Your move
Define one visible outcome
Bound the promise to a result you can deliver and verify.
Promise the result you can deliver and verify, not the buyer's entire downstream business result. Make completion observable to someone other than you.
Do this now
Three moves, in order.
- Write the before and after condition in the buyer's operating language.
- Name the evidence that proves delivery.
- Separate what you control from adoption, revenue, savings, or other outcomes the buyer controls.
Build the artifact
Outcome promise
Copy these fields into a note, document, or sheet you already use.
Before
Observable starting condition
Delivered after
Condition your work creates
Proof
Artifact, test, demonstration, or approved record
Buyer-owned
Adoption or results outside your control
Give AI the bounded job
Prompt from your artifact—not from vibes.
Rewrite this offer around one observable delivered outcome. Separate provider-controlled delivery from buyer-controlled business results. Remove guarantees I cannot verify.
Before you use it
The work leaves your hands only when:
- Completion can be demonstrated.
- The promise stays inside your control.
- Buyer-owned results are not disguised as deliverables.