Free planning worksheet

Choose Your First AI Service Worksheet

Compare what you can already do, the client problem you understand, the effort required to deliver responsibly, and the proof you can create this week.

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AIvelihood practical worksheet

How to use it: complete this with non-confidential information, compare no more than three service ideas, and choose one small sample to finish. This worksheet supports a decision; it does not predict clients or income. Entries remain in this browser tab and are not sent to or saved by AIvelihood.

Skills I already have

Start with evidence, not job titles. Include tasks you can explain, review, and finish reliably.

Skills or tasks I can already perform

Evidence I could show

Errors I can reliably detect

Work I should not accept yet

Tasks AI can help me perform

Task and how AI assists

What I must decide or review myself

Privacy, rights, accuracy, or tool limitations

My manual fallback if the tool fails

Client problems I can solve

Specific client type

Repeated problem or task

Why solving it matters to that client

Evidence that the problem is real

Possible service ideas

Write each offer as: “I help [client] solve [problem] by delivering [specific output].”

Candidate 1

Candidate 2

Candidate 3

Required client inputs

Exclusions and revision boundary

Compare the top three candidates

Use 1–5: for service or learning difficulty, delivery complexity, communication, and QA, 1 is lighter and 5 is heavier. For portfolio feasibility, 1 is hard to prove and 5 is easy to demonstrate honestly. A score is not evidence of market demand.

Candidate 1Service nameFive scores and likely delivery timeMain risk

Candidate 2Service nameFive scores and likely delivery timeMain risk

Candidate 3Service nameFive scores and likely delivery timeMain risk

Portfolio proof idea

Clearly labeled fictional or spec brief

Source material I can legally use

Finished deliverable and process evidence

Disclosure and limitations to show

Quality-control checklist

Facts and sources checked Brief, audience, and tone matched Confidential information kept out of unapproved tools Licensing and usage rights checked Accessibility and final format reviewed Required client inputs confirmed Human review completed Final export opened and checked

Service-specific checks I still need

Beginner pricing considerations

Do not price only the minutes an AI tool spends generating. Account for the complete delivery.

Discovery and intake time Production and human review Client communication Included revisions Software and direct costs Complexity and risk Usage or licensing Rush work and platform fees

Estimated complete delivery time

Unknowns to resolve before quoting

Final service choice

My first offer statement

Why this candidate won

Evidence I still need

Projects I will decline or narrow

First action this week

One concept brief I will complete

Completion date

Who or what will review the sample

Next market-validation action

Finish one end-to-end sample before expanding the offer.

Build the portfolio sample Plan the complete delivery price