Solo AI consultant

AI shouldn't make you human middleware.

I'm Jon-Paul. I build the AI systems that carry work from one tool to the next, so you stop copying, pasting and chasing.

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  • One personFrom the first call to the last handover
  • Top Ratedon Upwork
  • 135+ projectsdelivered
  • 25 yearsrunning operations
Sound familiar?

You became the glue in your own business.

It creeps in quietly. One app for leads, another for invoices, a chat tool, three dashboards, and a spreadsheet nobody admits is load-bearing. Each one promised to save you time. None of them talk to each other. So you do.

You copy the lead from the inbox into the CRM. You paste the numbers from one screen into the next. You chase the update nobody logged. Somewhere along the way you became the thing holding it all together, a person doing the job the software was supposed to do.

What AI should be doing is the connective work. Reading the email and pulling out what matters. Carrying the record from one system to the next without you in the middle. Drafting the follow-up so it's waiting for your yes.

That's what I build. A system that lives in your business, not in one person's head. You own it outright. No lock-in, no black box, no one holding the only key.

Before and after

Before and after: who carries the work between your tools

Today, you are the connection.Copy, paste, chase, repeat.

With a system, the work carries itself.You approve whatever leaves the building.

What I build

Infrastructure, not another tool.

I don't sell subscriptions and I don't resell someone else's chatbot widget. I engineer systems that fit the way your work already runs.

Lead and CRM automation

One agent takes in each new lead. Another adds the company details. A third drafts a personal reply and queues it for your review. Your CRM fills itself while you spend time on the leads that need a human.

  1. New lead captured
  2. Company details added
  3. Reply drafted

In practice: a client was losing leads to slow follow-up. Every inquiry is now captured, scored and answered with a draft within minutes.

Documents and systems that talk

Reports land in an inbox. My systems read them, pull out the data and flow it into the tools you already use, with the record locked once it's logged. No copy and paste in between.

  1. Report arrives by email
  2. Data pulled out
  3. Logged in your system

In practice: a construction company spent 3+ hours per report re-entering data into SIMPRO. It now runs on its own, and their team does the actual work.

Guardrails you can trust

Your AI doesn't send an email without your review. It doesn't make up client names. It doesn't go rogue on a Friday night. I build approval checkpoints, audit trails and escalation paths, because I've run operations for 25 years and I know what breaks.

The rule: a person approves anything that leaves the building.

Not sure which of these fits? Bring me the messiest workflow you have and we'll find out.

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How it works

Map it first. Build it second.

I don't start coding on day one. I start by learning how your work really flows.

  1. Map the real workflow

    Not the org chart version. The real one, including the spreadsheet everyone leans on.

  2. Pick where AI pays off

    Where it saves the most time, not where it's coolest. Some things stay human, and I'll tell you which.

  3. Build with guardrails in

    You sign off on the design before a single line is written, then I build and test it on your real data.

  4. Hand it over

    Documented, working and yours. You don't need me to keep it running, and you don't need a ten-person team either.

It's just me, on purpose. You work with the person who does the work, with no account managers in between. If a job ever needs a specialist, I'll tell you before anyone else joins.

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Proof

Done experimenting? So were they.

My clients had already tried the demos and the weekend-with-ChatGPT approach. They wanted AI that does the work, plugs into what they already use, and doesn't need babysitting.

135+projects delivered on Upwork, rated Top Rated
25 yrsrunning real operations before I built AI for them
3+ hrssaved per report for one construction client, now automatic
Construction and trades

Field reports straight into the job system

Reports arrive by email. The system reads them, extracts the costs, parts and labor, and logs them in SIMPRO. The project plan appears in Notion without anyone copying a thing.

Lead response

No lead waits for a reply

Every inbound inquiry is captured, scored, matched to a company profile and answered with a draft that waits for one human yes. Slow follow-up stops costing the business money.

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Work with me

Start small, or start with a plan.

Fixed-scope packages and a paid consultation, booked and paid through Upwork. Each page shows the current tiers and what's included.

The orange mascot smiling beside a glowing crystal light bulbStart hereAI automation consultationOne focused call to find what to automate first and what to leave alone.Book on Upwork → A glass magnifying glass over an amber workflow mapA plain-language AI auditWhat to automate, train or leave alone, in words you can act on.View on Upwork → The orange mascot in glasses working at a laptop on a wood deskClaude coachingSet up Claude Cowork, Skills and Claude Code on your own account.View on Upwork → Pink glass panels with a beam of light passing through themn8n AI lead captureWorkflows that capture leads and feed your CRM and Google Sheets.View on Upwork → An hourglass beside a coffee mug on a wood deskFractional AI implementation leadOne person to see a single AI project through from plan to handover.View on Upwork → Three pink glass gears beside a plant and a mugn8n fix or finishBroken or half-built workflows repaired, with failure alerts added.View on Upwork →

Also available: ClickUp, Notion and Airtable builds, plus SOP writing and operations manuals. Message me if you want one of those.

Read the thinking

I write the playbooks, too.

The ideas behind my client work are in my books. Plain language, practical, and written for people who run things.

See the books on Amazon
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Let's find the work AI should be doing for you.

Bring me the messiest part of your week. We'll talk through how it runs today and where AI fits. No pressure and no pitch deck.

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Prefer email? hello@artificialintelligently.com

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