# Ordinal

> Ordinal is an autonomous agency. Clients commission a defined outcome from a specialist AI department, pay a fixed price agreed before work starts, and release it from escrow only when they accept the deliverable — with a watermarked proof of work before payment and a 72-hour revision warranty.

Ordinal is not a marketplace: there are no third-party sellers. Ordinal builds, operates, and supervises every department of specialised AI workers under a written charter, and a dedicated quality manager reviews each deliverable against the department's standards before release. Ordinal delivers digital, cognitive work only — research, analysis, writing, editing, and data structuring.

## Pages

- [Ordinal home](/): What Ordinal delivers, how commissioning works, and the core FAQ.
- [How it works](/how-it-works): The four steps from brief to escrow sign-off, and what protects the client.
- [Pricing](/pricing): Free account, fixed price per project, escrow, included revisions, refunds.
- [Who it's for](/for-clients): Why commission a supervised AI department instead of hiring, retaining an agency, or prompting a model yourself.
- [Services](/use-cases): The outcomes clients most often commission, each with its delivery pipeline.
- [Market research report](/use-cases/market-research-report): Commission a researched, cited market report.
- [Content production pipeline](/use-cases/content-production-pipeline): Briefs, drafts, and editing delivered to a style guide.
- [Data cleanup and structuring](/use-cases/data-cleanup-and-structuring): Normalise, dedupe, and restructure messy data.
- [Lead research and enrichment](/use-cases/lead-research-and-enrichment): Researched, enriched prospect lists.
- [Competitive teardown](/use-cases/competitive-teardown): Structured competitor feature, pricing, and positioning analysis.
- [Comparison](/compare): Ordinal vs traditional agencies, freelance marketplaces, and DIY AI tools.

- [Learn hub](/learn): Plain-English explainers on AI agents, AI agencies, AI workforces, and how AI work is priced.
- [What is an AI agent?](/learn/what-is-an-ai-agent): Definition, how agents work, limits, and where humans are still required.
- [What is an AI agency?](/learn/what-is-an-ai-agency): How an AI agency operates and how it differs from a traditional agency.
- [AI agent vs chatbot](/learn/ai-agent-vs-chatbot): The difference between conversational assistants and task-completing agents.
- [AI agent marketplace](/learn/ai-agent-marketplace): How agent marketplaces work, and why Ordinal is a single accountable agency instead.
- [AI agent pricing models](/learn/ai-agent-pricing-models): Per-token, per-seat, per-task, and outcome-based pricing compared.
- [What is an AI workforce?](/learn/what-is-an-ai-workforce): Agents organised into supervised teams with accountability.
- [Human in the loop AI](/learn/human-in-the-loop-ai): Why review gates are what make agent output dependable.
- [Managed AI services](/learn/managed-ai-services): Buying an outcome rather than tooling or model access.
- [FAQ](/faq): Pricing, escrow, revisions, confidentiality, speed, and scope.
- [Glossary](/glossary): Definitions of AI agent, AI department, escrow preview, warranty window, and related terms.


## Platform capabilities

- 33 specialist AI departments, fixed price $199–$399 per project, typical delivery in 4–15 minutes.
- Multi-department pipelines: GTM Launch Engine, Series A Capital Pipeline, Authority Content Engine. Each accepted result feeds the next department automatically.
- Weekly or monthly retainers: scheduled reruns (e.g. competitor watch, forecast refresh) that report what changed since the last run.
- Built on client documents: attached PDFs and text/CSV files are read and treated as ground truth, cited by file name.
- Quality checks by code before delivery: financial table arithmetic recomputed, citations must be retrieved sources, unsupported figures blocked.
- Living document canvas: clients edit any section or ask AI to rewrite one section only.
- Exports and live delivery: Excel workbooks, outreach CSVs (Apollo, Instantly, Smartlead, HubSpot), GitHub/Linear issue CSVs, CMS drafts; live push to GitHub issues or signed webhooks (HubSpot, Salesforce, Zapier, Make, n8n).
- Proof Before Pay: watermarked preview, escrow until acceptance, 72-hour revision warranty.
- Trust Center: tenant isolation, no training on client data, DPA and MSA templates. Controls mapped to SOC 2 criteria; no independent audit yet.

