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AI Implementation Consulting

Stop guessing where AI fits. Get a build plan you can actually ship.Most AI consulting ends with a slide deck and a bill. This ends with a build plan: the three highest-ROI agent opportunities in your business, mapped to your tools, your data, and your team — with cost models, eval criteria, and a rollout schedule. Two weeks. If you hire us to build, the consulting fee credits 100% toward the engagement.

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price

from $1,000

timeline

2 weeks

cadence

one-time

scope

One-time / fixed scope

Process mappingROI modelingTool auditBuild planCost forecasting
// compare the flagship suite

Compare flagship offers

Five engagements. Pick what matches your situation.

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EngagementPriceTimelineModeBest forAction
AI Implementation ConsultingYou’re here
from $1,0002 weeksAuditDon’t know where AI fits—
AI Agent Development
from $2,6004 weeksBuildRepetitive ops work eating your weekView
AI Voice Agent
from $1,8003 weeksBuildMissed inbound callsView
AI Lead Engine
from $2,2004 weeksBuildTargeted outreach without spamView
Agent Operations Retainer
from $600/moMonthlyOperateAlready shipped — keep it sharpView
01// why this exists

Most AI consulting hands you a deck. We hand you a build plan.

You don’t need another vendor pitching their stack. You need a clear-eyed map of where AI fits in YOUR business — and where it absolutely does not. Two weeks of process mapping, ROI modeling, and tool audit. You walk away knowing what to build, what to buy, and what to skip. If you hire us to build, the entire fee credits toward the engagement.

BYOK

Pay LLM providers direct — no markup on tokens

Eval harness

Regressions caught in CI before they reach production

Spend cap

Hard ceiling you set — no surprise OpenAI invoices

Human-in-loop

Approval queue on every action that touches money or customers

02// how it works

The architecture, end to end.

No black boxes. Here's the actual shape of the system you get — with the guardrails, eval loops, and human approvals where they belong.

How a 2-week consult flows

From your messiest workflows to a ranked, costed build plan.

Your workflowscalls · sheets · SOPsPain pointstime · errors · costTool auditwhat you haveProcess mapwhere AI fitsROI modeltime · $ · riskCost forecastbuild + run / moBuild plan3 ranked oppsSequencewhat to ship firstLoom + review60-min call
inputcoreoutput
// where this fits

Real use cases we ship.

  • 01

    Operations-heavy SMB

    Quotes, scheduling, vendor coordination eating 30+ hours/week of manual work.

  • 02

    Customer-facing teams

    Support tickets and follow-ups where 80% of replies are template-shaped.

  • 03

    Document-heavy workflows

    Contracts, invoices, intake forms — anything that gets re-typed into a system.

  • 04

    Data already exists, nobody reads it

    CRM, sheets, and inboxes loaded with signal that never reaches a decision.

04// what you walk away with

The outcome, not just the output.

  • 01Three ranked AI agent opportunities mapped to real ROI
  • 02Build plan with cost model, eval criteria, and rollout schedule
  • 03Tool + data audit so you know what you have to work with
  • 04Honest assessment of what NOT to automate (saves you from the obvious mistakes)
  • 0560-minute walkthrough + 14 days of Slack follow-up
// agent flow

How the agent thinks.

The decision graph behind the engagement. Inputs, branches, and the point where a human stays in the loop.

AI Implementation Consulting FlowA five-stage horizontal flow: discovery audit, use-case prioritization, pilot scoping, ship, and measure — with a deliverable badge under each stage.ENGAGEMENT TIMELINE1 · Discovery Auditsystems · workflows · data2 · PrioritizeICE-rank use cases3 · Scope Pilotsuccess criteria4 · Shipworking pilot, prod-grade5 · Measuremetrics · ROIaudit reportuse-case roadmappilot SOWworking agentscorecardWEEK 1–2WEEK 2–3WEEK 3–4WEEK 4–7WEEK 7–8OUTCOME · A working agent in production with measurable lift, ready to scale
05// methodology

How the engagement actually runs.

Concrete phases, concrete artifacts. You always know where we are and what comes next.

  1. Day 1–4

    Discovery

    Calls with you and 2–3 team members. Map current workflows, tools, data sources, pain points. Identify the moments where AI could meaningfully help.

    Process mapTool inventoryPain point log
  2. Day 5–9

    Opportunity sizing

    For the top 5–7 candidate workflows, model the ROI: time saved, error reduction, cost-per-task. Estimate build effort and monthly run cost.

