Asking someone a few steps ahead of you for help is the only shortcut that actually works.

People one or two years ahead have the map you are missing, and they remember the part you are stuck on because they were stuck there recently. They also have low ego about it, which makes them easier to ask than an expert. Most of them will answer, because almost nobody ever asks.

Pick one person who has already done the thing you are trying to do and send a short, specific message. Not a request to be mentored. One real question they can answer in three sentences, which is how these things usually start.