Workflows
The recurring processes that consume time, generate errors, or require coordination across people and systems.
Operating Blueprint
Find where AI belongs in your business.
Two live sessions, a 72-hour document window, and a written blueprint within 48 hours, walked through live. You get a phased plan, a human ownership map, and a 12-month cost range with the expected return in dollars.
Credits Toward Your Next Step Delivered in 48 Hours You Own Everything
See It In Action
The Blueprint Walkthrough
A sample Blueprint in the exact format clients get, built for an HVAC company with mock data. Yours is built for your business.
We do not want to just AI something to AI something. We want you to know exactly what it does, what it costs, and what it moves. This is about measurable business change, not chatbots.
Jonathan Hessing CEO, ShooflyAI Example Blueprint
See a sample Blueprint.
The same format and depth as a client Blueprint, filled with mock data. Every opportunity ranked. Every requirement documented. Click through every section.
Opens the live blueprint right here
What ShooflyAI Evaluates
Four areas. One clear picture.
One team. Consulting, development, and AI research at the intersection.
Systems and data
What tools your team uses, where data lives, how information moves, and where handoffs create friction or lag.
Decision points
Where your team applies judgment, approves outputs, reviews results, or holds accountability that AI cannot replace.
Opportunity ranking
Each identified opportunity is scored by business value, technical readiness, and implementation scope so you know where to start.
How It Works
Structured. Live. Specific to your business.
Not a questionnaire. A working engagement designed to produce a plan your leadership can defend and act on.
- 01
Pre-engagement alignment
Before any session, we align with your stakeholders, map your tool stack, and identify who needs to be in the room. We get under NDA and document your core objectives so live time goes straight to the work.
- 02
Leadership session · Operational overview
Session one, with your leadership team. We map every major workflow, surface the KPIs that move revenue, and build a ranked shortlist of the highest-impact areas to examine in depth.
- 03
Operations session · Deep examination
Session two, with the people who run the workflows day to day. We go deep on the specific areas leadership identified, document the inputs and outputs, and put a number on the friction that costs your business each week.
- 04
72-hour document window
After the second session you have 72 hours to send supporting material: reports, org charts, internal documentation, or a brief follow-up with someone who could not attend. When the window closes, the 48-hour delivery clock starts.
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Blueprint delivery + live readback
We deliver the complete blueprint within 48 hours of the window closing and walk through it live with your leadership. Every finding is sourced from your sessions. Every recommendation is specific to your business.
What You Receive
A blueprint your leadership can present and act on.
Six deliverables, in one document leadership can present. We never start with AI: we start with a measurable, ROI-driven strategy, make sure your systems and data look right, then work out AI enablement.
Opportunity ranking
Every identified opportunity ranked by business value, technical readiness, and implementation scope. Your team knows where to start and why.
System and data requirements
What infrastructure, data access, and integrations each opportunity needs before a build can begin.
Phased implementation plan
A sequenced roadmap with milestones and ownership, with the first build scoped and priced.
Human ownership map
Where your team keeps judgment, approval authority, relationships, and accountability inside every proposed system: one function, one KPI, one owner. Want a rough number first? Try the free AI ROI calculator.
The number
A 12-month total cost range and the expected return in dollars, with a stop point every quarter. Details just below.
Methodology and appendix
The full scoring methodology and a definition for every term, in a document leadership can present and act on.
The number
What does the whole path cost? The Blueprint answers it.
The Blueprint is $6,000. If we build, the retainer is $7,500 to $12,000 a month, usually 6 to 12 months, with a stop point every quarter. The Blueprint names your exact number before you commit to any of it.
The number in your Blueprint is a 12-month total cost range and the expected return in dollars. At each quarterly stop point you can continue, change scope, or stop.
Everything together is what we call the Operating Blueprint.
We do not want you to blindly trust us. We do not want to just AI something to AI something. You will know exactly what it does, what it costs, and what it moves.
The Blueprint also names the business functions worth owning, sets the baseline KPIs, and models the ROI. That is exactly what scopes your AI Growth Expert retainer tier: how many functions we run and which KPIs we are accountable for, never a count of agents.
Sample: an HVAC company, every section filled with mock data
How We Work
Built on Trust. Transparent by Design.
Every build ships with documented guardrails, full methodology disclosure, and data practices that protect you from day one.
AI Governance + Compliance
We identify sensitive areas, map compliance requirements, and build guardrails into every system. You stay compliant from day one.
Your Data Stays Yours
We do not store, sell, or train on your data. Everything shared in the sessions is used only to build your blueprint. Full stop.
