Free tools / Client risk check
Is this brief worth replying to?
The Client Risk Analyzer is a free tool that reads a client's brief or email and tells you whether it's worth replying to: Take, Proceed carefully or High risk. It names the biggest risk, quotes the exact phrases that drove the verdict and gives you one question to send before you quote. No sign-up, and the brief isn't saved.
Read the guide: What to Look For in a Client Brief: 12 Red Flags
What does the risk check look for?
The check reads a brief the way you would before a discovery call. It looks for scope that isn't defined, a budget that doesn't match the ask, deadlines with no room in them and a contact who may not be the decision-maker. These matter because loose requirements are expensive. In PMI's 2014 Pulse of the Profession, 37% of organisations cited inaccurate requirements as the primary reason projects fail. The tool highlights up to four phrases from your brief, and it only shows a phrase that actually appears in the text. It never paraphrases one.
What do Take, Proceed carefully and High risk mean?
Take: the scope is clear, the risk is low and nothing stands out. Quote it normally. Proceed carefully: the work looks promising, but a few key points need answers before you price it. Send the suggested question first. High risk: the scope is unclear or there are red flags that often end in disputes. Get a written scope and a deposit, or walk away. The check is deliberately conservative, because most briefs leave more unknowns than they first appear to. It's a starting point for your judgement, not a contract review.
What happens to the brief I paste?
Your brief goes to OpenAI to produce the result. It isn't stored in our database, and you don't need an account. If you ask for the full read, we generate a longer report, keep it for 7 days behind a private link that we email to you, and then delete it. If you give an email address, the Adrieluxe team gets a notification each time you submit, with that address, the verdict and risk score, and the first 500 characters of the brief. Each IP address can make 6 AI requests an hour and 30 a day across the free tools.
When should I use the full Pre-Sales OS instead?
Use the free check on a single brief when you need a quick answer. Use Pre-Sales OS when qualifying is a regular part of your work. It scores every brief on four risk vectors (scope clarity, budget alignment, timeline pressure and stakeholder position), each with the phrases that triggered the score. It checks fit against what you actually sell and drafts the questions, the reply and the proposal when a deal is worth it. Scope is where margins leak: PMI reports that 52% of projects experience scope creep (PMI, Pulse of the Profession).
Frequently asked questions
Is the Client Risk Analyzer really free?
Yes. You don't need an account or an email to see the verdict, the biggest risk, the flagged phrases and the question to ask. There is a fair-use limit of 6 AI requests an hour and 30 a day per IP address, shared across the free tools. The emailed full read is free too, but it needs an address to send the link to.
What's in the full read?
The full read is a longer report on the same brief. It lists every concrete risk with the worst first, five questions written to send to the client as they are, and what the brief leaves out that a quote needs. We email you a link rather than the report itself, and the link stops working after 7 days.
Can it check a contract for red flags?
No. It reads briefs, enquiry emails and job posts, the text you get before you've agreed anything. It points out vague scope, budget gaps, rushed timelines and unclear decision-makers. It doesn't review contract clauses such as payment terms, IP or liability, so ask a lawyer to read a contract before you sign it.
Why is a phrase from my brief highlighted?
Highlighted phrases are the words that pushed the verdict. Each one comes with a short note on what that wording usually means for the person doing the work. A phrase is only shown if it appears in your brief exactly as written, ignoring case and spacing. If nothing stands out, nothing is highlighted.
How long can the brief be?
Paste between 40 and 6,000 characters, roughly a short email up to a long brief. The whole thread is fine if it fits. Take out names, phone numbers and anything confidential first, because the text goes to OpenAI to produce the result.
Is it the same as the Pre-Sales OS analysis?
It runs on the same kind of read, cut down to one verdict, one risk and one question. Pre-Sales OS scores four risk vectors with evidence, checks fit against your services and pricing, drafts the proposal and tells you when to follow up. It starts with a free trial.