The Automation Audit
Before you spend six figures on AI, spend $2,500 finding out which parts are worth building — and which parts a tool you already pay for can do today.
What you get
Workflow inventory
Every repetitive process in scope, with volume, time cost, and error rate.
Automate / buy / leave
A ranked decision for each workflow — including the ones where an existing SaaS tool wins.
Cost model
Build cost, running token cost at your real volume, and payback period per workflow.
Implementation sequence
What to do first, what depends on what, and the escalation design for each agent.
The two weeks
- Week 1 · Days 1–3InterviewsWe sit with the people doing the work and watch the actual process, not the documented one.
- Week 1 · Days 4–5System accessRead-only access to your tools so we can measure volumes rather than guess them.
- Week 2 · Days 6–8AnalysisCost modelling, feasibility, failure modes, and where a human has to stay in the loop.
- Week 2 · Days 9–10DeliveryA written report plus a 60-minute walkthrough with your team. Yours to keep.
The credit
Start a build with us within 90 days and the entire $2,500 is credited against your first invoice. If you don't, you still keep the report and can hand it to any vendor.
- Fixed price, no change orders
- You own the deliverable
- No obligation to build with us
Questions
Is the $2,500 credited if we build with you?
Yes. If you start a build within 90 days of delivery, the full $2,500 comes off the first invoice.
What if the audit says we shouldn't automate anything?
Then that's the deliverable, and it's the cheapest $2,500 you'll spend this year. We've written that recommendation before.
How long does it take?
Two weeks from kickoff. Week one is interviews and system access, week two is analysis and the written deliverable.
What do you need from us?
Two to four hours of time from the people doing the work, read access to the relevant systems, and a rough sense of volumes.
Who owns the audit?
You do. It's yours to hand to any vendor, including one that isn't us.