Methodology + Appendix
Every blueprint includes the full methodology behind our scoring and definitions for every term. No black boxes. No jargon you have to Google.
Built For
Owner-Led Companies Doing $5M to $75M
You have the team. You have the tools. They just do not talk to each other. Your people are copying data between systems, chasing follow-ups manually, and building reports by hand. That is what we find and fix.
Private Equity E-Commerce Manufacturing Wealth Management Accounting and Tax Insurance Legal Services Education
Right For You
- Owner-led, $5M to $75M in revenue
- Multiple tools that do not connect to each other
- Using AI but not using it right, or not using it at all
- Leadership willing to give two live sessions and a 72-hour document window
- Open to a long-term AI operations partner, not a one-off project
Not the Right Fit
- Pre-revenue or still figuring out the core process
- Looking for a chatbot or a quick AI demo
- No existing systems or operational data
- Want one-size-fits-all AI, not a custom solution
Already running AI and unsure it is safe or paying? Start with the two-week AI Operating Review ($2,500); its fee credits here. See the AI Operating Review
$180KSaved annually · Strickland CPA
5AI agents in production · Strickland CPA
20+Analyst hours a month reclaimed · Vigilant
65%Faster intelligence access · Vigilant
Each figure above comes from a published engagement: Strickland CPA and Vigilant.
What Comes Next
Blueprint. Build. Operate.
Blueprint is the plan. What follows depends on your priorities.
Blueprint
Map your workflows, identify the strongest opportunities, and give leadership a prioritized implementation plan. You are here.
Build
ShooflyAI constructs the custom AI systems Blueprint identified. Your team reviews, approves, and owns the output from day one.
Operate
ShooflyAI can manage, monitor, and improve the systems your team runs. Your people retain judgment, relationships, and accountability.
This Is Not About Adding AI
It Is About Changing How Your Business Operates.
Two live sessions with our team. A complete blueprint within 48 hours of the document window. The fee credits toward your next step. The only thing you risk is learning something useful.
Find where AI belongs in your business.
Two live sessions. A complete blueprint within 48 hours, walked through live. The fee credits toward your next step.
Buyer Questions
Common questions answered.
What does the Operating Blueprint cost?
The price and the December deadline are in the price block on this page, and the Blueprint fee credits in full to the next step you sign within 90 days. If you do not build with us, you keep a prioritized plan specific enough to act on independently.
What if we cannot start before January?
A Blueprint paid by 31 December can hold its two sessions any time through 31 March 2027 at the December price. You lock the price now and schedule when your team can be in the room.
What does the whole path cost if we build?
The Blueprint is $6,000. If we build, the retainer is $7,500 to $12,000 a month, usually 6 to 12 months, with a stop point every quarter. The Blueprint names your exact number before you commit to any of it.
How does the credit work?
The fee credits in full to the next step signed within 90 days, or as one third off each of the first three invoices. A Review credits into the Blueprint and the Blueprint credits into the retainer, so the full ladder through 31 December costs the Blueprint plus the retainer, never more.
What happens after I receive the blueprint?
We walk through it live with your leadership, and you have time to review and decide. If you want to credit the Blueprint toward a build or managed engagement, we scope it together. If not, the Blueprint is yours. No follow-up pressure.
How is this different from the AI Operating Review?
The Review is the two-week check on the AI you already run: is it safe, and is it paying. The Blueprint looks forward: where AI goes next, what it costs in total, and what it returns. Many companies start with the Review, and its fee credits into the Blueprint.
How is this different from hiring a consultant?
Consultants advise but do not build. Dev shops build but do not understand AI operations. We are the intersection of consulting, development, and AI research. We audit it, we build it, and we run it. One team, end to end.
Who should be in the sessions?
Whoever owns the operations. That usually means the CEO or COO in the leadership session, then the people running the workflows you want to improve in the operations session. Three to five people in all.
Is this going to recommend chatbots?
No. The Operating Blueprint is about identifying where AI creates real business value and which opportunities deserve investment first. If the answer is a $50 per month tool, we will tell you that.
Do we own what you build?
100%. Code, data, models, integrations, everything. We build on your infrastructure with your API keys. Walk away and the system keeps running. We stay because you want us to, not because you are locked in.
What is the difference between the Operating Blueprint and the build phase?
The Operating Blueprint is the plan. It maps your workflows, ranks opportunities, and gives leadership a phased plan with a total cost and a return. The build phase is where we construct the systems the Blueprint identified. The Blueprint comes first.