Productivity, with the work counted
What could you do
with more time?
Model the human effort behind one recurring task. Explore 20×, 100×, or more on a narrow task, then replace the assumptions with your own timings.
Choose one equivalent finished output: a checked report, a client-ready document, or an approved content package. Compare the same quality and scope. Ten unchecked drafts are not ten finished outputs.
The multiplier measures human effort, not elapsed speed, the number of agents, or income. Count active waiting in your briefing or review time; unattended machine time is outside this calculation.
These are invented inputs to explain the math, not measured results. The 100× example assumes five hours of manual work can become three minutes of human effort per output after setup is allocated. That is a demanding assumption to test.
Your time, modeled.
The average includes setup spread across your chosen weeks.
Reclaimed time is a choice. Use it for a side hustle, a better service, or more flexibility. It does not automatically become sales or take-home income.
Make it a real experiment
Measure a useful win.
- Define “finished.” Write down the scope and acceptance checks before comparing two methods.
- Time comparable runs. Record the manual baseline and every part of the assisted workflow. Include setup, failures, review, and rework.
- Look for the bottleneck. If review takes longer than drafting used to, improve the brief or shrink the task before adding more agents.
- Choose where the time goes. Protect a shorter workday, test a new offer, or improve delivery. Track customer outcomes separately.
How the calculator works
Allocated setup per output = setup minutes ÷ (reuse weeks × finished outputs per week). Assisted minutes per output = briefing + review + corrections + allocated setup. Human-effort multiplier = manual minutes ÷ assisted minutes.
Weekly hours saved = (manual minutes − assisted minutes) × outputs per week ÷ 60. First-week savings deduct all setup immediately. Setup break-even = setup minutes ÷ weekly savings before setup; if recurring work saves no time, break-even is not reached. Additional tool cost per hour saved = weekly tool cost ÷ positive weekly hours saved.
The model assumes a stable workload and reusable setup. Maintenance belongs in recurring effort or in a shorter reuse period. Shared setup is allocated only once. Parallel agents do not directly multiply the result; coordination belongs in your time inputs. Unattended processing, capacity limits, tool downtime, demand, taxes, and the value of your time are not modeled.
There is no cap on the displayed multiplier. A scenario above 100× still needs evidence that the outputs are equivalent and the timings are realistic. This tool does not establish a performance claim.
Ready to replace assumptions with observations?
Record comparable attempts, accepted outputs, setup, review, and corrections. The run log compares your recorded sample without assuming future reuse.
Record actual workflow runs