AI Usage

Privacy-first automation consulting

Give the business bot its own device.

AI Usage helps small businesses set up autonomous AI workflows on dedicated business hardware, with client-owned accounts and clear boundaries from personal laptops, browser profiles, messages, photos, and private daily-use accounts.

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Featured explainer

MCP or CLI? Use the boundary test.

Before a business bot gets access to tools, decide which boundary it is crossing. This short walkthrough explains when a local command-line workflow, a skill, a tiny wrapper, or a governed MCP-style connection is the right fit.

Choose the smallest interface that preserves the boundary.

Local developer loop? Start with CLI. House rules? Add a skill. One risky action? Use a wrapper. Customer data, tenant isolation, audit, or policy? That is a strong signal for a governed tool boundary.

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Mission

Useful automation needs a gate.

We protect the thin division between autonomous business bot devices and personal accounts devices. That means dedicated hardware, business-only profiles, client-owned AI accounts, limited permissions, and human review where the stakes are high.

Separate the machine

Run business automation from dedicated hardware instead of a personal daily-use laptop.

Separate the accounts

Use client-owned AI/API billing, business email, and approved service credentials.

Limit the permissions

Give the bot access to the workflow it needs, not every account the owner has.

Keep review where it matters

Use human approval for sensitive, financial, legal, medical, or reputation-risky actions.

Setup package

Autonomous Business Bot Setup

A focused setup for owners who want practical AI help without mixing business automation into personal devices or shared vendor accounts.

Included

  • Pre-install consultation
  • Dedicated device setup guidance
  • Hermes installation
  • Client-owned AI/API account configuration guidance
  • One approved chat/text connection
  • Test workflow and handoff notes

Client owns

  • Hardware and AppleCare+ decision
  • AI/API provider account and billing
  • Business email, chat, text, and service accounts
  • Domain, CRM, calendar, or booking credentials
  • Approval rules for sensitive actions

Recommended hardware

  • Apple Mac mini
  • 16GB memory minimum
  • 512GB storage preferred
  • AppleCare+ recommended for always-on business use
  • Hardware billed at actual cost plus tax

Pricing model

Consulting first, clean ownership always.

Snapshot

$295

Short diagnosis and first useful recommendation. Credited toward a booked setup or sprint.

Boundary consultation

$600

Account, device, permission, and workflow review before installing automation.

Bot setup

$1,800+

Hermes install, one chat/text connection, test workflow, and handoff. Hardware separate.

Managed AI Ops

$1,250/week

Weekly implementation, monitoring, workflow upkeep, and owner-ready reporting.

Start responsibly

Use AI without handing it the whole house.

Tell us what the business needs the bot to do, what accounts it would touch, and where a person should stay in charge.

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