Turn a project brief into an evidence-based time and cost estimate
Web designers underestimate projects by 2-3x because they forget about responsive variants, browser testing, revisions, and CMS setup. This recipe breaks any brief into granular tasks, estimates hours based on industry benchmarks, and adds realistic buffers.
Create a skill called "Scope Calculator". When I paste a project brief or intake notes, break it into granular tasks. Not high-level — granular. For a "5-page business website," that means: discovery/kickoff, sitemap and wireframes, homepage design (desktop), homepage design (mobile), 4 inner page designs (desktop), 4 inner page designs (mobile), design revisions (2 rounds), development of each page, responsive testing (3 breakpoints), cross-browser testing, CMS setup and content entry, client training, accessibility check, launch checklist, and post-launch support. Estimate hours for each task using web design industry benchmarks. Detect hidden complexity indicators in the brief: migration, e-commerce, multilingual, custom integrations, animations, user accounts — and flag additional hours. Add buffers for revisions, testing, and project management. Output: total hours (optimistic, likely, pessimistic), cost at my rate of [your rate], and a client-ready estimate document.
Paste a client's project brief or your intake notes. Your Claw breaks it
into granular tasks — not just "design homepage" but "design homepage desktop,
design homepage mobile, code homepage, responsive testing, 2 revision rounds,
CMS integration." Each task gets an hour estimate based on industry benchmarks,
with buffer for the stuff designers always forget.
Turn a client brief into a polished proposal in minutes, not hours
Proposals take hours of non-billable time per lead, and most leads ghost anyway. This recipe takes a project brief — from an email, intake form, or conversation notes — and generates a complete, branded proposal with scope, timeline, pricing, and relevant portfolio references.
Catch "one more thing" before it eats your margin
Clients always slip in extra pages, features, and revisions that weren't in the original scope. This recipe monitors your project communication and flags scope-expanding requests the moment they appear — with a draft change order ready to send.
Generate button labels, error messages, tooltips, and empty states
Nobody budgets for UX writing but it makes or breaks usability. This recipe generates complete microcopy sets for your UI components — error messages that actually help, empty states that guide action, button labels that are clear, and tooltips that explain without patronizing.
Turn finished projects into polished portfolio pieces without the 10-hour writing slog
Your portfolio is 3 years outdated because writing case studies takes longer than the projects themselves. This recipe takes your project files, Figma history, and a few bullet points from you, and drafts a complete case study — challenge, process, solution, results.