Bounded discovery

Define the first engineering-automation decision before a larger build is funded.

Discovery maps the workflow, owners, inputs, outputs, risks, validation evidence, cost drivers, and smallest useful next move. The published $4,500 payment route applies specifically to the Quote/RFQ Workflow Diagnostic.

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Published diagnostic: $4,500 fixed
Applies to: Quote/RFQ workflow
Other CAD discovery: Qualified and quoted after fit
Decision: Build, narrow, pause, partner, or stop

Problem

Automation scope is unreliable when the operating workflow is still implicit.

Discovery is appropriate when users, source records, CAD or document behavior, review responsibility, exceptions, infrastructure, licensing, support, and acceptance evidence are not clear enough to price implementation responsibly.

Repeated work is visible but the first safe automation boundary is not
Accepted outputs, exception cases, and review ownership are incomplete
Platform runtime, licensing, deployment, data, or integration constraints may change the design
Leadership needs a fundable next decision rather than a broad transformation estimate

Offer

The diagnostic returns a bounded decision packet.

The fixed $4,500 route is the Quote/RFQ Workflow Diagnostic. CAD, drawing, PDM/PLM, document, or engineering-system discovery outside that defined offer is qualified first and quoted against the actual scope.

Workflow and ownership map
Risk and evidence checklist
First automation decision memo

Evidence and boundaries

Discovery defines what must be proven before implementation expands.

Representative accepted outputs and known failures
Input, output, state, naming, lifecycle, and validation rules
Native-runtime, licensing, infrastructure, integration, and data assumptions
Human review, professional responsibility, release authority, and fallback
Private-file, credential, customer-data, CUI, export-control, and retention boundaries

Review evidence patterns

Next step

Qualification precedes payment when the published diagnostic may not match the problem.

Use intake first when the workflow is not clearly a Quote/RFQ diagnostic. A fit response should confirm the applicable offer, missing inputs, buyer and review owners, commercial path, and whether the correct decision is to pay, quote, narrow, partner, or stop.

No files or credentials are accepted by the public intake endpoint
Payment does not expand scope beyond the named offer
Implementation requires a separate accepted scope
Licensing, infrastructure, travel, security, support, maintenance, and taxes may remain separate

Discovery intake

Send the workflow, current risk, decision owner, timeline, and desired first decision.

Keep sensitive material out of first contact. The response should confirm whether the fixed diagnostic fits or whether another bounded scope is required.

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