The first call is free (30 minutes).
I help you connect the tools you already use so the busywork runs on its own.
Custom agents that handle real tasks, with a person approving the important steps.
I am your technical decision-maker on call for architecture, vendor and hiring calls, plus a roadmap review. I help you plan and decide; your team or a contractor does the build, and I review their work. We meet on a weekly call, and I answer questions between sessions.
Includes up to 10 hours/mo.
I do the Advisory work, and I also build, ship and fix alongside you. You see progress as we go. End-to-end engineering (web apps, cloud, CI/CD) is part of this package. We work in weekly sessions, plus async.
Includes up to 30 hours/mo.
Extra hours: $240/hr, agreed in advance.
Terms: Month-to-month. No equity. You own the code, the accounts and the decisions. You can start with Advisory and move to Hands-on once the plan is clear.
Example estimate, not a client result.
A typical small office gets about 40 new inquiries a week by email and web form. Someone reads each one, types it into the CRM or a spreadsheet, and writes a reply. That's about 8 minutes each. I help you set up an automation that logs each inquiry and drafts the reply. A person still reads every draft and approves it before it goes out, which takes about 2 minutes.
| Per week | |
|---|---|
| Before: 40 inquiries × 8 min | 320 min (5.3 hrs) |
| After: 40 × 2 min of review and approval | 80 min (1.3 hrs) |
| Time back | 4 hrs a week, about 17 hrs a month |
| Value at $18.27/hr (median receptionist wage) | about $316 a month, rounded down to $300 |
| Running cost (Zapier plan + AI usage) | about $40 a month |
| Net | about $260 a month |
| Build (multi-system automation) | $2,000 (range $2,000-3,500) |
| Payback | about 8 months at $2,000. About 13-14 months at $3,500 |
These numbers vary a lot with your volume and how messy the inquiries are. The bigger win is usually that nobody's inquiry sits unanswered for days. That's the part we talk through on the first call.
Hosted on AWS. Same price for all hosted solutions, boxes included.
What you pay separately: Your AWS / cloud bill, about $48 a month for a typical setup
Not included: New features (quoted separately) and after-hours emergencies
Rather run it yourself? The full project is on GitHub.
When we're done, you own the automations, the accounts they run in and the code. From there you can choose. I can keep it running for you (see hosting and management, $249/mo). Or I hand it over to you or your IT person with documentation and a walkthrough, so anyone can maintain it.
Free open-source AI assistants you can run yourself, or pay me to set up, train your team and host. Full prices and details: Role in a Box pricing.
Have something in mind, even if it's just a rough idea? Send me a note and I'll get back to you.