Writing

Behind the scenes, tutorials, and work in progress from Lunch Pail Labs

Bring your own AI subscription: a practical approach to token costs

Bring your own AI subscription: a practical approach to token costs

I started by bundling AI usage, token metering, and workflow in one product, then realized token billing was becoming its own business. Here’s why I’m testing a bring-your-own-AI-subscription model for PailFlow.

Project scope process: how I cut rewrite loops in complex client delivery

Project scope process: how I cut rewrite loops in complex client delivery

My project scope process kept breaking when I treated scoping as "inputs in, draft out." This post explains the stage-gated method I now use to separate thinking from writing and produce more reliable client-ready artifacts.

How to turn a target account list into outreach-ready leads with a browser agent

How to turn a target account list into outreach-ready leads with a browser agent

Recently, I shared how I built a target account list with a browser agent. This follow-up shows how I turned that one-time list into a repeatable enrichment workflow I can trust for outreach.

How to build a target account list with a browser agent

How to build a target account list with a browser agent

I needed a reliable target account list for PailFlow, not a random pile of leads. This is the simple 4-step system I used to source, enrich, score, and rank 50 accounts while I worked on other priorities.

Stop writing style prompts and install a style system that can be trusted

Stop writing style prompts and install a style system that can be trusted

I stopped trying to prompt my way to consistent writing and moved style into a reusable system artifact. The result is faster first drafts that sound like me without daily prompt tuning.

Your agent needs a diff

Your agent needs a diff

Coding agents work because they show you exactly what changed. That same pattern needs to exist for every kind of knowledge work agents touch.