For small business owners with no legal team, no HR, no PR between them and the customer. Decide whether AI should handle a task at all, describe it properly if it should, then check the result before it goes out under your name.
1Calibration
2Business & task
3Delegation
4Description
5Discernment
Step 1 of 5 · Domain calibration (optional, do it once)
Test the edges, on a topic you already know
Before trusting AI on your business, find out where it's strong and where it quietly fails — on something you can personally verify. Pick one topic you know well. This runs once per topic, not per task, and you can skip it and come back later.
1 · Versatility test
Ask AI to explain your topic three ways for three different audiences in one go, then judge if it actually adapts depth and structure — or just swaps a few words.
2 · Hallucination test
Ask AI to recommend 2–3 specific real resources (books, tools, standards, suppliers) on your topic. Then check them yourself — do they exist, and is the description accurate? This tool won't verify it for you; the habit of checking is the point.
3 · Knowledge-cutoff & misconception test
Ask something time-sensitive or local about your topic, then ask AI to directly address the misconception you named above — check if it engages the real confusion or just restates the textbook answer.
Step 2 of 5 · Your business & task
What kind of business is this for?
Pick the closest match — it shapes the questions and examples that follow.
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Bakery / café
Food service, walk-in and online orders.
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Freelancer / consultant
Coaching, design, writing, advisory work.
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Tutoring / coaching
Education or skills-training business.
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Salon / personal care
Appointment-based personal services.
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E-commerce / affiliate shop
Online store or product reviews and links.
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Local repair / trade service
Plumbing, electrical, repair, home services.
Not sure what to pick? Something concrete already waiting on you works best — a competitor/pricing scan, a service page or sales email draft, a first pass at summarizing sales or booking data, a social post or newsletter draft, updating onboarding docs, or a pitch/expansion narrative.
Products/services, how customers actually reach you (site, marketplace, WhatsApp), pricing notes, SOPs, anything you'd tell a new employee on day one. The more specific this is, the less generic the AI's output will be.
Optional · Research check before deciding
Pick your business above first — the topics here change to match it. Use this for regulation/compliance questions or competitive research, not for drafting customer-facing text.
Policy / regulation / compliance
Market / competitive research
Step 3 of 5 · Delegation & Diligence
Should AI touch this task at all?
Three separate checks — a task can fail on any one of them regardless of how it scores on the others.
Routine — a minor error is easily corrected, low cost either way
Moderate — an error would be annoying and need a fix, but not damaging
Sensitive — an error could damage trust, cost money, or can't easily be walked back
No — a generic, professional tone is fine
Somewhat — should reflect my general style
Yes — this needs my exact voice, tone, and judgment (e.g. a negotiation, a sensitive apology)
No personal or confidential data involved
Some — names, order details, non-sensitive info
Yes — financial, medical, or otherwise confidential data
No — this is a one-off output (an email, a description, a post)
Yes — this is ongoing relationship management or a judgment call with no single "correct" answer
Step 4 of 5 · Description
Build the spec, not just a prompt
Fill in what most people skip — audience, format, tone, and how AI should approach it.
2-3 things from your own read of the situation. This is what makes Step 5 useful — you'll see whether AI's answer actually matches, adds to, or misses what you already know.
Step 5 of 5 · Discernment
Check it before it goes out
Paste the AI's draft (generated here, or from wherever you actually ran it) and get it checked across four lenses. The accuracy lens now runs a live web-grounded check instead of relying only on the model's own memory.
Own the result
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