Question 1

How do I get started, and what does the first step look like?

Accepted Answer

A 30-minute scoping call. We name the manual work eating your week, sketch the agent that handles it, quote a fixed price, and tell you when it ships. No commitment to keep going after the call. If it isn't a fit, we say so on the call.

Question 2

What's the price range for an automation?

Accepted Answer

Most fixed-price builds land between $3,000 and $18,000 depending on integration count and complexity. You get the exact number after the 30-minute scoping call, before any work begins. No hourly billing, no scope-creep invoices, no contracts to sign for the call itself.

Question 3

What kind of automation do you actually take on?

Accepted Answer

Anything where a person is doing what a machine should handle: invoice processing, lead routing, ticket triage, daily reports, contract redlines, data sync between tools. Built around your stack, not a template. Lives inside the tools you already use (Gmail, Slack, Notion, Stripe, Xero, your CRM), runs continuously, fails loudly when it should.

Question 4

Do you need access to our Stripe, Gmail, or CRM to build this?

Accepted Answer

Read-only sandbox credentials first. Production access only after you've signed off on the spec. The source code is yours from day one, so your security team can audit before any merge. We don't store your credentials, and we don't keep a back door.

Question 5

What if the automation breaks after launch?

Accepted Answer

30-day post-ship warranty included. We fix anything that breaks under the original spec at no charge. After 30 days you can retain us on a flat monthly for ongoing tweaks, or take the source code and run it yourself. Most clients do a mix.

Question 6

Do I have to use all of these to work with you?

Accepted Answer

No. The offerings (Conquis canvas, open-source AI skills, syncthis CLI, custom automation) share a standard, not a dependency. Most business buyers only use the automation service. Use what fits, ignore the rest.

Question 7

Are the AI Skills really free? What's the catch?

Accepted Answer

Yes — all 30 skills are MIT licensed, free forever. No upsell, no usage limits, no paywall. They live at skills.forsvn.com. The studio's commercial work is the automation service; the skills are how we share the workflow primitives we use ourselves.

Question 8

Can I see the source code before signing anything?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The proposal includes the architecture, integrations, and rough code shape before any work begins. The build itself ships into a repo you own from day one — every commit is visible from the first line. No black box, no lock-in.