Service · Foundation

Get your business ready for AI - safely.

AgentReady Base gets what your business knows into one organized place your team and your AI can both work from - with AI earning access one careful step at a time.

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"It's all in my head."And when you're away, the work waits for you.

Most of what makes your business run isn't written down - it's in a few people's heads, scattered across chats, buried in dashboards nobody audits. Work stops when the one person who knows is away. New hires take months. The same things get explained repeatedly. AI assistants are finally good enough to help with real work - but they forget everything between sessions, and you're right not to point one at your files until you trust it.

What AgentReady Base is

Plain and concrete.

A hands-on setup that turns what your business knows into one organized, AI-readable base built where your team already works (Microsoft 365, Google Drive, or shared folders). Your team uses it instead of asking around; your AI uses it to help with real work and keeps it current. It runs on a method we publish openly.

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How it works

Four steps, outcomes first.

01

Get what your business knows into one home. Some is already written but scattered across systems, folders and mailboxes - found, sorted, reduced to one reliable version. The rest is in people, drawn out in short guided sessions. Little ongoing effort is needed from your team; someone grants access and points to where things live.

02

One organized home for what your business knows. Set up where your team already works - Microsoft 365, Google Drive, or plain shared folders.

03

Secrets and personal data stripped before any AI sees a file, with exactly which folders are in bounds agreed up front.

04

AI earns access one step at a time, read-only first, more only as you approve. You never hand over the keys.

What your team actually does: a few sessions up front, then two small daily habits and reading from one source instead of asking around. The AI both uses and keeps up the base - which fixes the old "nobody updates the wiki" problem.

The trust ladder

AI earns its access.
You keep the keys.

No bot gets loose in your files on day one. To move up a rung, an assistant needs at least two clean runs at its current level, no boundary crossed, nothing invented, and your named approval recorded with the date. Any slip drops it back a rung, also recorded.

So this isn't "letting AI into your files." It's a promotion system with an exam at every level, a written record, and a rule that sends it back down. Doing well with your documents never lets an assistant publish, change production, open accounts, or touch your systems. Those stay with you.

🔑 You stay in control at every rung
1

Read & summarise

Reads the files you share and writes summaries. Changes nothing of yours.

2

File documents

Also files new documents to the places you've defined for them.

3

Update living documents

Also updates documents that change over time, from an explicit change list - each one reviewed by a person before it counts.

4

Turn source into knowledge

Also takes raw source material and works it into organized, usable knowledge.

5

Run on a schedule

Runs trusted work on a schedule, and reports only what needs your attention.

Small studio, serious governance

A small team is an advantage here.

The common worry is that a small studio can't do governance properly. With AgentReady the governance is built into how it works, not bolted on after - and you can see exactly how it's done, because the method is published in the open.

What you get

Four outcomes.

One base

What your business knows, in one organized, AI-readable home your team and your AI both work from.

Safe by construction

Passwords and personal data are removed before any AI sees a file, with one firm rule for what it may never touch.

Governance you can see

AI earns access step by step, every action logged, and one list of every decision that needs a person.

Live and yours

A working assistant on real work - not a demo - kept current as you grow, on the tools you already use. No lock-in.

How a setup works

Four steps - each one produces something you keep.

1
Free · Fit Call

A 30-minute call, no obligation

See if we're a fit and get oriented with no diagnosis or pressure.

  • Where your business's knowledge lives today, and the key-person risk.
  • Whether you've hit the wall using AI on real work - and what it would take to get past it.
  • Whether AgentReady fits, and the sensible next step.
2
Paid diagnostic · Readiness Assessment

A written plan you keep

A couple of calls, then a written assessment yours either way, with part of the fee credited toward the build cost.

  • Where your knowledge lives and how ready it is for AI, gaps included.
  • How many areas are in scope, and how much cleanup the material needs.
  • The tools you already use - Microsoft 365, Google Drive, shared folders - and the recommended setup.
  • The recommended tier and an indicative scope for the build.
  • The business questions you'd like answered from your own data, chosen with you.
3
Build · AgentReady Base Setup

The hands-on build and handover

Roughly a week per area of your business, with the exact timeline scoped in your assessment. It includes:

  • One organized, AI-readable home for what your business knows.
  • Passwords and personal data stripped out before any AI sees a file.
  • Guided sessions that get what's in people's heads written down.
  • Clear written rules for what AI can and can't touch, with the trust ladder set up.
  • A first AI assistant on a real task - read-only first, earning more as it proves itself.
  • A business snapshot at handover: answers to those questions, drawn from your now-consolidated data - where time goes, which repetitive work costs most, where recoverable costs sit.
  • Full handover: the workspace is yours, no lock-in.
4
Settle in · Stabilization

A few months while it beds in

Typically 3–6 months, month-to-month and built to need us less over time, then an optional lighter touch.

  • New material cleaned and filed before anything reaches the AI.
  • A regular read-out of what changed across the business.
  • Your "needs-a-person" decisions list, kept current.
  • A drift check to keep the system accurate as you grow.
  • The AI's access is promoted only as it earns it. Cancel anytime.

Setup comes in three sizes: Essential (1–2 areas), Standard (3–4 areas), and Extended (5+ areas). Scoped and priced in your assessment, on request - never one-size-fits-all.

Ways to work with us

Read the method for free, or have us set it up with you.

Free · now

The Method, in the open

The approach, in the open - read it, use it, put it to work.

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Available · limited

Done-with-you setup

We deploy it with you, end to end. A few areas at a time, done properly.

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An optional ongoing tier keeps the automation running safely once you're set up. No prices here; we scope and quote based on your real situation.

For groups & portfolios

What the foundation builds toward.

Scale

Your whole group at once

Make every business in a group or portfolio AI-ready together, under one shared rulebook.

See it all

One picture across companies

A regular read-out pulling together what's happening across every business - the whole portfolio at a glance.

Measure

Measure what matters

Track a chosen result - customer experience, service quality, an operational signal - consistently across the organization.

Operate

We can run it for you

Want the result without building the skill in-house? We can operate it as a service, giving the AI more responsibility only as it earns it.

These are directions the Base foundation makes possible - what it enables, not a finished menu.

What this is - and isn't

It is

  • A service built on an openly published method.
  • One organized base your team and AI both work from.
  • A partner who tells you straight what will and won't work for you.
  • Built and proven on our own ventures first, then delivered hands-on.
  • From a team that builds and runs its own live AI product - Vocally.

It isn't

  • Proprietary software or a platform.
  • A chatbot bolted onto your business.
  • A one-off document - it's a working setup, run in production and owned by you.

Frequently asked questions

What is AgentReady Base?

A hands-on service that organizes what your business knows into one AI-readable base your team and your AI both work from, with AI earning access one step at a time.

Is my company data safe?

Yes. Secrets and personal data are stripped before any AI sees a file; you agree which folders are in bounds up front, on Microsoft 365 or Google Drive; every change is versioned and reversible; and AI starts read-only - you never hand over the keys.

Do we need technical skills or new software?

No. We run short sessions with the people who hold the knowledge and set it up where your team already works - Microsoft 365, Google Drive, or shared folders. It's not a platform to learn.

How do we get started, and what does it cost?

Start with a free 30-minute Fit Call, then an optional paid Readiness Assessment that scopes and quotes the setup against your real situation. Setup comes in three sizes (Essential, Standard, Extended), quoted on request.

Start with a free 30-minute Fit Call.

No obligation, no diagnosis - just a quick read on whether we're a fit and where AI would help you most.

Book a free Fit Call