digest.py    The same program, finished, including the
                              resume path and the staleness check.

  sample-orders.csv           Six order rows for the digest starters. The same
                              data the capstone's first fixture uses.

Safety
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Every program here defaults to a dry run. None of them changes anything until
you add --apply, none of them deletes a file, and each one refuses to operate
on a directory it did not create unless you pass --folder explicitly.

Make a practice folder for this. Do not point these at a folder you care
about, and do not point them at your Downloads folder because it is
convenient.

Nothing here needs an account, a credential, a paid service, or a network
connection. Nothing here installs a scheduled task on your behalf; the setup
notes show you the command to run yourself, and the command to remove it.

Offline
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The course lessons themselves can be saved for offline reading in the app.
These downloads are separate files served from the site, so save them while
you are online if you want them available later.