# Encode the counter as procedure plus scenario, not as a blog post

- Category: product
- Author: Andrei Gudiu (https://indie.md/people/andrei-gudiu/)
- Source: https://indie.md/journeys/andrei-acte123/
- Canonical URL: https://indie.md/advice/encode-the-counter-as-procedure-plus-scenario/

Andrei did not start from a CMS article about "how to register a car." He started from a physical board that already grouped cases, then noticed that nine to fourteen requirements collapsed to seven shared ones. That observation produced a compiler. A procedure plus a scenario creates a versioned JSON plan of questions, steps, fees, and documents. Each requirement records whether the user needs a copy, an original, or a legalized copy. A blog post goes stale when the counter reprints the board. A recipe can be cloned, versioned, and asked a new question. If you are digitizing a bureaucracy, model the counter's own categories before you write marketing copy. The panel is the schema. The article is the residue.