Checklist

AI Integration Planning Checklist

Use this checklist to choose the first integrations, avoid over-connecting too early, and map each connection to a real reporting or workflow need.

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Start with the work, not the app list

A long connector list is less useful than one workflow that works. Start by naming the recurring question, report, or follow-up path your team wants to improve, then connect the systems needed for that job.

  • What changed since the last meeting?
  • Which work is stuck or missing follow-up?
  • Which metrics need a plain-language explanation?
  • Which updates should be drafted for review?

Choose the first tools and files

Most teams should begin with the systems that hold operating context: team chat, calendars, finance, CRM, project work, analytics, documents, and vertical systems such as Planning Center.

  • Pick two to four systems for the first report or workflow.
  • Choose the specific accounts, properties, channels, sites, calendars, or files needed.
  • Avoid connecting everything before anyone knows what the workflow should do.
  • Document the owner for each connection.

Decide who can connect what

AI workflows need clear access rules. Some connections are shared by an organization, while others belong to individual members. Make those ownership rules visible before the first scheduled report or action runs.

  • Which integrations are managed by admins?
  • Which members need to connect their own accounts?
  • Which tools and files are available to shared workflows?
  • Which sensitive systems require extra review?

Expand after the first workflow is useful

Once one dashboard, report, or automation is trusted, add nearby tools and follow-up paths. This keeps the setup understandable and reduces the chance that teams connect data they never use.

  • Add tools or files that answer a missing question.
  • Add delivery destinations where teams already work.
  • Add reviewed actions only after reporting is trusted.
  • Review access and owners as more workflows are added.

Checklist

Integration planning checklist

Name the first report, review, or follow-up process.

List the systems needed for that work.

Choose the specific accounts, files, calendars, or channels that should be available.

Decide who owns each connection.

Define which follow-up actions require review.

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