AI automation consultant

Complex problems.Smarter shortcuts.

i’m Skye, an AI automation consultant in Singapore. i build the site that gets the enquiry, and the system that answers it in seconds.

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skye@thesmartshortcut.com

first contact, answered in seconds

Inbound enquiryListeningAnsweringQualifiedHanded to you
hi, do you do weekend installs?10:41pm
yes, Saturdays are open. what’s the postcode, and roughly how big is the space?10:41pm · 8s
528744, about 40 sqm
i can hold Saturday 11:30am for a look. shall i lock it in?
Call booked · Sat 11:30am

Why speed

Most enquiries go cold waiting.Mine get answered in seconds.

the customer who messages at 10pm is the one ready to book. by the time anyone opens the inbox, they’ve found someone else.

so i build the whole path, from the first search to the booked call, and make sure nobody waits on the way.

Funnel site
Speed-to-lead
  1. Finds the site
  2. Enquiry lands
  3. Answered in seconds
  4. Qualified
  5. Booked

What I build

Two systems.One customer journey.

one brings them to the door, one gets them in. each is small on purpose, and runs on what you already use.

01Brings them to the door

Lead funnel site

A one-page booking website built around one action, with scroll-driven film of your own place and product, so it looks nothing like a template. Behind it, the lead engine: every enquiry qualified, on your phone in seconds, and counted on a dashboard.

One booking actionScroll-driven filmQualified enquiriesDashboard
Visitor 0317On the pageEnquiry in

Lands on the page

from a search

Scrolls the film

your place, your product

Taps the one button

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Qualified, on your phone

12 seconds later

02Gets them in

Speed-to-lead

Every enquiry answered in seconds, on the channel your customers already message you on. An AI receptionist, in effect: it qualifies, books and hands the conversation to you before anyone on your team opens a laptop.

Instant replyQualificationBookingHandoff
The AI receptionist, in full →
Enquiry 0241WorkingOn your calendar

Arrived

10:41:02pm

Answered

10:41:10pm

Qualified

10:42:48pm

Routed

10:42:49pm

Proof

One trial.Her numbers, not mine.

one speed-to-lead trial i ran myself, with a real client, for one month. the numbers as they landed.

Speed-to-lead · my own trial

7

Booked calls

from those enquiries

33

Enquiries handled

in one month

21.2%

Booking rate

enquiry to call

$125K

SGD pipeline

at her list price

The case

A creative agency serving real estate clients

SingaporeBuilt on Crumbs

She was getting more enquiries than she could answer, and the slow ones were dying in her inbox. We stood up an agent on the channel her clients already used. It replied in seconds, asked the qualifying questions she would have asked, and handed over a warm, sorted lead.

33 enquiries in a month. Every one answered and qualified. 7 turned into booked calls.

Said plainly: the $125K is pipeline at her standard package rate, not closed revenue, and it’s her revenue, not mine. One client, one month. I’d rather show you a number I can stand behind than a number that sounds better.

Where I build

The same problem,built as a product.

Crumbs

Co-founder · front end

An AI lead conversion platform. It lets an owner stand up their own customer agent that handles questions, scheduling and bookings in the most natural way possible. I build the front end; my co-founder Yu Fei owns the back end.

pickcrumbs.com

How it goes

Proof before platform. I learnedthat one the expensive way.

Step 01 of 04

Find the leak

One call. I look at where customers arrive, how long they wait, and what the business forgets about them afterwards. Usually it's worse than anyone expects, and that's the useful part.

You end up with

The one gap worth closing first, and why that one.

Who you’d be working with

Saffuan Skye.

30, based in Singapore, and an AI automation consultant. Before AI I was an assistant product owner at Manulife Singapore, working on ManulifeMOVE. CSPO and CSM certified.

I came into this from the product side, which mostly means I care more about whether a thing gets used than whether the architecture is elegant. I also built a platform before I had proof anyone wanted it. That was an expensive lesson and it’s the reason I now start every engagement by finding the leak rather than scoping a build.

Trust is the hard part, not the replies

Getting a model to answer is easy. Getting it to stay inside what your business actually knows, never invent, and know the moment to hand to a human is the whole job.

Not everything should be automated

Some things are meant for humans. The skill is telling which is which, and being willing to say so when the answer costs me scope.

People don't pay because they can't

They pay because they don't have the time, energy or headspace to do it consistently. Build for the consistency, not the capability.

Questions

Straight answers,before the call.

the things people ask before they email. if yours isn’t here, ask it anyway.

What is speed-to-lead?

Speed-to-lead is the time between an enquiry arriving and the first real reply. Most businesses take hours, and the customer who messaged at 10pm has found someone else by morning. I build the system that answers in seconds on the channel your customers already message you on, asks the qualifying questions, books the slot and hands the conversation to you. In my own trial it handled 33 enquiries in a month and booked 7 calls from them, a 21.2% booking rate.

Is this an AI receptionist or a chatbot?

Closer to a receptionist. A chatbot answers questions. The speed-to-lead system I build also asks its own, qualifies the enquiry, books the slot and hands you the conversation with everything already written down. It works on the channel your customers already message you on, so there is no new app for them or for you.

What is a lead funnel site?

A one-page website built around one booking action, with scroll-driven film of your own place and product, so it looks nothing like a template. Behind it sits the lead engine: each enquiry is qualified, sent to your phone in seconds and tracked on a dashboard, so you can see enquiries, calls and bookings in one place.

Who is this for?

Small service businesses where enquiries arrive fast and go cold faster: dental practices, clinics, gyms, spas, and agencies that sell by booking a call. If a missed message costs you a booking, this is for you.

Do you work with businesses outside Singapore?

Yes. I'm based in Singapore and everything I build runs remotely, on tools you already use.

What does it cost?

Every build is scoped on one call, no deck. I look at where enquiries arrive, how long they wait, and what gets forgotten afterwards, then quote the smallest thing that closes that gap. If I can't fix it I'll say so and point you somewhere better.

Do I need to change the tools I use?

No. The speed-to-lead system replies on the channel your customers already use, and the website is yours to keep.

Will the AI make things up?

It isn't allowed to. Every system is grounded in what your business actually knows, and the moment a question falls outside that, it hands over to a human.

How does an engagement run?

Four steps. Find the leak, on one call. Build the smallest thing that fixes it. Watch it with real customers and tighten it against what they actually ask. Then hand it over: documented, owned by you, with no dependency on me to change a line.

How do I get started?

Email skye@thesmartshortcut.com with where it's leaking. One call, no deck.

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Tell me where it’s leaking.

One call, no deck. If I can fix it I’ll tell you how, and roughly what it takes. If I can’t, I’ll say that too and point you somewhere better.

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