Four starting methods
The first Book screen asks one question: How would you like to start your pricing? You choose from four equal-weight methods. No method is marked “recommended.” Only the row you are completing takes orange emphasis.Methods converge on the same Book
All four methods produce the same typed rules, provenance, calibration cases, and publication preview. You can:- Start with one method and add another source later
- Switch methods before publishing without recreating the Book
- Combine imported pricing with an explanation
- Add a guided-setup model to an existing draft
Import existing pricing
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Choose Import existing pricing
Select the “Import existing pricing” row on the start screen. An inline text field appears.You can also upload a file — the drop surface accepts CSV, XLSX, PDF, supported images, or text up to 25 MB.
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Add your pricing text or file
Paste a price list, a recent quote, a rate sheet — however your pricing is written today. Or drag a file onto the drop surface.The text placeholder reads: “Paste your price list, a recent quote, or a rate sheet — however it is written today.”
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Submit
Kordless provisions your first Book workspace, ingests the source, and schedules extraction. You land on the Book overview where the draft fills in.
Explain how you quote
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Choose Explain how you quote
Select the “Explain how you quote” row. An inline text field appears.The placeholder reads: “Describe how you decide what to charge. What do you sell, and what changes the price?”
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Write or speak your explanation
Type how you currently decide pricing. Mention what you sell, what factors change the price, what you charge for, and what you will not quote.There is no required format — write it the way you would tell a new employee.
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Submit
Kordless provisions your first Book workspace, ingests the explanation as an interview source, and schedules extraction.
Start from a supported starting point
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Choose Start from a supported starting point
Selecting this method navigates to a dedicated picker page — it is not an inline box.The picker shows the services available for your trade and currency.
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Pick your services
Select the services you offer. Kordless seeds them as clearly labeled Suggested rules for you to review, adjust, and verify.Nothing is authorized until you say so.
Help me design my pricing
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Choose Help me design my pricing
Selecting this method navigates to a dedicated guided-setup page — it is not a chatbot.The guided interview asks the smallest set of consequential questions in ordered sections.
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Answer the guided questions
Define what you sell, how you charge, what changes the price, and what you will not quote. Provide or explicitly assume cost, time, capacity, minimum-charge, and return constraints.Each answer writes durable draft state. Progress is resumable.
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Review the proposed model
Kordless composes your answers into a structured explanation and drafts a Book from it. Each calculated or suggested value shows its derivation on demand.The guided flow distinguishes:
- Calculated floor — from your cost and capacity inputs
- Owner target — the price you stated you want to charge
- Evidence-derived proposal — from your stated assumptions
- Kordless suggestion — clearly labeled, not authorized
What remains unverified after starting
Regardless of the method, the draft contains unverified rules. Every suggested or extracted value carries a provenance label and remains unverified until you explicitly verify it through Verify Statements.Next
Review the draft
Inspect the extracted or constructed Book draft and correct meaning.
Quickstart
The full end-to-end flow from sign up to Test Book draft.