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Audits your current service offer against the AI delivery threshold. Identifies what is defensible, what is at risk, and where your rate premium is actually earned.
Before repricing an engagement, before a new proposal, or when a prospect pushes back on your rate.
Your current service description, typical client type, and the specific deliverables you produce in a standard engagement.
I work with [client type] on [service description]. My current rate is [rate]. AI-enabled operators in my category are billing 36% above standard market rates when they can demonstrate AI-orchestrated delivery. Audit my current offer: (1) Which elements of my delivery reflect accumulated judgment that a generalist platform cannot replicate? (2) Which elements are now replicable by a $200/month AI subscription? (3) What is the single most defensible thing I do, the thing a client would lose if they replaced me with an AI tool? Give me a specific, concrete answer for each.
Run before any rate conversation. Use the output to identify your floor (what to protect) and your premium lever (what justifies the higher number).
A ranked list of 3 to 5 delivery components labeled: Defensible / At Risk / Already Commoditized. One sentence per component explaining why.
Being vague about the service description. The more specific your input, the more accurate the audit. Describe what you actually deliver in a typical engagement, not what you do in general.
The 36% rate premium is not earned by having AI tools. It is earned by making AI-enabled delivery visible and explicit to buyers. This prompt finds what to make explicit.