Input schema (JSON)
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"required": [
"business",
"offer_name",
"items"
],
"properties": {
"items": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"name",
"effort_hours",
"level"
],
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 160,
"minLength": 1,
"description": "A deliverable, for example \"Logo suite in three formats\" or \"Site visit and measurements\"."
},
"level": {
"enum": [
"core",
"common",
"premium"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "core: every client needs it (in all three tiers). common: most clients want it (middle and largest tiers). premium: some clients want it (largest tier only)."
},
"direct_cost": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 100000000,
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Cost paid out for this deliverable: materials, licenses, printing, subcontracted parts. Default 0."
},
"effort_hours": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 10000,
"description": "Typical delivery effort for this deliverable, used for cost and capacity only.",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0
}
}
},
"maxItems": 40,
"minItems": 3
},
"mix_pct": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 100,
"minimum": 0
},
"maxItems": 3,
"minItems": 3,
"description": "Expected share of clients choosing each tier, smallest first, adding to 100. Default 30, 50, 20."
},
"business": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"monthly_fixed_costs",
"monthly_owner_pay",
"delivery_hours_per_month"
],
"properties": {
"currency": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 3,
"minLength": 3,
"description": "Three-letter currency code. Default USD."
},
"monthly_owner_pay": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 100000000,
"minimum": 0,
"description": "What the owner needs to take home each month. It is treated as a cost, so profit is what is left after the owner is paid."
},
"monthly_staff_cost": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 100000000,
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Salaried team cost per month, including payroll taxes. Default 0."
},
"monthly_fixed_costs": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 100000000,
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Overhead every month regardless of work: rent, software, insurance, vehicles, accounting."
},
"variable_cost_per_hour": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 100000000,
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Cost that rises with each delivery hour, such as subcontractor or crew wages. Default 0."
},
"planned_utilization_pct": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 100,
"minimum": 10,
"description": "Share of delivery hours expected to be filled in a normal month. Default 80."
},
"delivery_hours_per_month": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 20000,
"description": "Hours the whole team can put into client work in a month, not counting sales and admin. Used to measure capacity and cost, never shown to clients.",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0
}
},
"description": "The business cost base."
},
"offer_name": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 120,
"minLength": 1,
"description": "What the packages sell, for example \"Brand identity\" or \"Bathroom remodel design\"."
},
"tier_names": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 40,
"minLength": 1
},
"maxItems": 3,
"minItems": 3,
"description": "Names for the three tiers, smallest first. Default Essential, Standard, Complete."
},
"outcome_value": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 100000000,
"minimum": 0,
"description": "What the result is worth to a typical client, for a value check on each price."
},
"clients_per_month": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 10000,
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Clients expected per month. When given, the capacity check shows hours needed and the month profit."
},
"target_margin_pct": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 80,
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Profit as a share of price, after owner pay and every cost. Default 30."
},
"variance_buffer_pct": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 100,
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Extra effort added to each tier because a fixed price absorbs jobs that run long. Default 15."
}
}
}