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The back office you don't have, hired.

Name: The Freelancer Ops Agent
Brand: Tideline
Price: 39.00 USD
Availability: InStock

The Freelancer Ops Agent turns Claude Code into your bookkeeper, collections desk, and skeptical business analyst. Freelancers don't go broke from bad work — they go broke from unsent invoices, slow payers nobody chased, and "quick favors" that cut the real rate in half. This agent runs those books, from three simple files on your machine.

Get the Agent — $39

One-time purchase · instant download · charter + 5 skills + 2 subagents · free v1.x updates

What your back office does

Five commands, each a complete playbook executed against your worklog, invoices, and client agreements:

/freelance-brief

Monday, one screen: who owes you what and how late, this week's chase list, unbilled hours waiting to become an invoice, and the single highest-dollar move.

/invoice-chase

An aging report plus ready-to-send follow-up drafts, escalating with lateness — friendly nudge at day 3, firm-and-specific at day 14, a real escalation plan at day 30.

/cash-runway

Months of runway from committed invoices and honest burn (including paying yourself), with the gap stated as a number to sell against — plus a client-concentration warning.

/rate-check

Your effective hourly rate per client — actual hours (favors included) vs dollars collected. The gap table tells you exactly which renewal conversation to have, with the three numbers to bring.

/scope-watch

Agreed scope vs logged work: revision rounds consumed, retainer overuse, unbilled extras — sorted into "invoice it," "needs a written OK," and "conversation draft attached."

Two subagents

An invoice drafter that turns unbilled worklog entries into itemized, correctly-numbered invoice drafts — and a collections strategist for the 30+ day bucket, including the walk-away math.

Built like an operator, not a chatbot

Drafts only — you send. It writes the chase email, the invoice, the pause-work notice. It never contacts a client, and that boundary is written into its charter permanently. Your client relationships stay yours.
Never invents a number. Every amount traces to a worklog row, an invoice row, or arithmetic it shows. Duplicate-looking entries get questioned, not billed twice.
Knows where its job ends. Late-fee math is computed; enforceability is flagged as a question for a professional. No legalese, no fake lawyer letters — at that line it tells you what the decision actually costs.

Honesty, up front: this is a pack of agent definitions — markdown charters and playbooks — not an app, and it requires Claude Code (an Anthropic subscription you bring) or a comparable agentic CLI. It also requires one honest habit: logging your hours to a CSV. If you won't log, no tool can find the money you're leaving on the table.

What's in the download

CLAUDE.mdthe ops charter: role, data contract, five hard guardrails

skills/freelance-briefthe Monday one-screen brief playbook

skills/invoice-chaseaging + escalation-matched follow-up drafts

skills/cash-runwaycommitted vs probable inflow, honest burn, the gap

skills/rate-checkeffective $/hr per client + renewal-script inputs

skills/scope-watchagreed vs actual, with the conversation drafts

agents/invoice-drafterworklog → itemized invoice draft + ledger row

agents/collections-strategistescalation ladders, payment plans, walk-away math

data/example/a complete fictional practice with real problems seeded — run every command before touching your own books

Plain markdown + CSV/YAML — readable, editable, yours. Works natively with Claude Code; playbooks followable by any capable agent CLI. 20-minute quickstart included.

Get the Agent — $39

Secure checkout by Stripe · download link on-screen and by email

Running the household side too? Pair it with The Personal CFO Agent — same operator philosophy pointed at your personal money: debt-free date, bill radar, subscription leaks.

Details

What do I need to run it?: Claude Code (Anthropic's agent CLI — you bring your own subscription; it is not included) or a comparable agentic LLM tool. Your data lives in three files you can edit in any spreadsheet app: a worklog, an invoice list, and a client sheet. No accounting software required — and it coexists fine if you have one.
Will it email my clients?: No, and it can't — there's nothing to connect. Every client-facing artifact is a draft you review and send from your own email. That's a design decision, not a missing feature: collections is a relationship activity, and the human stays in it.
Is my business data safe?: Everything stays on your machine; there is no Tideline server involved. Your ledgers are only ever read by the LLM tool you choose to run.
Who is it not for?: Agencies with staff and real accounting departments, or anyone wanting automated sending, payment processing, or tax prep. It's an operator for the solo practice: hours, invoices, chasing, runway, scope.
Format & delivery: One ZIP, delivered instantly after checkout (on-screen + emailed link). Markdown, CSV, and YAML — no binaries, no installers.
Refunds: All sales are final — it's a digital download, delivered instantly, and this page tells you exactly what's inside (including what isn't). Delivery problem? Email support@tideline.money and we'll make it right. Policy.
License & updates: Personal-use license: adapt the charters and playbooks for your own practice; no redistribution of the package itself. v1.x updates are emailed free.