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What is possible

What Claude can actually do

Claude is an AI tool you talk to in plain language, on the web, in an app, or on your phone. You give it text, emails, documents, spreadsheets, PDFs and images, and it can read them, answer, summarise, plan and draft. Your assistant needs a Claude Pro plan or higher, which is where the connectors and the working room it relies on live.

The beauty of Claude is that you can connect your other digital accounts where one is available, such as Google, Slack, OneDrive and many more. What makes it special is that a paid plan lets Claude work with your real email, your calendars and your other online tools, wherever a connector exists.

An open laptop on a stone desk in warm daylight, beside a vase of olive branches, a mug of coffee, a stack of books and a notebook with a pen on it

With any Claude, nothing connected

  • Talk to it in plain language and paste in emails, documents, spreadsheets, PDFs and images.
  • Draft and rewrite emails, messages, plans, lists and documents.
  • Summarise long things you paste in, and research and explain in plain terms.
  • Remember how you like to work, from a short preference file you give it once.

And here is what that looks like *

Your morning brief
The week ahead
Inbox, sorted
A skill, running

* Examples only, not the actual product.

Broken down by the shape of your life

Running a household, whether or not you have paid work

  • Plan a week of meals from your household and what people like.Any Claude
  • Build a chore roster and a simple weekly checklist.Any Claude
  • Draft messages, notes and lists for the household.Any Claude
  • Keep a list of birthdays and key dates and write the reminders.Any Claude
  • Research schools, appointments, products or services and set out the facts.Any Claude
  • Read your calendar, list the week and flag clashes.Needs a connected account
  • Read household admin in your inbox and draft the replies.Needs a connected account

Skills

Skills you can use and customise

A skill is a saved set of instructions Claude follows for a particular task. Use the ready-made ones, change them to fit how you work, or work with your assistant to write your own. Each one is a plain file, so nothing is locked.

Documents and files Built in

Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF. Create, edit and format them.

Creative and design

Design work and visual assets, based on your own digital assets and brand guidelines.

Business and operations

Status reports, finance and month close, HR and legal support, which does not replace an expert, plus sales and marketing.

Development and technical

Build and test web apps, write code, and set up integrations.

Data and research

Analyse data, research a question, and summarise long material.

Home and personal

Routines, planning and reminders, written to how your household runs.

The facts. Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF are built in. Anthropic publishes a set of example skills, and there is a public marketplace of thousands more to install. Every skill is a plain file you can open and change, or your assistant can help you write your own. Using and uploading skills in the Claude app is a paid plan feature, set up under Settings and Features. Only use skills from sources you trust.

The facts on connecting

What needs a connector, and what does not

What it costs

A one-off, not another subscription.

Every option is a one-off, yours to keep, with no monthly fee to us. Do it yourself, or set it up with us.

Option 1

Self setup

You do it yourself on a laptop, guided the whole way.

$299one-off, includes GST

  • Your personal preference file
  • The guided setup plugin
  • A first skill, ready to use
  • Three boards, filled in from your answers
  • A getting started checklist

By buying you agree to our terms.

Our recommendation

Option 2

Setup plus kick off

We set it up with you, and build your first skill around the problem you told us about.

$449one-off, includes GST

Invoiced by us after your discovery chat.

  • Everything in Self setup
  • A one hour session, installing it together
  • Your first skill, built on your real problem
  • Booked within 7 days of payment
  • A short check in at two weeks

Option 3

First month done with you

We stay alongside you for the first month while it settles into your business.

$749one-off, includes GST

Invoiced by us after your discovery chat.

  • Everything in Setup plus kick off
  • Three more sessions across your first month
  • Each one adds something new to your business

Not sure which fits?

Not sure which fits?

Book a discovery chat.

We ask how your last week actually ran, not what ifs. Then we tell you honestly which option fits, even if the answer is the self setup.

We use these details only to arrange your chat and, if you go ahead, to invoice you. Nothing else, and never sold. How we handle your information.

This is the setup only. It does not include Claude itself, which the setup needs to run: you bring your own Claude account on Pro or higher and pay Anthropic for that separately. We sell to New Zealand customers only.

You keep everything, and it runs on your Claude, not ours.

Claude is a tool, not a professional. It does not replace a qualified accountant, lawyer, doctor, financial adviser or any other trained professional, and nothing it produces is advice. Use it to prepare, draft and understand, then take anything that matters to somebody qualified to sign it off.

Facts as at September 2026. Plan features and connector availability can change.

Not ready yet?

Rather think about it first?

No rush, and no pressure. Leave your details and we will send you the occasional note about getting more out of it, plus anything new we build.

We use your name and email only to reply and to send you the occasional note. Nothing else, and never sold. How we handle your information.