Palavir LLC

The AI Automation Audit

One workflow. Five business days. $750 fixed fee.

You pick one repeatable workflow. I produce a written automation map with three to five prioritized candidates, build estimates against your actual hours, and a 30-day rollout plan you can hand to any builder. Every figure is tied back to your numbers.

See how it works

Refund if no automation candidate beats your status quo. No call required to start.

What you actually get

Five concrete artifacts. No slide decks, no maturity matrix, no vendor list. Written for an operator who plans to act on it within 30 days.

Process map of one workflow

A written map of the chosen workflow with steps, tools, handoffs, and the hours each step takes today. Built from a 60-minute working session, not a generic template.

Prioritized automation candidates

Three to five specific automation candidates ranked by hours saved, build cost, and risk. Each candidate names the tools, prompts, and data sources required.

Build estimates and ROI math

Each candidate gets a build estimate in hours, an annualized hours-saved figure derived from your numbers, and a payback period. No vendor handwaving.

30-day rollout plan

A week-by-week plan to ship the top candidate in 30 days. Includes who owns what, where to start, what could break, and how to measure it after launch.

Written report you can act on

PDF and Markdown deliverable with every figure tied to a row from your inputs. Hand it to your engineering team, an outside builder, or use it to scope a deeper engagement.

How the five days run

Fixed scope, fixed fee, fixed timeline. You see the draft before the report is finalized.

Day 0

Intake and scoping

You pick the one workflow. I send a short intake form: tools you use today, where the data lives, who runs each step, and rough volumes. No NDA required for the intake itself.

Day 1 to 2

Working session

60-minute video session walking the workflow live. I record (with consent) and capture the process map in real time. You see the draft before we finish.

Day 2 to 4

Analysis and write-up

I score automation candidates against your numbers, build the rollout plan, and write the report. Sources, build estimates, and assumptions are spelled out.

Day 5

Delivery

PDF plus Markdown. Optional 30-minute walkthrough call to answer questions and finalize the rollout plan. Report is yours to keep and share inside your team.

Built for

  • Operators running a recurring workflow that eats hours every week
  • Founders evaluating whether to build internal AI tooling or stay manual
  • Heads of ops who want a prioritized list before approving any AI spend
  • Firms that have tried point AI tools and want to step back to strategy first

Not the right fit for

  • Generic 'AI strategy' across an entire company in five days
  • Anything requiring access to regulated patient or client data without a BAA in place
  • Building the automation itself (that is the AI Implementation Setup tier on /consulting)

After the audit, two paths

The report is built to hand off cleanly. You can take it to your team, an outside builder, or you can keep the engagement going with the AI Implementation Setup tier.

DIY or your builder

Take the PDF, the candidate list, and the rollout plan and ship it yourself. The audit ends at delivery and there is no obligation to continue.

AI Implementation Setup — $25,000

10 business days. I build the top automation candidate end to end: data pipeline, Claude integration, prompt library, evaluation harness, and a runbook your team can extend.

See implementation tier

Common questions

Why $750 and not a free intro call?

Free intro calls produce free recommendations. A paid audit produces a written, prioritized report tied to your actual numbers. The fee filters for buyers who will act on the work, and it pays for the analysis time so the deliverable can be specific instead of generic.

What happens if you find nothing worth automating?

I tell you in writing and refund. That has not happened on a real workflow yet, but it is the policy. The audit either produces an actionable plan or it produces a refund.

Do you build the automation after the audit?

Sometimes. The audit is designed to give you a clean handoff to any builder, including yours. If you want me to build the top candidate, that lives in the AI Implementation Setup tier on the consulting page at a $25,000 fixed fee.

What if my workflow touches sensitive data?

Tell me on intake. For HIPAA, financial PII, or attorney-client material I will scope a separate engagement with an NDA and the right access controls before any working session. The base $750 audit assumes non-sensitive operational data.

Can the report be used to brief a board or an investor?

Yes. The deliverable is written for an operator audience but every figure is sourced from your numbers and dated. Several buyers have used prior automation work to brief leadership on where AI fits and where it does not.

Are you a Big Four consultancy?

No. Palavir LLC is a Michigan single-member LLC operating since February 2026. The audit is run by Josh Elberg directly. That is the value proposition: senior-level analytical work delivered fast, at a fixed price, without an engagement team.

Pick the workflow. Start the audit.

$750 fixed fee. Five business days. Refund if there is nothing worth automating.