Freelance Editor OS
You handle the edit. It handles the business around it.
An AI business partner that runs in Claude Code. It learns your situation in one conversation, then opens every session with what needs you: the lead to follow up, the client going quiet, the quote below your floor. Every message it drafts sounds like you.
The full walkthrough. The editor and clients on screen are from the demo workspace and are fictional.
You’re great at editing. The money leaks happen around it.
Nobody went to film school to learn sales. So finding clients, pricing and follow-ups get done late, done awkwardly, or not at all. Sound familiar?
The feast-or-famine cycle
Busy months leave no time for outreach. Then the next month is empty, and you take whatever comes.
Pricing on gut feel
Guessing a number, then saying yes when the client pushes back. The same rate for years while costs went up.
Good clients drifting away
Clients rarely leave angry. They go quiet, and nobody notices until the next month is empty.
Referrals nobody asks for
Happy clients would recommend you. Most editors never ask, or ask at the wrong moment.
Step 1 · /onboard
It starts by understanding you
A 20-minute conversation, one question at a time. Tell it your situation any way you like, or paste your bio, your LinkedIn, your site or a link to your reel. It asks before opening any link, fills in the gaps, then sets everything up around you.
Your stage. Starting out, side hustle, established or scaling. The advice changes with it.
Your real numbers. A rate floor, a target rate, and what you actually earn per billable hour today.
Your open loops. Leads waiting for a reply, live projects, anything still to invoice. Captured on day one.
Your voice. Paste two real client messages. Every draft after that sounds like you.
One constraint and a 30-day plan. The one thing holding your income back most, and three moves to fix it.
Business health map
Example editor · scored 1 to 5The constraint
Leads. Referrals come in, but not often, and outreach only happens in quiet weeks. The 30-day plan: sharpen who you serve, build 15 qualified leads, and send 5 outreach touches a week.
Step 2 · every day after
One partner for the whole client lifecycle
Tell it what happened in plain words, or type a skill. Tap a stage to see what you get.
/find-leads
Find leads
You say
You get
- Leads that fit your niche, scored A, B or C
- A specific reason to contact each one, from their public work
- Warm contacts first: past clients and people you already know
- Public business information only. No scraped emails, no bought lists
Plus /today, /log, /positioning, /tough-talk, /weekly-review, /career-check and /set-rhythm. 17 skills in total.
Messy feedback in. A clean plan out.
Paste the client’s notes. You get a change list you can work from, the scope question answered, and a reply that holds the line politely.
The client sends
hey! loving it overall. can the logo be bigger at the start? and the music feels a bit sad maybe. Jen from sales thinks we need the new product shots in there too (sending tomorrow). also the part with the barista, can we cut that? oh and can we get a 15s version for insta
You get · Round 2 of 2
- 1.00:00–00:03 Logo larger on the opening cardIn scope
- 2.Music: which way is "less sad"? Offer 2 alternativesQuestion
- 3.00:21–00:27 Cut the barista shotIn scope
- 4.New product shots, arriving tomorrowChange order
- 5.15s vertical for InstagramChange order
Plus a reply in your voice, with the two extras priced from your add-on list.
An illustrative example. Timecodes come from the notes you paste or your review tool.
Know your numbers before the client asks
Most editors price by gut feel. Try the maths the OS uses. It’s free, and it might be the most useful minute of your week.
Your rate floor, in 30 seconds
Shown in US dollars. The maths works in any currency. Rough numbers are fine.
Billable hours are the hours a client pays for, not the hours you work. Most full-time freelancers bill roughly half to two thirds of their working time. General information, not financial advice.
Rate floor
$30 /hour
Below this, a project costs you money, even when it feels busy. It’s the line to hold when a client pushes back on price.
Target rate
$50 /hour
About $400 a day. This is what you price from.
Onboarding runs this same maths on your real numbers, then checks every quote you write against it.
Proactive, not another app to remember
It speaks up when something needs you. Switch on the optional scheduled rhythm and the drafts are waiting before you sit down, as long as your computer is on.
