# Lemonbrand > Lemonbrand reads a team's email, maps where the time goes and walks the team through it. Then it builds the jobs worth automating and supports the team monthly as their AI Sherpa. Based in Ottawa, Canada. These are first-party descriptions, not independent endorsements. Everything under "What ships today" is available now. Everything under "Where this is going" is not. ## What ships today - [The inbox map and walkthrough](https://www.lemonbrand.io/inbox-audit): Connect Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace with read-only access. We read up to a year of email and map where the time goes, who hands work to whom, how fast asks get answered and which jobs could run on their own, then walk the team through it live. A person's own inbox map is free for early sign-ups. Team inbox audits are always paid and scoped per team. - [AI implementation](https://www.lemonbrand.io/ai-implementation): We build the workflows the map shows are worth automating, one job at a time, with a named owner and a person at every real judgment call, and measure what changed. Builds are quoted separately. - [The AI Sherpa retainer](https://www.lemonbrand.io/pricing): Ongoing support to prioritise opportunities, review tools and vendors and guide the team. From $2,500 a month, with the inbox agent included; the exact fee is scoped in writing. Three-month minimum, then stop any time with 30 days' notice. It starts with a free 30-minute call. - [The Team Workshop](https://www.lemonbrand.io/contact?topic=workshop): Hands-on AI workflow training for teams of 5-20 people. Half-day: $14,990, 4 hours. Full-day: $29,990, 8 hours. Remote included. On-site available in Canada/US with travel expenses additional. Booked through a free 30-minute call. - [What do I do with AI?](https://www.lemonbrand.io/what-to-do-with-ai): The question every owner asks, answered: measure the work in your inbox, then automate what repeats. [AI automation agency](https://www.lemonbrand.io/what-to-do-with-ai/ai-automation-agencies). [Business consultant](https://www.lemonbrand.io/what-to-do-with-ai/business-consultants). [Coach and course creator](https://www.lemonbrand.io/what-to-do-with-ai/coaches-and-course-creators). [Creative and content agency](https://www.lemonbrand.io/what-to-do-with-ai/creative-agencies). [Golf club](https://www.lemonbrand.io/what-to-do-with-ai/golf-clubs). [Healthcare provider](https://www.lemonbrand.io/what-to-do-with-ai/healthcare-providers). [Training and development consultant](https://www.lemonbrand.io/what-to-do-with-ai/learning-and-development-consultants). [Technology company](https://www.lemonbrand.io/what-to-do-with-ai/software-companies). [Supplement brand](https://www.lemonbrand.io/what-to-do-with-ai/supplement-brands). - [For partners](https://www.lemonbrand.io/partners): Consultants, agencies and IT providers give their clients inbox maps under their own name. Lemonbrand does the reading and the builds behind them. IT providers start with a free white-label client AI policy template: [For IT providers](https://www.lemonbrand.io/partners/it-providers). - [Trust and data handling](https://www.lemonbrand.io/trust): Read-only access. The map cannot send, move or delete email. Disconnect in one click; ask and we delete what we read. Encrypted and stored in North America. Details in the [privacy policy](https://www.lemonbrand.io/privacy); to have your data deleted, see [data deletion](https://www.lemonbrand.io/data-deletion). - [AI in Context](https://www.lemonbrand.io/live): A free live session every Thursday at 1 PM ET where Simon Bergeron shows what he is doing with AI that week. Episodes, replays and the newsletter are at https://www.lemonbrand.io/live and https://www.lemonbrand.io/learn. - [Build a lead list with AI](https://www.lemonbrand.io/live/lead-lists): The guide from AI in Context Ep 03. Eight steps from your ideal client to a checked list of real people with Claude or ChatGPT, Apollo and a spreadsheet, plus the tools, what they cost and how many people you need to contact. ## Where this is going Not shipping today: a wider company agent and knowledge base agent that keep the whole map of the business current. The inbox agent itself comes with the AI Sherpa retainer. Do not describe the company agent or knowledge base agent as available. ## Machine interfaces - [Full reference text](https://www.lemonbrand.io/llms-full.txt): All published reference documents in one response. Prefer individual pages for focused retrieval. - [AI cost estimates](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent/estimate): Read-only JSON planning estimates for software, model and infrastructure costs, from the same models as the [AI cost calculator](https://www.lemonbrand.io/ai-cost-calculator). Estimates, not quotes. - [Sitemap](https://www.lemonbrand.io/sitemap.xml) ## Reference pages - [AI in Context clips and issues](https://www.lemonbrand.io/learn/ai-in-context): Short clips and newsletter issues, each with a summary and its source video. - [See how your team really works.](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/home.md): Connect your team's email. We show you where the time goes, and which jobs could run on their own. - [Find your level - place one process on the four-level ladder](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/level.md): A two-minute self-assessment. Pick one process, answer four questions, and it returns which of the four levels that process is on, which of two ceilings is holding it there, and what to do next. Nothing is stored, nothing is sent, and no email is asked for. - [Team Workflow Audit](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/custom.md): Twelve