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Arif KhanConsulting — Agent Audit & Roadmap
One week to know exactly what to automate first.
A focused engagement for marketers and growth operators who have started building with AI but aren't sure what to hand off, what to keep, and which tool actually fits.
You leave with a ranked list, exact tooling recommendations, and the prompts behind them. Not a slide deck. A working document.
Currently booked
Audits book 1–2 weeks out. Next cohort opens quarterly. Retainer slots open as existing clients graduate.
Proof
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Council pipeline
7-agent daily product council ships nightly: patrol → competitive review → synthesis → spec → Jarvis sign-off. Every spec on this site came through it. The pipeline that will run your audit is the same one.
02
Real review discipline
Each audit goes through a stop-ship rule: no fabricated claims, no invented metrics, no recommendations without a fallback path. The same discipline that gates this site gates your roadmap.
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Operating portfolio
arifkhan.net, masaya.ai, and openclaw run on real agents with named roles, real failures logged, and real corrections made. The audit draws from live operating context — not theory.
Proof of the operating model lives at /ventures — the companies the audit pipeline actually runs inside.
Sample deliverable
What a single line of the working document looks like.
One ranked priority gets four parts. No PDFs. No abstract frameworks. Copy-pasteable into your stack on the call we close with.
- Ranked priority: 'Move weekly content briefing from human-only to agent-drafted + human review.' Why: highest leverage given your current bottleneck.
- Tool: a single named agent with the prompt template inline — copy-pasteable, not abstract.
- Stop-ship rule: 'If the agent's output references a competitor by name, escalate to human review.'
- Fallback path: 'If the agent fails or stalls, the workflow degrades to the previous human-only process — no client-facing outage.'
Paths to work together
Flagship — 1-week intensive
Agent Audit + Roadmap
- Who it's for
- Marketers and growth leads, $10k–$500k MRR, operating solo or with a 1–3 person team, already experimenting with AI tools but unclear on what to actually delegate.
- Outcome
- A ranked list of what to automate first, with exact tool recommendations and the prompts behind each one. Delivered as a working document, not a presentation.
- Shape
- One week. Async daily check-ins + one 60-min kickoff call + one 45-min delivery call. You provide context; the audit runs through the council pipeline.
- Price
- Flat fee — scoped on fit call.
The same pipeline that ships specs for this site runs your audit.
Applications reviewed within 48 hours. Fit calls scheduled within 5 business days.
Ongoing — monthly
Agent Ops Retainer
- Who it's for
- Teams that have run their first audit and need a thinking partner as the operating model evolves. Post-audit clients get priority.
- Outcome
- Monthly operating model review, async check-ins, and fix-it calls when the agents break or the workflow drifts.
- Shape
- Monthly retainer. Includes one structured review call, async Slack/email channel, access to updated playbooks as they ship.
- Price
- Monthly — inquire for rate.
Available to post-audit clients first.
Applications reviewed within 48 hours. Fit calls scheduled within 5 business days.
Cohort — 4 weeks
Agent-Native Team Cohort
- Who it's for
- Marketer-builder teams of 1–3 ready to stand up their first two agents and build the review loop around them.
- Outcome
- Two functioning agents with clear job definitions, a delegation framework, and a stop-ship rule. Your team runs them, not a vendor.
- Shape
- Four weeks, live group sessions (2x/week), async channel. Cohort size capped at 8 participants.
- Price
- Per seat — cohort pricing, inquire.
Aligned to the “first hire is an AI agent” operating model documented at /start.
Applications reviewed within 48 hours. Fit calls scheduled within 5 business days.
Is this for you?
Best fit.
- Marketer or growth lead running $10k–$500k MRR, solo or 1–3 person team
- Past the 'should I use AI' question — stuck on what to delegate, what tool to use, and whether it will hold up
- Technical enough to open Cursor or run a webhook, not a dev
- Building something real: a funnel, an attribution model, a content system — not exploring as a hobby
- Comfortable with async-heavy engagements and written deliverables
Not a fit.
- Enterprise CMO with a $50M+ budget and a 30-person team
- Early-stage founder pre-product with nothing yet to automate
- Looking for done-for-you execution (I design the system, I don't run your ads)
- Academic or research role (no operating feedback loop)
- Wants a traditional agency retainer with SLAs and account managers
Timeline: Audits book 1–2 weeks out. Cohort runs quarterly. Retainer slots open as existing clients graduate.
Operating context: This is async-first. You need to be comfortable communicating in writing and reviewing documents rather than meeting daily.
Common questions
What exactly happens in the one-week audit?
Kickoff call, you fill an async context doc, the audit runs through the council pipeline, a ranked output document is delivered, we close with a 45-minute walkthrough call.
What do I need to provide before we start?
An existing stack list, revenue range, 2–3 specific workflows you want to hand off, read-only access to GA4 or ads dashboards if the audit covers paid.
Is this only for marketers?
Primarily. Any solo operator running a $10k+ MRR business with a digital acquisition channel qualifies.
What is a 'working document' versus a slide deck?
A Notion doc or markdown file with ranked priorities, tool names, prompt templates, and explicit stop-ship rules. Not a PDF with screenshots.
Can I start with the cohort instead of the audit?
Yes. The cohort is designed to be self-contained. The audit gives faster individual leverage.
What if I'm not sure I qualify?
Apply for fit call anyway. It is 20 minutes and I'll tell you honestly.
20 minutes. I'll tell you honestly if this is a fit.