What’s the One Step Before Finishing a Project You’d Want to Automate?

As a knowledge worker, l have tons of notes and files. Even with so many productivity tools and AI, sometimes it just feels like more tools = more clutter. The more I use, the less I’m sure if I’m actually being "productive"  So, what are we mainly aiming for creating notes and file? to finish reports? Tracking progress...?
I am thinking, If you could automate one step in getting things done, what would it be?
For example:

• Auto-sorting and categorizing files
• Extracting key points from documents?
• Generating charts or visualizations
• Summarizing content or directly answering specific questions when I upload the file.

Would love to hear what’s the hardest part about staying organized, and where do you think automation could actually help?🤔