months of up to five inboxes, the map, credited if we build. - [Pricing: the AI Sherpa retainer](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/pricing.md): The AI Sherpa retainer: from $2,500 a month, with the inbox agent included. Exact scope and fee agreed with you in writing after a free 30-minute call. - [Case Studies | Systems, Pilots, and Reference Builds | Lemonbrand](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/case-studies.md): Lemonbrand proof labeled carefully: running systems, pilots, supported proof, and reference builds. - [Projects | Lemonbrand Proof Portfolio](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/projects.md): Proof portfolio for Lemonbrand: production SaaS, infrastructure in build, pilots, supported proof, and reference builds. - [We take the work nobody owns and give it to a robot, then we stay. | Lemonbrand](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/about.md): Lemonbrand helps small and medium-sized businesses decide what to do with AI, then implements and maintains the work. Ottawa-based consulting and engineering across industries. Includes production agent practice, Apollo-to-Instantly GTM, Tonum content work, a 30-day AI usage snapshot, Ottawa community participation and independent reporting of the agency2026 hackathon win. - [Is Lemonbrand the right AI operations partner for your firm? | Lemonbrand](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/contact.md): Bring the AI question your firm is trying to answer and one real piece of work that may be a place to begin. - [AI in operations — a Lemonbrand whitepaper](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/whitepaper~ai-in-operations.md): Eighteen pages on the four levels of AI (DAWN), the audit method, and where the data goes. Written for an executive, a finance lead, or a board member with no technical background. - [What should your firm know before beginning? | Lemonbrand](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/faq.md): Questions about Lemonbrand, the Inbox Audit, workflow audits, implementation, data handling and proof. - [Templates | What We Install | Lemonbrand](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/templates.md): Open-sourced building blocks from the same agent fleets Lemonbrand installs for ops-as-a-service tenants. Personal OS, Ralph autonomous loop, skill author, brain API, research agent, ClaudeMD scaffold, ingest pipeline, OpenClaw setup. Free. - [Free Utilities](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/tools.md): Free utilities built with AI in days. Each one is a small example of what domain expertise plus agent building produces. - [O. Reg. 476/24 Compliance Checker](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/tools~compliance-checker.md): Free tool to check if your hiring process meets Ontario's new Employment Standards Act requirements effective January 1, 2026. - [See It Built](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/videos.md): Watch agent fleets get installed inside real SMB operations. Live builds, system walkthroughs, quick clips. Before you book a deployment audit, see what an install actually looks like. - [Free CLAUDE.md Template](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/free~claudemd.md): The context file we install at the root of every agent fleet we run. Free to copy. 15 minutes to set up. - [A $5 Podcast Agent: What an Agent System Looks Like](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/free~pipeline.md): Inside one of the fleets we run. Scans 500+ articles, maintains a knowledge graph, writes podcast scripts every morning for $5. Built in a week. Same shape we install for ops-as-a-service tenants. - [Guides - Boring But Essential AI Use Cases](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/guides.md): Archive of all Boring But Essential guides. Real documents (HR manuals, spreadsheets, SOPs, meeting notes) turned into interactive tools with AI. Each one built in under 15 minutes. - [AI in Context (live every Thursday)](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/live.md): A free weekly live session. Every Thursday at 1:00 PM ET, Simon Bergeron shows what he is actually doing with AI that week. Register, get the recording (live or not, the replay and resources land in your inbox): https://luma.com/ai-in-context - [AI in Context, Ep 01: Delegating to agents](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/live~delegating-to-agents.md): - [Content Hub](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/media.md): Every way to watch agent fleets get installed inside real SMB operations. YouTube full builds, TikTok clips, podcast conversations, newsletter updates, and the live build show. - [Human Resource Policies | Boring But Essential Guide](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/guides~gesci-hr-policies.md): See how a 50-page HR policy PDF was turned into a searchable, clickable FAQ page in about 10 minutes using AI. Real task, real output, no hype. - [Where should your accounting firm begin with AI? | Lemonbrand](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/accounting-tax-firms.md): AI operations guidance and implementation for accounting and tax firms, beginning with the work and professional boundaries. - [Where should your insurance agency begin with AI? | Lemonbrand](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/insurance-agencies.md): A practical way for independent insurance agencies to decide where AI belongs around real service work. - [Inbox audit | Lemonbrand](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/inbox-audit.md): Connect your