AI workflow Claude · ChatGPT · Gemini · MCP

The Rate Card

Answer a few questions about your costs and your work, and get back a three-tier rate card you can defend, plus the exact words for when a client pushes back on the number.

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What it does

  1. Works out the lowest rate you can take without losing money, from your real costs and the hours a job actually eats, so you stop guessing at the bottom of the range.
  2. Builds a three-tier rate card with the middle tier engineered to be the obvious choice, so most clients land where you want them.
  3. Hands you five ready-to-say responses for the five ways a client tries to talk the number down.

The Breakdown

The build steps, prompt architecture, and a worked walkthrough. Open to members.

01 The cost-floor arithmetic that sets your real minimum

02 The three-tier card and the anchoring logic behind it

03 The positioning check: does your number match your story

04 The five hold-the-line scripts

05 A worked run: from "I charge about £X an hour" to a card you can send

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How to install

Every workflow runs on the AI you already use. Pick your platform; each setup takes a couple of minutes.

01 Claude (web or desktop) Project

Paste the workflow into a Claude Project. Every chat inside the Project runs it on demand.

  1. Open Claude. Top-left, click "+ New Project".
  2. Name the Project "The Rate Card".
  3. In the Project's Instructions field, paste the full contents of SKILL.md.
  4. Open a chat inside the Project and say "run the rate card".
02 Claude Code Local skills folder

Drop the folder into ~/.claude/skills/ and restart Claude Code. The workflow is callable from any directory.

  1. Unzip the bundle. Move the folder into ~/.claude/skills/.
  2. Restart Claude Code (close and reopen the terminal).
  3. In any directory, say "run the rate card".
03 ChatGPT (Plus or Team) Project

Paste the workflow into a ChatGPT Project. Every chat inside the Project runs it on demand.

  1. Open ChatGPT. Sidebar, click "Projects" then "Create Project".
  2. Name the Project "The Rate Card".
  3. Click Instructions. Paste the full contents of SKILL.md. Save.
  4. Open a chat inside the Project and say "run the rate card".
04 Gemini (Advanced) Gem

Create a Gem with the workflow in its instructions field. Open a chat with the Gem to run it.

  1. Open Gemini. Click Gems in the sidebar, then "+ New Gem".
  2. Name the Gem "The Rate Card".
  3. In the instructions field, paste the full contents of SKILL.md. Save.
  4. Open a chat with the Gem and say "run the rate card".

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