Part of our Operations agents
AI agents for operations teams in consulting
Actionist is an AI automation tool whose agents operate the apps your consulting operations team already uses. Turn staffing clashes, missing hours, and workstream risks into a delivery review queue.
The steering meeting is tomorrow. The staffing sheet, time ledger, and workplan still disagree.
AI Employees for Consulting Operations in 4 simple steps
Manual Time
We'll go over where you currently waste your time doing manual tasks.
Actionist Automations
We'll show you exactly how Actionist can automate these manual tasks.
Your Benefits
How much time and money you'll save by onboarding AI agents.
Easy to use
We'll show you how easy it is to enable AI across your business.
Where you spend your time
We know how your week actually goes
- Staffing without double bookingsCompare approved allocations across mandates before a resourcing manager commits a consultant.
- Hours ready for the billing cutoffList missing or mis-coded timesheets while consultants still remember the work they performed.
- Workstreams with traceable dependenciesLink an overdue client input to the deliverable it blocks and the person who can resolve it.
- Steering packs grounded in evidencePrepare milestone and decision tables from named workstream records, ready for lead approval.
- Changes separated from agreed scopePut new requests beside signed deliverables so the engagement lead can decide the commercial response.
- Closeout that another team can useCollect acceptance evidence and reusable methods with client restrictions preserved.
And hundreds of other tasks you do manually..
An agent can take a lot off your team's plate. Take a look below to see the time and cost you could save by adding AI agents to your Consulting Operations team's day.
Where the hours go
A phase extension is approved in one engagement but the resource sheet still promises the same consultant to another kickoff. The collision surfaces only when both leads expect them on Monday.
Compare approved allocations and extension dates in a source-linked conflict table. The resourcing manager decides which commitment to change.
The billing cutoff approaches with missing hours, entries on closed codes, and approvals scattered across engagement leads. Operations spends the afternoon asking who has actually finished their ledger.
Prepare a time exception list and a separate approved-hours handoff for finance, leaving billability and invoices with their human owners.
Each workstream reports its own shade of green while a missing client data extract blocks three analyses. The steering pack takes longer to reconcile than the meeting it supports.
Link missing inputs to affected deliverables and draft milestone evidence tables. The lead reviews the sources and approves the client-facing pack.
A helpful extra request quietly joins the delivery board, but nobody records whether the signed scope covers it. By closeout, the team cannot reconstruct which changes were authorised.
Collect requests without a clear baseline match into a change dossier, and preserve the lead and client approval evidence beside the delivery record.
Actionist Will Automate
What one automation looks like
A week with your Consulting Operations agents
Some of the apps for your Consulting Operations team
Some apps for consulting operations. Find hundreds more in the Actionist App Store.
Your Agent wakes up Automatically whenever something happens
Your agents watch the apps you already use and act the moment something happens, usually within about a minute, handle it based on your instructions, 24/7.
Your benefits
Where the time goes back
What you do manually today
What your agent runs for you
- Operations90 min / weekReconcile overlapping consultant bookings
The resource manager opens several allocation sheets and asks each lead whether their extension is real.
Operations Agent0 minA dated allocation conflict tableThe agent groups overlaps by consultant and week in Sheets, with both engagement sources for the manager to inspect.
- Operations75 min / weekChase a complete time ledger
Operations repeatedly exports submitted hours and asks leads which entries they have approved.
Operations Agent0 minAn exception list plus approved totalsThe agent separates missing submissions, coding questions, and approved totals into a finance handoff folder.
- Operations60 min / weekFind the input behind a blocked workstream
The PMO reads threads to work out which client input is stopping a deliverable and who needs to chase it.
Operations Agent0 minA blocker-to-deliverable worklistThe agent links the missing input and owner to the affected task, with a reminder draft held for lead approval.
- Operations120 min / weekBuild the steering evidence appendix
A coordinator copies status labels from boards and hunts for the source files behind each one.
Operations Agent0 minA cited milestone table in SlidesThe agent assembles the table with evidence links and marks uncertain acceptance status for engagement-lead review.
- Operations70 min / weekReconstruct scope decisions at closeout
The lead searches mail and meeting notes to determine which additional requests were actually approved.
Operations Agent0 minA change register with source evidenceThe agent places each request, baseline reference, and filed approval together in a reviewable dossier.
What that's worth
Calculate what your team saves
Based on typical team usage: the visible tasks plus a few other automations the agent runs: ~4 hrs / person / week of admin work automated.
How easy it is to use
We'll do all the heavy lifting for you.
From entering your website address to having a working AI team, no effort from you.
- Step 1
Enter your website
- We'll research your business
- Automatically configure everything for you
- Step 2
Actionist Auto
Optional- Watches you work
- Creates your agents, workflows and schedules
- Step 3
Marketplace
- Hundreds of apps, plus agents and workflows
- Pre-configured by other users
- Step 4
Invite your team
- We'll automatically onboard them too
- Focus on the things that matter
Enter your website URL for a personalised demo
See exactly what Actionist would automate for your business.
You stay in control
A consulting delivery register is useful only if its entries can be traced to approved commitments. These example roles collect evidence and prepare drafts; engagement leads retain control of staffing, scope, and client messages.
Allocation tables describe recorded availability and conflicts. Managers choose assignments and approve changes; the agent does not judge consultant performance.
A mismatch with the SOW becomes a review item. The engagement lead and relevant advisers decide scope, fees, acceptance, and any legal interpretation.
Steering drafts, reminders, and handover messages are held for engagement-lead review before sending unless you deliberately widen Approval Modes.
Connect only the folders and accounts the task needs. Review client confidentiality terms and provider data handling before supplying sensitive engagement material.
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Frequently asked questions
Does our consulting operations team need to be technical?
How do we get started with our engagement workplan?
Can we make custom AI agents for our consulting delivery model?
How quickly can we set this up for a new mandate?
How should we handle confidential client work?
Will it move consultants or accept extra scope on its own?
Can it use our resource planner if there is no API?
How do we keep steering reports in our own style?
Can timesheet data create invoices automatically?
Give the engagement lead a delivery queue worth reviewing
Bring a redacted engagement workplan to a free demo and review one staffing or milestone exception with your delivery lead.