AI tooling · Workflow Teardown

We find your busywork. AI does it.

A three-week engagement that ends with working tools, not a report. Built on the AI tools you already pay for and trained on how you actually talk to customers.

Tools we build

Start with the one that hurts most.

These are the tools coming out of the first two pilots. Your list will be different, and that's the point of the teardown.

Ash & Pine pilot

Review engine

Asks for the Google review at handoff, in your voice, on a schedule. Routes the unhappy ones to you first so they never become a public one-star.

In build

Phone & comms tools

A business number that texts back, logs the call, drafts the follow-up and books the walk-through. You keep your cell for your family.

In build

Social media dump

Talk it, photo-dump it, or forward a folder. It sorts, captions in your voice, and queues a month of posts for your approval.

Ash & Pine

Voice capture from the truck

Talk through a job while you drive. It becomes tasks, notes and the client update, filed to the right project.

Ash & Pine

Estimate assist

Voice or photo against your own catalog. A first-draft estimate before dinner, not after.

Game Face

Content repurposing

One podcast episode or book chapter becomes posts, emails and a lead magnet, in the author's voice.

Also on the bench: client onboarding packets, invoice chasing, a website FAQ assistant trained on your own pages, weekly client updates, booking, and CRM connectors like JobTread. If it's repetitive and low-judgment, it's a candidate.

How a Workflow Teardown works

Three weeks. Seven steps. One working tool at the end.

Understand

Week one

  1. 01Read the roomHow you work, who your customers are, what's stealing time right now.
  2. 02Follow the workWe walk one real job start to finish and watch where it slows down.
  3. 03Spot the tellsThe repeated stuff: retyped emails, chased updates, estimates after dinner.

Prioritize

Week two

  1. 04Sort by tierSome tasks a simple tool takes. Some need an assistant. Some you just stop doing.
  2. 05ScoreDone often, painful to do, easy to set up. We start where it pays off fastest.

Build & integrate

Week three

  1. 06Build and prototypeA working version in your hands. You try it on a real job while I watch.
  2. 07Integrate and measureFolded into how you already work, handed to the right person, checked for hours saved.

What it costs. Most small teams already spend $100 to $400 a month on AI tools. Porch Light builds on those, so you get custom-quality results without a custom build. Engagements are priced by package; the first conversation is free and I'll tell you if a Teardown isn't the right fix.

Packages

Priced by package. First conversation free.

Teardown

Three weeks. One tool, built, installed and measured.

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Teardown + tools

Three weeks plus two more tools from the list, built on the same foundation.

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Ongoing

Monthly. Keep the tools tuned as your business changes, add one a quarter.

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Common questions

What owners ask before we start.

What is a Workflow Teardown?

A short, hands-on engagement where we map how your business actually runs, find the repetitive tasks eating your time, and set up simple tools or an AI assistant to take them off your plate. About three weeks, ending with a working tool in your hands.

What kinds of tasks can AI take off my plate?

The repetitive, low-judgment work: posting to social, drafting routine emails and texts, data entry, scheduling, follow-ups, reformatting documents, and pulling together the same reports every week.

Will AI replace my team?

No. The goal is to remove busywork, not people. AI handles the tedious tasks so you and your team spend more time on the craft and the customers.

Who is this for?

Owners and small teams who are great at their craft but buried in admin, sourcing, invoicing, scheduling and social. Especially local and service businesses that want their time back.

Tell me what's eating your time.

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