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Should I Take This Project?

Before you say yes, check one client lead for scope, payment, timeline, approval, assets, revisions, and communication risk. Get a risk band, the biggest issues to clarify, and a draft reply you can customize.

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Uses only the details you enter here
Decision support only; not legal, financial, tax, or contract advice

Use a real lead

This tool does not decide for you. It turns the client details you enter into a one-lead risk check, a short clarification list, and a reply draft.

Project or deliverable

What is the client asking for?

Use a short summary. Keep private client details out.

Budget status

Proposed budget or fee (USD)

Your estimated hours

Your minimum acceptable rate (USD/hr)

Optional. If blank, the tool will not judge whether the budget is high or low.

Scope clarity

Approval owner

Assets and access

Payment terms

Timeline pressure

Business days until deadline

Revision terms

Communication signal

Risk signals you noticed Wants work before agreement or payment Uses "quick", "small", or "simple" for unclear work Many stakeholders may give separate feedback Direction changed before the project even started Pushes discount, unpaid test, or vague future work Resists deposit, written scope, or approval process

What do you want to do?

Reply tone

Add project details to check project fit.

Add details first

Need more info

Incomplete

Estimated project rate N/A Add budget and hours to calculate.

Risk signal N/A A rough band from the details entered, not a probability.

Payment risk N/A Confirm before reserving time.

Timeline risk N/A Check scope and input readiness.

Why this result

Conditions to require

Questions to ask before accepting

Draft reply

Draft only. Customize before sending; this is not legal, financial, tax, or contract advice.

Your project-fit reply will appear here.

One-lead triage note

Use this as a rough note for one lead. The full kit owns the reusable intake, kickoff readiness, tracker, and change-request workflow.

Your one-lead triage note will appear here.

Need a repeatable intake process?

This free tool helps evaluate one lead. Pro turns an accepted lead into reusable intake, scope summaries, kickoff notes, tracker rows, and change-request rules.

Build the full intake workflow

After the yes

A good project fit still needs a clean kickoff.

If you decide to accept the project, use intake, scope lock, approval, payment, and change-request files before delivery starts.

Build the full intake workflow

Use this before you quote or accept

This checker is for the awkward middle moment: the lead sounds interesting, but the scope, budget, deadline, or approval process may not be ready yet.

What it checks

It looks at risk signals you enter: budget fit, timeline pressure, missing assets, unclear revisions, approval ownership, and communication quality.

What it does not do

It does not know your full availability, taxes, platform fees, legal terms, or client relationship. Use the output as a triage signal.

What to do next

If the tool flags risk, ask the questions before quoting. If the project looks workable, still confirm scope, payment, approvals, and assets in writing.