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For Solo Consultants & Fractional Execs

Stop running five tools for one job.

A 32-page operating manual that audits your AI stack, kills the duplicates, and gives you back four hours a week.

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§ I · The Problem

Your stack looks tidy. It isn't.

You have ChatGPT, Claude, Notion AI, Perplexity, Gemini, maybe a Granola for calls, a Cursor for code, a Descript for video. Most of them claim the same job. You pay for at least two of them.

You context-switch every six minutes — opening one tool, copying output, pasting into the next, re-prompting because the prior tool didn't have the brief. By Friday you've burned half a day on AI plumbing.

The problem isn't awareness. It's the absence of a single decisive document that names the duplicates, ranks the survivors, and tells you what to cancel by Monday.

§ I.5 · Before & After

Two kinds of consultants.

✕ Before The Audit
£180/mo in overlapping subscriptions running silently in the background
ChatGPT + Claude + Gemini open simultaneously for the same brief
30 minutes per call moving Granola → Notion → email manually
Cursor, Notion AI, Coda AI — two not touched in 60 days, still billing
No framework. New tools in, old tools never out. Stack bloats quarterly.
✓ After The Audit
One tool per zone — chosen on evidence, not habit
~£200/mo recovered on day one from The Cancel List
4+ hours back per week, compounding across every engagement
A quarterly re-audit ritual so the stack never bloats again
Confident. Decisive. No tool guilt on Sunday nights.
§ II · The Five Zones

One audit. Five zones. Fifteen specific replacements.

The audit walks every solo consultant's stack through five categories. Each zone gets a kept-tool, a killed-tool, and the saved-hours estimate. No vendor neutrality. The Audit picks sides.

Zone I

Research & Synthesis

Perplexity, ChatGPT search, Claude with web, Gemini Deep Research. Which one for what. The rest go.

Zone II

Drafting & Long-Form

Claude vs ChatGPT for proposals, memos, op-eds. The exact prompt scaffold for each.

Zone III

Capture & Production

Granola, Otter, Fireflies, Descript, ElevenLabs. Where pipelines compound. Where they collide.

Zone IV

Operations & Admin

Notion AI, Coda AI, Asana AI, Reclaim. The only one worth the seat. The four that aren't.

Zone V

Delivery & Client Surface

What touches the client — Loom, Cal.com, Stripe AI, slide tools. The rule for what's safe to automate.

"Reads like a senior partner's memo. The first ten pages saved me £900 in seats I'd been auto-renewing." — Beta Reader · UK Fractional CMO
§ III · What's Inside

32 pages. Zero filler.

i

The Operating Brief

How a solo consultant should think about their stack — the rule of two, the cost ceiling, the audit frequency.

ii

The Five-Zone Map

The full taxonomy. Which tool category does what, where overlap kills you, and the rule for retiring duplicates.

iii

Zone-By-Zone Audit (5 chapters)

For each zone: the kept tool, the killed tool, the prompt scaffold, the saved hours per week, the cost delta.

iv

The Cancel List

The fifteen subscriptions to end by Monday. Ranked by ease of exit and weekly savings.

v

The Quarterly Re-Audit Ritual

A two-page checklist you run every 90 days so the stack never bloats again.

§ III.5 · A Glimpse Inside

Designed for action. Not admiration.

§ I · The Operating Brief
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Zone I — Research & Synthesis
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Zone IV — Operations
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The Cancel List
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§ V · FAQ

Honest answers.

Is this a course?+

No. A 32-page PDF you read in one sitting and act on by Monday. No videos, no community, no homework.

Will it date quickly?+

The framework won't. The specific tool calls will — that's why you get free updates to Vol V for life.

Who is it not for?+

Engineering teams, agencies over 5 people, anyone who hasn't tried at least two of: ChatGPT, Claude, Notion AI.

What if I disagree with your picks?+

Good. Each chapter shows the reasoning so you can substitute. The framework matters more than any specific tool call.

Is there a free version?+

Yes — the 5-Minute Audit Checklist is free. Enter your email in the section below and it arrives instantly. The full 32-page audit goes considerably deeper.

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