One ladder, four steps, one destination: you own it.
Every engagement follows the same path — discover what's there, organize it, build on it, and hand you full ownership. Each step is a complete deliverable on its own.
The knowledge foundation comes first
AI without business context gives generic, useless outputs. Every tool we build sits on a knowledge foundation specific to your business — so it works the way it should from day one.
Discovery & Audit
A structured 90-minute intake session covering financial data, KPIs, business context, operations, systems, and AI use cases. Every question maps directly to your knowledge vault — this isn't a generic questionnaire, it's the blueprint for everything that comes after.
Deliverable: Clarity Audit Report
An 8-page report covering:
- What We Found — in your language, no jargon
- Your Knowledge Vault — structure specific to your business
- Dashboard Preview — mockup of the end product
- Your AI Use Cases — prioritized by impact
- Your Clarity Path — week-by-week timeline
- Your Investment — two pricing paths
Knowledge Vault Build
A structured, organized knowledge base — built in your own storage — that captures everything an AI tool needs to know about your business, and everything your business needs to know about itself. It reduces key-person risk and helps onboard staff, whether or not you ever add AI on top of it.
Platform: plain markdown files on your shared drive by default — no new platform, no new license, readable by any AI tool. That also means you're never locked into one AI provider — if you switch tools or a better model comes along, pointing it at your vault is a quick retool, not a rebuild. SharePoint / Microsoft 365 for teams already in that ecosystem.
Seven vault sections
- Business Overview
- Financial Foundation
- KPI Library
- Business Context
- Operational Processes
- Data Source Map
- AI Use Case Library
Business Dashboards
Custom dashboards that turn your data into clear, visual, actionable intelligence — built on the vault foundation, handed off with full ownership. Built in Python/Dash, or Power BI for Microsoft shops.
Typical components
- KPI summary row — revenue, margin, cash, AR overdue, open jobs
- Revenue trend — 12 months, prior-year comparison
- Profitability breakdown by customer or product line
- AR aging buckets with dollar amounts
- AI Insight Panel — narrative, anomaly alerts, plain-language queries
Custom AI Tool Builds
Purpose-built tools that automate or augment a specific workflow — scoped from your AI Use Case Library, built, and handed off with training. Not AI for AI's sake: every tool solves a specific, felt pain point identified in the audit.
Examples
- Invoice and document processing automation
- Customer follow-up and outreach sequences
- Internal Q&A tools powered by your knowledge vault
- Reporting automation — replace manual weekly reports
- Data extraction and classification pipelines
- Job or project profitability prediction
Not a retainer — a running head start
When your business is ready for more — a new dashboard view, a new AI tool, a vault update — we already know your business. No discovery needed. Faster delivery, tighter scope, priced accordingly.
Quarterly Vault Health Check
One working session per quarter: refresh stale vault content, verify the dashboard numbers still tie, and scan for new AI use cases. No hosting, no standing access — cancel anytime.
$500 – $750 / quarterSustain Retainer
For clients who want ongoing access rather than a project-by-project relationship. Covers a monthly check-in, data refresh, and minor additions.
$750 – $1,500 / monthOwnership vs. Subscription
Ownership is the primary path — presented on every proposal alongside subscription, so you can choose what fits.
| Ownership (Primary) | Subscription (Secondary) | |
|---|---|---|
| Who hosts | You | Six4Six Insights |
| Who pays AI costs | You — your own API account, ~$5–20/mo | Six4Six Insights — absorbed in subscription |
| Data liability after handoff | Zero | Six4Six Insights in chain of custody |
| Ongoing fee | None (optional Health Check) | $750 – $1,500/mo |
| Re-engagement | New project | Subscription expansion |
Not sure which step you need?
That's what the Discovery & Audit is for. Start there — everything else follows from what we find.
Book a Discovery Audit