Calculator
Automation ROI calculator
What does the manual version of a task cost per year, and what would automating a realistic share of it save? Shareable results, assumptions on the table.
Ellul Labs
Decide what to automate, with the tools we actually use
Labs is the R&D face of ellul.ai. The calculators and checklists here are the same methods we apply on paid engagements, published free. They will sometimes tell you not to automate. That's the point.
Tools
Free, no signup, no tricks
Each tool answers one costed question and shows its working.
Assessment
Should you automate this?
Eight questions that classify a workflow the way we do in the free consult: easy build, hard build, or not worth automating yet.
Field notes
Methods, not content marketing
Short write-ups of how we decide and build, from production systems rather than theory.
The Easy/Hard test: how we decide if a workflow is worth automating
The classification we run on every workflow before quoting anything: what makes a build easy, what makes it hard, and the three signals that mean 'don't automate this yet'.
Want the paid version of this thinking?
A free 30-minute consult with the engineer who builds: what's worth automating in your business, what isn't, and what to buy nowhere.