# Automation

> The execution of tasks by software or machinery without manual intervention.

Record: `lexicon:automation`
Kind: capability
Layer: [Structural Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/structural-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-automation

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Automated Enforcement](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/automated-enforcement.md) and before [Boolean Flag Soup](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/boolean-flag-soup.md).

## Category

- [Core Vocabulary](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/core-vocabulary.md)

## Enabled by

- [Self-Describing Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/self-describing-architecture.md)

## Required by

- [Self-Healing Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/self-healing-architecture.md)

## Linked from

- [Metadata / Self-Description / Declarative Systems](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-metadata-self-description-declarative-systems.md)
- [Self-Healing / Recovery / Deployment Safety](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-self-healing-recovery-deployment-safety.md)