BusinessRnD · draft v2 · built 2026-10-21 06:15 UTC
Plan & compute — how the deep dives fit together
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Built 2026-10-20 from the seven deep-dive tabs. Estimates are labelled; the evidence and sources live in each tab.
Bottom line
Verdict first (My take): no idea credibly reaches $10k a month. Only I1 and I2 are worth a cheap 4-week test; I12 and I10 are side bets; skip I5, I6 and I7. The plan below covers everything in case you want to run more than the tests.
If you run tests, this order: I1 Apify ad-library actors → I2 Prozorro MVP → optionally I12 Diagram Blocks (it also tests whether Atlassian pays out to Ukraine) and I10 ProofCut. I5, I6 and I7 stay parked.
Three shared engines carry seven ideas. The ad-library engine feeds I1, I5 and I10. The video engine feeds I6, I7 and I10. The Ukrainian document engine feeds I2 and later I4. Build each engine once.
Your Claude Code subscription is the factory, not the engine. It builds, writes, publishes and maintains. The products themselves run with no model (scrapers, rules, renders, plugins) or on the customer's side (their agent, their key, their Rovo credits). Only three spots would need a paid model, and each needs your yes first (see D1–D2).
The honest money picture (estimates from the tabs): I1 $2.5–5k a month in 6–9 months, I12 $1–4k after 12 months, I10 $0.5–4k MRR in year one. Their low ends add up to only about $4k. Reaching $10k needs I2 to convert (about 330–485 paying suppliers, 0.8–1.2% of competitive bidders; the tab gives no timeline) or the others to reach their upper ranges. I5, I6 and I7 are upside bets, not the plan.
What only you can do: about one working day of one-time setup (accounts, ID checks, payouts), six decisions below, and a weekly 15-minute go/kill review.
AI-made isn't the problem, sameness is; ~3% chance of $10k by month 24 (estimate)
Two pilots, decide on 30 Nov 2026
Three engines, seven ideas
flowchart LR
A["Ad-library engine: official APIs and actors"] --> I1["I1 Apify actors"]
A --> I5["I5 free rankings, kits, community"]
A --> I10["I10 ProofCut: what is scaling"]
V["Video engine: renders, QA, style files"] --> I6["I6 video-dna and shorts-qa"]
V --> I7["I7 character episodes"]
V --> I10
D["Ukrainian document engine"] --> I2["I2 Prozorro co-pilot"]
D --> I4["I4 grant co-pilot, later"]
P["Platform plugins, no model"] --> I12["I12 Atlassian apps"]
Ad-library engine: one set of collectors (TikTok ads, Google Ads Transparency, LinkedIn Ad Library, Meta's official API) sells raw runs on Apify (I1). It produces the free rankings and teardowns (I5) and feeds ProofCut's "formats scaling in your category" (I10).
Video engine: the beat-sync renderer, caption and QA checks and style files become open-source tools (I6). They also produce the character episodes (I7) and render merchants' ads (I10).
Ukrainian document engine: tender ingestion, rules and registry checks, and local OCR for I2. The same parts later run the grant co-pilot (I4).
Where the AI compute runs
Idea
Claude Code subscription (operator)
Runtime: no model
Runtime: customer-side
Needs your yes
I1 Apify
Builds and maintains actors, writes READMEs
All scrapers; transcripts via open-source speech models on Apify compute billed to the customer
AI-answer checker on the customer's own key
Paid-provider mode for the AI-answer checker (off by default)
I2 Prozorro
Builds the system; could read each tender's documents once (20–60 a day)
Signatures, dates, registries, document presence, local OCR on the customer's files
Optional: the customer pastes a checklist into their own AI
Reading documents with your subscription (D1), or Azure credits or another provider
I5 Ad-intel
Writes teardowns, kits and the weekly issue (your own content)
Rankings from official ad-library APIs
Open-source MCP server on the customer's own Meta token
None
I6 Open source
Builds repos and docs, answers issues
shorts-qa checks
video-dna runs on the user's own agent and keys
None (hosted tier = render and check minutes, no model)
I7 Characters
Scripts, edits, publishing (your own content)
Characters rigged in code
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None for Claude; image, voice and video tools cost ~$3–6 an episode
I10 ProofCut
Builds and supports the app
Template renders from the merchant's photos and reviews
Possible later: merchant's own generation key
AI motion or voiceover billed as Shopify usage charges (D2)
I12 Atlassian
Builds plugins and answers support
All ten proposed plugins
Rovo actions: the customer's Rovo agent and credits do the reasoning
None (Atlassian-hosted models bill the developer, so they're ruled out)
flowchart TD
S["Your Claude Code subscription"] --> B["Build, write, publish, maintain"]
B --> N["Products that need no model: I1 scrapers, I2 checks, I10 renders, I12 plugins, I6 shorts-qa"]
B --> C["Customer-side reasoning: their agent, their key, their Rovo credits"]
B --> Q{"Paid model at runtime?"}
Q -->|"only with your yes"| Y["I2 document reading, I10 AI motion, I1 paid mode"]
Q -->|"default"| X["Off"]
Why this matters: under your billing rule, Claude runs only on your subscription and only as the operator. Designing products so the customer's own agent does the thinking also keeps margins near 100% and removes the per-customer model cost entirely. That is the main reason the Apify, Atlassian and open-source plays lean towards agents.
