Hire-or-Automate Scorecard

A free 3-minute check. Before you post the next job ad, score the tasks that eat your week. Each gets a verdict, the AI employee that fits, and an estimate of the hours it would take over.

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Your tasks

How scoring works

Repeatable steps 30 pts · digital inputs 25 · rules you can write down 25 · quick human check 20. 70+ automate first · 40-69 automate the first pass · under 40 keep it human.

Hourly cost of whoever does these tasks today ($) Salary plus overheads ÷ hours worked. $35 is an example.

Prospect research and first-draft cold emails

Finding facts about each lead, writing the first line and follow-ups. Maps to the AI SDR.

Hours per week your team spends on this 0 if you don't do it.

Are the steps the same most of the time?

Do the inputs arrive as digital text (email, sheet, PDF, docs)?

Could you write down the rules or knowledge it needs?

Can a person check the result quickly before it goes out?

Answering repetitive customer emails or tickets

Order status, refunds, how-to questions, triage and routing. Maps to the AI Customer Support Agent.

Hours per week your team spends on this 0 if you don't do it.

Are the steps the same most of the time?

Do the inputs arrive as digital text (email, sheet, PDF, docs)?

Could you write down the rules or knowledge it needs?

Can a person check the result quickly before it goes out?

Turning ideas into posts, newsletters or blog drafts

First drafts of LinkedIn/X posts, newsletter issues, short articles. Maps to the AI Content Marketer.

Hours per week your team spends on this 0 if you don't do it.

Are the steps the same most of the time?

Do the inputs arrive as digital text (email, sheet, PDF, docs)?

Could you write down the rules or knowledge it needs?

Can a person check the result quickly before it goes out?

Screening CVs and drafting candidate outreach

Reading CVs against must-haves, shortlist notes, first messages. Maps to the AI Recruiter.

Hours per week your team spends on this 0 if you don't do it.

Are the steps the same most of the time?

Do the inputs arrive as digital text (email, sheet, PDF, docs)?

Could you write down the rules or knowledge it needs?

Can a person check the result quickly before it goes out?

Entering invoices and receipts, weekly money summaries

Typing supplier invoices into a sheet, chasing missing fields. Maps to the AI Bookkeeper.

Hours per week your team spends on this 0 if you don't do it.

Are the steps the same most of the time?

Do the inputs arrive as digital text (email, sheet, PDF, docs)?

Could you write down the rules or knowledge it needs?

Can a person check the result quickly before it goes out?

Printable worksheet (PDF)

Questions

What is the Hire-or-Automate Scorecard?

A free 3-minute check. For five common roles you enter the hours your team spends and answer four questions per task. It scores each task 0-100 and says whether to automate it, automate only the first pass, or keep it human.

How is the score calculated?

Same steps most of the time (30 points), digital inputs (25), rules or knowledge you can write down (25), and a quick human check before anything goes out (20). “Partly” gives half the points. 70+ automate first, 40-69 automate the first pass, under 40 keep it human.

Where do the savings numbers come from?

From the worked examples on each AI employee page: the share of the work the employee takes over. They are assumptions, not measured results; check them in the ROI calculator.

Is anything I type sent anywhere?

No. The scorecard runs in your browser and stores nothing.