Fixed Scope Before the Build: To Gain Money
Take an AI app job only after the scope, the acceptance test, and the out-of-scope line are written. A tool demo is not a client job.
An app-layer job is a fixed scope with a test, not a tour of tools. Copy work and app work get mixed when the scope line is missing.
Updated October 19, 2026.
The scope card
- One user action the app completes.
- The test: the client can do that action on a link, without you clicking for them.
- The exclusion: the second feature that is not in this job.
Demos and milestones
A ten-day demo with no client yet is the working demo. Funded milestones are the escrow page. The sentence for scope and revisions is the offer sentence.
FAQ
Do I need a computer science degree?
This page does not ask for one. It asks for a scope the client can test.
Can I charge before the test exists?
You can ask for funded discovery. Do not call an untested build finished.
What price band should I use?
Write your own floor. Nothing on this page is a market rate.
Last reviewed
October 19, 2026.
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