AI Readiness Checker for Small Businesses

Ten questions

01 · Data
Where does the information your team uses to answer customers live?

Mostly in people’s heads Scattered across emails, chats and notes In a few documents or spreadsheets In one system or a knowledge base someone maintains

02 · Data
How up to date are your written prices, policies and product details?

Not written down Written, but often out of date Mostly current, updated when someone remembers Current, and one person is responsible for keeping them so

03 · Data
Do you keep records of past enquiries, orders or tickets?

No Yes, but they are messy and inconsistent Yes, in one place and mostly consistent Yes, with consistent fields that can be exported

04 · Process
Think of the task you most want help with. Could you write down how it is done?

Everyone does it differently Only one person really knows We could write it down in an afternoon It is already written down

05 · Process
How do you find out when that task goes wrong?

We usually don’t When a customer complains Someone spots it in a regular check We track mistakes and know our error rate

06 · Process
How often does that task happen?

A few times a month Every week Every day Many times a day

07 · Systems
What do you run the business on (CRM, helpdesk, bookings, accounts)?

Paper and spreadsheets Online tools, but I don’t know if they connect to anything Online tools already connected with something like Zapier Tools with an API that we or a developer have used

08 · Systems
Could you give an automation its own access to those tools?

Nobody is sure who has the admin logins An outside person set them up and holds the access We have admin access ourselves We have admin access and give each person or service its own account

09 · People & risk
Who would look after an AI system once it is built?

Nobody, really Me, when I find the time A named person with a few hours a month A named person with time set aside and the say to change its rules

10 · People & risk
How would you want to start?

Fully automatic from day one Not sure yet A person approves everything it does A person approves at first, and we remove checks as it earns trust

0 of 10 answered

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Answer the questions to see your result

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How it works

01

Four areas

Data is whether the information an AI would need is written down and current. Process is whether the task is clear, frequent and checked. Systems is whether your tools can be connected safely. People & risk is who owns it and how carefully you want to start.

02

Simple scoring

Each answer scores 0 to 3. Your overall score is your points out of 30, shown out of 100. Each area is scored the same way, so you can see which one is holding you back.

03

One thing to fix first

The result names your weakest area and the most useful first step for it. Fixing that one area usually does more than improving the ones that are already strong.

Questions

How is this different from the 2-minute automation audit?

The automation audit looks at how your business runs today and where time goes. This checker looks at whether you are ready to use AI well: whether your information is written down, your process is clear, your tools can be connected and someone will own the result.

What does the score mean?

It is the share of points you scored across ten questions, each worth 0 to 3. Below 35 means fix the basics first; 35 to 54 means you are getting there; 55 to 77 means you are ready for one small pilot; 78 and above means you are ready to run AI on more than one workflow.

I scored low. Should I give up on AI?

No. A low score usually means the first job is writing things down and choosing an owner, not buying software. Those steps make any later AI project cheaper and safer, and most of them cost nothing but time.

Is anything I answer stored or sent?

No. The scoring runs in your browser and nothing is sent or saved. There is no email gate.

The next step

Want a person to look at your result?

A free tool gives you a first answer. The AI Readiness Audit service turns it into a plan for your business, with a fixed quote before any build.

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