## Departments (33, fixed price, paid on acceptance)

- [All departments](/departments): Every AI department, grouped by division, with prices.
- [Enterprise B2B Lead Generation](/departments/enterprise-b2b-lead-generation): $299 fixed. Account research, trigger mapping and a ready-to-send 3-touch outreach sequence.
- [Competitive Intelligence & Teardowns](/departments/competitive-intelligence-and-teardowns): $299 fixed. Competitor teardown dossier: positioning, pricing, features, GTM motion, and exploitable gaps.
- [B2B Account & Prospect Intelligence](/departments/b2b-account-and-prospect-intelligence): $249 fixed. Account dossiers with decision-makers, trigger events, and a tailored opening angle per account.
- [Market Sizing & Industry Briefings](/departments/market-sizing-and-industry-briefings): $349 fixed. Market briefing with sourced TAM/SAM/SOM, growth drivers, headwinds, and competitive landscape.
- [Technical SEO & Search Competitor Audits](/departments/technical-seo-and-search-competitor-audits): $199 fixed. Prioritised technical SEO audit with keyword gaps, content decay, and the fixes that move rankings.
- [High-Intent B2B Content Strategy](/departments/high-intent-b2b-content-strategy): $299 fixed. Content plan with ten bottom-of-funnel briefs: intent, outline, proof points, and distribution.
- [Data Scrubbing, Structuring & Enrichment](/departments/data-scrubbing-structuring-and-enrichment): $199 fixed. Cleaned, deduplicated, normalised dataset plus a change log and quality report.
- [Customer Review & Sentiment Synthesis](/departments/customer-review-and-sentiment-synthesis): $199 fixed. Feature-gap and complaint matrix built from real, quoted customer reviews.
- [Executive & Key Hire Dossiers](/departments/executive-and-key-hire-dossiers): $249 fixed. Public-record dossier on an executive, candidate, speaker or counterparty.
- [Startup Due Diligence & M&A Pre-Screening](/departments/startup-due-diligence-and-manda-pre-screening): $399 fixed. Pre-screening diligence memo: product, market, team, traction signals, and red flags.
- [Regulatory & Compliance Impact Briefs](/departments/regulatory-and-compliance-impact-briefs): $349 fixed. Plain-language regulatory impact brief mapped to your operations, with an action checklist.
- [Product Launch & GTM Playbooks](/departments/product-launch-and-gtm-playbooks): $349 fixed. Launch playbook: positioning, channel sequence, assets list, milestones, and success metrics.
- [Pricing Model & Monetisation Benchmarking](/departments/pricing-model-and-monetisation-benchmarking): $299 fixed. Pricing benchmark with competitor tier teardowns and specific packaging recommendations.
- [Conversion & Landing Page Teardowns](/departments/conversion-and-landing-page-teardowns): $199 fixed. Page-by-page conversion teardown with prioritised fixes and rewritten copy.
- [Paid Ad Creative & Angle Deconstruction](/departments/paid-ad-creative-and-angle-deconstruction): $249 fixed. Competitor ad library teardown with an angle library and ready-to-test ad copy.
- [Pitch Deck Research & Investor Critique](/departments/pitch-deck-research-and-investor-critique): $349 fixed. Deck critique with fact-checked claims, the questions investors will ask, and rewritten slides.
- [Vendor Selection & RFP Analysis](/departments/vendor-selection-and-rfp-analysis): $299 fixed. Vendor comparison with scored requirements, total cost of ownership, and a recommendation.
- [Brand Positioning & Messaging Frameworks](/departments/brand-positioning-and-messaging-frameworks): $299 fixed. Positioning statement, messaging matrix by persona, and rewritten core copy.
- [Tech Stack & SaaS Spend Rationalisation](/departments/tech-stack-and-saas-spend-rationalisation): $349 fixed. Stack audit with redundancy map, consolidation plan, and quantified savings.
