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BUILD A USEFUL SERVICE · PROVE THE WORKFLOW

Turn an AI idea
into a clear offer.

Choose a real business task. Learn what to build, copy the prompt, inspect the failure cases and scope a pilot a buyer can assess.

MISSED LEAD? BUILD THIS.
GUIDE 01

Build an AI lead qualification service

A supervised enquiry intake pilot that extracts requirements, asks for missing fields and routes the conversation to a named owner.

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YOUR BOT MADE IT UP.
GUIDE 02

Build a support assistant with cited answers

An internal support-draft assistant grounded in a small, approved knowledge base, with citations and human escalation.

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AI WRITES. CODE PRICES.
GUIDE 03

Build a quote-drafting automation

A quote-drafting pilot that converts requests into line items, uses deterministic pricing and routes the draft for approval.

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VALID JSON. WRONG INVOICE.
GUIDE 04

Build an AI invoice review workflow

An invoice-review pilot that flags record mismatches and routes exceptions before any accounting write.

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TWO PEOPLE. ONE SLOT.
GUIDE 05

Build a supervised appointment assistant

An appointment-drafting assistant that suggests valid slots, checks again at confirmation and prevents duplicate bookings.

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ORDER FOUND. WRONG PERSON.
GUIDE 06

Build an order-status support workflow

A read-only order-status assistant with identity checks, minimal fields and clear escalation when tracking is missing.

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A BEAUTIFUL WRONG REPORT.
GUIDE 07

Build a weekly business reporting assistant

A reporting workflow that computes metrics in code, labels missing data and drafts an evidence-linked summary for review.

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ONE DEMO. THREE STORIES.
GUIDE 08

Build an AI content repurposing service

A source-grounded repurposing workflow that produces platform-specific drafts and a review sheet from approved recordings.

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NEW CLIENT. MISSING ACCESS.
GUIDE 09

Build an AI client onboarding assistant

An onboarding checklist assistant that turns a scoped engagement into assigned tasks, dependencies and review reminders.

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SELL A PILOT. PROVE THE VALUE.
GUIDE 10

Scope and price an AI automation pilot

A fixed-scope pilot brief with a baseline, test cases, acceptance criteria, cost assumptions and handover responsibilities.

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One payment. Two deliveries.
GUIDE 11

Webhook processing: a practical AI workflow guide

A scoped webhook processing pilot with documented inputs, human ownership and acceptance tests.

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Nine o’clock. Whose clock?
GUIDE 12

Appointment timezone: a practical AI workflow guide

A scoped appointment timezone pilot with documented inputs, human ownership and acceptance tests.

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Calendar failed. That is not free.
GUIDE 13

Availability checking: a practical AI workflow guide

A scoped availability checking pilot with documented inputs, human ownership and acceptance tests.

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Good prose. Check the numbers.
GUIDE 14

Quote arithmetic: a practical AI workflow guide

A scoped quote arithmetic pilot with documented inputs, human ownership and acceptance tests.

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Average: 21.6. Typical: 2.
GUIDE 15

Reporting distributions: a practical AI workflow guide

A scoped reporting distributions pilot with documented inputs, human ownership and acceptance tests.

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The document says: ignore the rules.
GUIDE 16

Support document boundary: a practical AI workflow guide

A scoped support document boundary pilot with documented inputs, human ownership and acceptance tests.

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A fixed task needs a clear path.
GUIDE 17

Workflow selection: a practical AI workflow guide

A scoped workflow selection pilot with documented inputs, human ownership and acceptance tests.

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One good demo is one good run.
GUIDE 18

Agent evaluation: a practical AI workflow guide

A scoped agent evaluation pilot with documented inputs, human ownership and acceptance tests.

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Three tabs in. One CSV out.
GUIDE 19

Source completeness: a practical AI workflow guide

A scoped source completeness pilot with documented inputs, human ownership and acceptance tests.

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The request timed out. Did it still work?
GUIDE 20

Uncertain action retry: a practical AI workflow guide

A scoped uncertain action retry pilot with documented inputs, human ownership and acceptance tests.

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A comma broke your AI intake.
GUIDE 21

CSV intake: a practical AI workflow guide

A scoped csv intake pilot with documented inputs, human ownership and acceptance tests.

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Unknown is not zero.
GUIDE 22

Missing data: a practical AI workflow guide

A scoped missing data pilot with documented inputs, human ownership and acceptance tests.

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Your AI invented a department.
GUIDE 23

Ticket routing: a practical AI workflow guide

A scoped ticket routing pilot with documented inputs, human ownership and acceptance tests.

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Same invoice ID. Different business.
GUIDE 24

Tenant data integrity: a practical AI workflow guide

A scoped tenant data integrity pilot with documented inputs, human ownership and acceptance tests.

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You approved A. It sent B.
GUIDE 25

Approval integrity: a practical AI workflow guide

A scoped approval integrity pilot with documented inputs, human ownership and acceptance tests.

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Same filename. New contents.
GUIDE 26

File version detection: a practical AI workflow guide

A scoped file version detection pilot with documented inputs, human ownership and acceptance tests.

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The first page is not everything.
GUIDE 27

Complete file inventory: a practical AI workflow guide

A scoped complete file inventory pilot with documented inputs, human ownership and acceptance tests.

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Retry faster? You made it worse.
GUIDE 28

Bounded API retries: a practical AI workflow guide

A scoped bounded api retries pilot with documented inputs, human ownership and acceptance tests.

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Your debug log leaked the token.
GUIDE 29

Useful redacted logs: a practical AI workflow guide

A scoped useful redacted logs pilot with documented inputs, human ownership and acceptance tests.

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No API key? Stop before work.
GUIDE 30

Required configuration: a practical AI workflow guide

A scoped required configuration pilot with documented inputs, human ownership and acceptance tests.

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