The next 30 days
gantt
title First 30 days from 21 Oct 2026
dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD
section You, once
Accounts and ID checks :s1, 2026-10-21, 3d
section I1 Apify
Build 4 actors :a1, 2026-10-22, 10d
Publish and measure :a2, after a1, 18d
section I2 Prozorro
Ingest tenders and lookup :b1, 2026-10-22, 14d
Alerts and prepaid test :b2, after b1, 14d
section I12 Atlassian
Vendor check and payout :c0, 2026-10-21, 5d
Build Diagram Blocks :c1, 2026-10-24, 8d
Marketplace review :c2, after c1, 15d
section I10 ProofCut
Build on I1 ad data :d1, 2026-11-01, 18d
section Content
I5 weekly issue starts :e1, 2026-10-29, 23d
I6 two repos :f1, 2026-11-04, 10d
I7 two pilots :g1, 2026-10-28, 33d
section Decisions
I5 gate :milestone, m1, 2026-11-20, 0d
I1 and I2 gates :milestone, m2, 2026-11-19, 0d
I7 gate :milestone, m3, 2026-11-30, 0d
Go/kill gates (from the tabs):
I1, day 28: keep any actor with 10+ outside paying users or growing 20%+ a week.
I12: vendor payout to a Ukrainian account confirmed before app #2. Then 30 and 60 days after listing, check installs and trials against the tab's thresholds.
I10, 28 days after approval: 40+ installs, 4+ paying merchants, and 25% of installers making 3+ ads.
I5, 20 Nov: kits have earned ≥$500, 300+ free subscribers, and 15+ have prepaid for the community.
I7, 30 Nov: pilot retention and comments clear the tab's thresholds, otherwise stop.
Your one-time setup
FOP group 3 with a USD account, plus Payoneer (all ideas).
Apify: billing details, ID photo, wire payout to the FOP account (I1).
Atlassian vendor account: company-domain email, Stripe Identity check (an ID check only, not a Stripe account), bank details. Confirm that a Ukrainian account works (I12).
Meta developer account and Ad Library API identity check. This decides whether I5 gets legal EU reach data.
monobank internet acquiring for UAH subscriptions (I2).
Shopify Partner account and payout method (I10).
Whop seller account with UAH payout (I5).
YouTube channel: phone verification, Cloud project set to "In Production" (I7, I5 video).
Own Spine licence if I7 uses rigs in code ($69 or $379).
Decisions only you can make
D1
Let Claude Code read public tender documents for I2
What it means: your subscription reads each tender's Word documentation once (about 20–60 tenders a day in 2–3 niches). It turns them into a public checklist that every bidder sees.
Why it's a decision: it is operator work on public data, but the output serves paying customers, and volume could hit subscription limits.
Alternatives: a rules-only MVP (weaker checklists), Microsoft Azure credits via the Ukrainian Startup Fund, or a non-Anthropic provider.
D2
Allow optional paid AI features, billed to customers
What it means: I10 could offer AI motion shots and voiceover as Shopify usage charges, and I1's AI-answer checker could have a paid mode. Both are off by default.
Why it's a decision: it uses a non-Anthropic provider per use, with the cost passed to customers.
D3
Appear on camera or record a voice once
What it means: 30+ minutes of voice for a clone, or a few face videos.
Why it's a decision: in the ad-intel niche, audiences follow people on camera. Without a face or voice, I5 leans on data nobody else publishes, and growth is slower.
D4
Pick a company domain for Atlassian and Paddle
What it means: paid Atlassian apps need a company-domain email, and Paddle reviews every domain you sell from. One domain for all products avoids repeat reviews.
D5
Lawyer review for one-time I2 outreach emails
What it means: emailing companies that just received a defect notice or a rejection, once, with an opt-out. It's the most targeted channel, but legally grey. The safe default is to skip it and use the "Why did I lose?" lookup and opt-in alerts.
D6
Confirm rights to reuse partner code
What it means: some video and Spine2D code was built for Vortex, and some Shopify parts for Bettter. Clear rights speed up I6, I7 and I10. Otherwise I rebuild those pieces from scratch.