    Opportunity briefsROI spreadsheetCost models
  3. Day 10–14

    Build plan

    Rank the top 3, recommend a sequence, identify dependencies. Final report + Loom walkthrough + 60-minute review call.

    Final reportBuild planLoom walkthrough
// track record

Receipts, not promises.

2 weeks
Median delivery · every consult
3
Ranked opportunities · with cost models
100%
Credit toward build · within 60 days
06// scope

Concrete artifacts you keep — and what we leave out.

Working code, written docs, dashboards your team owns. We also list what this engagement deliberately does not cover, so scope is honest before you sign.

// deliverables
  • Process map of current workflows and where AI fits (or doesn't)
  • Three opportunity briefs ranked by ROI and complexity
  • Tool + data inventory (what's in your stack, what's missing, what's ready)
  • Cost model: build estimate + monthly run cost per opportunity
  • Recommended sequence (what to build first, why, and what to skip)
  • Loom walkthrough + 60-minute review call
  • 14 days post-engagement Slack support
// not included
  • Building the agents (use AI Agent Development)
  • Custom integrations or tool connectors (in-build scope)
  • Vendor procurement or contract negotiation
// add-ons

Extend the engagement.

Stakeholder workshop

+$600

Half-day workshop with your leadership team to align on AI strategy + answer questions.

Vendor evaluation

+$480

Compare 3–5 off-the-shelf AI tools against custom build for your top use case.

Sample deliverables

See the artifact, not the marketing.

Real shape, redacted content. Pick a tab to preview what ships.

Sample Audit Report

Twelve-page audit excerpt: scope, methodology, findings ranked by impact, and a prioritized fix list. Redacted.

Request after intro call

Sample provided after intro call · ask sage@sageideas.dev

SAMPLE · REDACTED
How we reduce risk

Money-back if you're not happy in week 1

Reset the engagement before momentum builds. No invoices to dispute, no awkward email.

Async-first, weekly demos, no surprises

You see exactly what shipped each week. No status meetings to attend, no reports to chase.

Code is yours from day 1 — no lock-in

Your repo, your infra, your accounts. We work in your stack. You can take the work in-house at any time.

07// questions

Honest answers.

01Is this just a deck?
No. Decks are easy and useless. You get a build plan with concrete next steps, cost numbers, and an opinion on what to skip. If you want a deck, we can render the build plan as one — but the value is in the recommendations, not the slides.
02What if you find AI isn't a fit?
You get told that, in writing. The most valuable consulting outcome is sometimes "don't do this." We'd rather lose the build engagement than waste your money on something that won't work.
03Does the fee really credit toward a build?
Yes — 100%. If you hire us to build any of the recommended agents within 60 days, the consulting fee comes off the build invoice. It's not a discount; it's a credit.
04Do I need technical staff to engage you?
No. We talk to whoever runs the business and whoever runs the tools. If that's the same person, even better.
// engage

Ready to scope AI Consulting?

Book a 30-minute discovery call. No pitch deck. We'll either confirm fit and send a proposal, or tell you straight that this isn't the right move.

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strategy system

From offer to operating system.

AI Implementation Consulting is presented as a real engagement, not a generic service page: the surface, backend shape, delivery artifacts, and conversion path are all visible before the first call.

Scope AI Consulting

price

from $1,000

timeline

2 weeks

tier

flagship

Living architecture

Scope ⇄ Ship

The page now exposes how the engagement moves from buyer pain to production artifact, then into measurement and next-step routing.

Scope AI Consulting
  1. 01DiscoveryCalls with you and 2–3 team members. Map current workflows, tools, data sources, pain points. Identify the moments where AI could meaningfully help.
  2. 02Opportunity sizingFor the top 5–7 candidate workflows, model the ROI: time saved, error reduction, cost-per-task. Estimate build effort and monthly run cost.
  3. 03Build planRank the top 3, recommend a sequence, identify dependencies. Final report + Loom walkthrough + 60-minute review call.

Conversion path

  1. 01

    Diagnose

    Confirm the real strategy constraint, current surface, and business goal before writing code.

  2. 02

    Design the system

    Turn the offer into screens, data, workflows, ownership boundaries, and a measurable delivery plan.

  3. 03

    Ship the artifact

    Deliver AI Consulting as working code, docs, dashboards, or launch assets your team can actually use.

  4. 04

    Route the next move

    Decide whether the work becomes a one-time delivery, a care plan, or a larger product build.

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