- [Podcast & High-Stakes Interview Preparation](/departments/podcast-and-high-stakes-interview-preparation): $199 fixed. Interview prep pack: host research, likely questions, your best answers, and the traps.
- [Newsletter & Authority Content Engine](/departments/newsletter-and-authority-content-engine): $249 fixed. Publication-ready newsletter issue with sourced developments and original commentary.
- [Short-Form Video Scripts & Viral Hooks](/departments/short-form-video-scripts-and-viral-hooks): $249 fixed. Five ready-to-shoot short videos: second-by-second scripts, hooks, shot list, on-screen text and captions.
- [YouTube Long-Form Scripts & Storyboards](/departments/youtube-long-form-scripts-and-storyboards): $349 fixed. Teleprompter-ready 10–18 minute script with storyboard cues, title/thumbnail options and SEO metadata.
- [Songwriting, Jingles & Sonic Branding](/departments/songwriting-jingles-and-sonic-branding): $299 fixed. Complete song or jingle: lyrics, structure, key/BPM, melody guide, production notes and AI-music generation prompts.
- [Podcast Episode Production Kit](/departments/podcast-episode-production-kit): $279 fixed. Guest research dossier, run-of-show, 20 interview questions, intro/outro scripts, show notes and clip plan.
- [Brand Identity & Visual Guidelines](/departments/brand-identity-and-visual-guidelines): $399 fixed. Brand guidelines: positioning, voice, colour and type system, logo direction, imagery rules and AI image prompt library.
- [Software Architecture & Database Design](/departments/software-architecture-and-database-design): $399 fixed. Technical specification: requirements, data model with SQL schema, API contract, auth, scaling and risk plan.
- [Data Pipeline, Analytics & SQL Blueprints](/departments/data-pipeline-analytics-and-sql-blueprints): $349 fixed. Analytics blueprint: event tracking plan, warehouse model, transformation SQL, dashboards and KPI definitions.
- [Security Review & Hardening Plan](/departments/security-review-and-hardening-plan): $399 fixed. Security assessment from your architecture and public surface, with a prioritised hardening checklist.
- [Terms, Privacy Policy & Contract Drafting](/departments/terms-privacy-policy-and-contract-drafting): $349 fixed. Draft Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, DPA or client contract tailored to your business, with a plain-English risk summary.
- [Financial Model & Unit Economics](/departments/financial-model-and-unit-economics): $399 fixed. Three-year financial model spec with revenue drivers, costs, unit economics, scenarios and formulas ready for a spreadsheet.
- [Hiring Kit: Job Descriptions, Scorecards & Interviews](/departments/hiring-kit-job-descriptions-scorecards-and-interviews): $249 fixed. Complete hiring kit: job description, scorecard, structured interview plan, take-home task and offer outline.
- [SOPs, Process Maps & Operations Manuals](/departments/sops-process-maps-and-operations-manuals): $299 fixed. Step-by-step SOPs, process maps, RACI and checklists for the workflows you want documented or automated.

## Optional

- [Trust Center](/trust): Security controls, data handling, DPA and MSA templates.
- [Full detail for AI systems](/llms-full.txt): Every department with deliverable, price and turnaround.

- [Terms of Service](/terms): Ordinal as service provider, AI output liability, fixed pricing, escrow, and the warranty window.
- [Privacy Policy](/privacy): Data collection, sharing, retention, and the commitment never to train shared models on client data.


## For AI agents
- MCP server (OAuth 2.1, dynamic client registration): https://ordinal.run/mcp
- Setup guide: https://ordinal.run/for-agents
- Discovery: https://ordinal.run/.well-known/mcp.json · https://ordinal.run/.well-known/agent.json · https://ordinal.run/agents.json
- Tools: list_departments, submit_brief, list_my_orders, get_order_status, get_deliverable, accept_and_pay, get_wallet