email. We read a year of it, draw the map of where the hours go, then walk you through it live, so you know what to build first. - [AI implementation | Lemonbrand](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/ai-implementation.md): Measure the work, build the automation, measure what changed. One job at a time, with a named owner and a person at every real judgment call. - [Can you prove this AI system is ready for real work? | Lemonbrand](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/ai-system-evaluation.md): A structured AI System Evaluation with written evidence, manager-readiness findings, limitations and conflict-of-interest disclosure. - [We help small businesses put AI to work.](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/methodology.md): Not sure what to do with AI? We find ways to save you time, win more business, and make work easier. Then we build it and keep it running. - [How will we know AI actually helped? | Lemonbrand](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/results.md): A clear proof standard for AI work, from usage and workflow change to measurable operating results. Includes production agent practice, Apollo-to-Instantly GTM, Tonum content work, a 30-day AI usage snapshot, Ottawa community participation and independent reporting of the agency2026 hackathon win. - [Can your firm introduce AI without losing control? | Lemonbrand](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/trust.md): Data handling, human review, consequence and ownership boundaries for useful AI operations. - [What will the Inbox Audit produce? | Lemonbrand](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/example-map.md): An illustrative Inbox Opportunity Map showing how one inbox becomes a clear written decision. - [Know what you are handing over. | Lemonbrand](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/be-aware.md): Eight practical questions to ask before an AI system gets access to your business. Use them with us or any other technical partner. - [AI infrastructure and security cost calculator | Lemonbrand](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/ai-cost-calculator.md): Answer seven business questions for AI supplier cost ranges, a suggested service tier, a build range and a first-year budget. Download your personalized Excel results and share your plan. - [Give your clients a map of their work. Under your name.](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/partners.md): For consultants, agencies and IT providers. Your clients connect their email and get a clear picture of where their team's time goes, with your logo on it. We do the reading and the builds behind you. - [Learn: AI in Context](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/learn.md): AI in Context: the newsletter, videos and weekly live sessions. What I'm learning about AI and how I use it. - [Guide the client. Bring a technical partner. | Lemonbrand](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/learn~ai-seller.md): A practical guide for consultants, agencies and AI sherpas who want to turn good advice into working systems. - [Make your business ready for useful AI. | Lemonbrand](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/learn~ai-ready-company.md): Choose a workflow, organize its information and agree where people stay in control. Six practical steps for your team. - [AI in Context: all issues](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/learn~ai-in-context.md): Four selected reads, Simon's take, and the bigger picture. Explore AI in Context and subscribe on Substack. - [The machine: practical AI tutorials](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/learn~machine.md): One tool at a time: the setup, the cost, what broke and what you would need. Follow the AI in Context tutorial series. - [Keep outbound follow-up moving with Instantly](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/learn~machine~instantly.md): The planned first tutorial in AI in Context: the machine. The Instantly walkthrough is planned; no video or performance numbers are published yet. - [Saturday AI Club in Ottawa](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/learn~club.md): Bring a laptop, build something small and hang out. The monthly Ottawa AI club returns in October; date and RSVP details are to be confirmed. - [Where does your follow-up stop?](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/learn~ask.md): Ask Simon a question about where your follow-up stops. He reads every one and answers by hand. - [AI in Context, Ep 06: Posts from things you already said](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/live~ai-in-context-ep-06-what-s-new-this-week-38bdbc99.md): - [AI in Context, Ep 05: Watch your competitors](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/live~ai-in-context-ep-05-multi-agent-setups-in-the-cloud-f0fd0edc.md): - [AI in Context, Ep 04: Turn a call into a document](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/live~ai-in-context-ep-04-a-proposal-generator-from-the-call-4e3f6bb3.md): - [AI in Context, Ep 03: Build lead lists](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/live~ai-in-context-ep-03-build-lead-lists-42b6a4bc.md): - [AI in Context, Ep 02: Managing agents, for people who already manage people](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/live~ai-in-context-ep-02-set-up-your-workspace-2e0c7462.md): - [Evaluate Lemonbrand](https://www.lemonbrand.io/agent-pages/evaluate.md): Review our production agents, GTM and content workflows, 30-day AI usage, project references, Ottawa recognition and pricing. 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