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Shortened from the briefing in the included demo workspace. The editor and clients are fictional.
Every session
A briefing: deadlines, lead follow-ups, quiet clients, your hours, the month’s income pace, and any invoice that needs a nudge.
Monday
Pipeline push: follow-ups due and this week’s outreach, drafted and waiting.
Friday
A 15-minute weekly review: money, pipeline, hours, energy, next week’s top 3.
1st of the month
Money sweep: every open invoice, the reminders due, and last month closed.
Every quarter
Career check: rates, goals, client mix, time off, and where AI is taking your work.
Guards your capacity
Names the collision before you say yes to one project too many.
Guards your rate
Quote below your floor and it says so, with the number.
Watches the month
Falling short of your income target? It sizes the gap in projects.
Built to be trusted with your business
Your clients are your livelihood. These rules are written into the OS itself.
Drafts, never sends. You read every message and press send yourself.
Never invents testimonials, results, credentials or fake urgency.
Your data lives in plain files on your computer. Never deleted.
Lead research uses public business info only. No scraping, no spam.
Not a lawyer or accountant. It says so, and says when to check locally.
Names overwork plainly, and suggests a structural fix, not "rest more".
Two ways to get it
Same OS either way. The difference is whether you set it up alone or with me.
The Kit
For editors comfortable installing an app and following 3 written setup steps.
$79one-time
- Freelance Editor OS: 17 skills, 14 playbooks, 15 templates
- The session briefing and optional scheduled reviews
- A demo workspace to try everything before you enter a thing
- Updates to the kit
Guided Setup
For editors who have never used Claude Code, or want it set up right the first time.
$249one-time
- Everything in the Kit
- A 60-minute call with Piotr: install Claude Code, run onboarding together
- Your numbers, rates and 30-day plan reviewed on the call
- The weekly rhythm switched on before we hang up
- 14 days of email help afterwards
- Optional monthly support after that, if you want it
Limited to a few setups a month, so every call gets proper time.
Claude Code
A paid Claude plan that includes it (Pro or above). Not included.
About 20 minutes
For onboarding. Rough numbers are fine.
Windows, macOS, Linux
Python 3 optional, for the automatic briefing.
Who made it
I’m Piotr. I’ve been editing for over 13 years and still take client work. I built Freelance Editor OS because the edit was never the hard part. The chasing, the pricing, the “any work for me?” emails were. It’s the business partner I wanted when I started.
Written from scratch by Cut to the Point, the makers of AI Editor, Clip Exporter and Track Exporter.
It’s for you if
- You freelance as an editor, full-time or on the side
- You want steadier income without becoming a salesperson
- You’d rather edit than hunt for clients and write follow-ups
- You’re curious about AI, but want to stay in control
It’s not for you if
- You want software that sends messages for you automatically
- You’re looking for a promise of guaranteed income
- You won’t use Claude Code or pay for a Claude plan
- You run a large agency with a team CRM (ask about a team license)
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to know how to code?
No. You open a folder in Claude Code and talk to it in plain language. Everything it keeps is plain text files you can read in any editor. If you have never used Claude Code, the Guided Setup gets you from zero to onboarded on a call.
What do I need to run it?
A paid Claude plan that includes Claude Code: Claude Pro or above. Pro is about $20 a month in the US, and the price varies by country. It runs on Windows, macOS or Linux. Python 3 is optional: it powers the automatic morning briefing. Without it, Claude reads your files at the start of each session instead.
Does it work with ChatGPT or OpenAI Codex?
Not today. It is built for Claude Code: the skills, the session briefing and the scheduled reviews all use Claude Code features. If that changes, owners will hear about it first.
Will it send emails to my clients?
Never. Every message it writes is a draft for you to read, change and send yourself. It does not send, post or pay anything on your behalf.
Where does my client data live?
In a folder on your computer, as plain Markdown files. During a session, Claude reads the files it needs, the same as any file you work on in Claude Code. Nothing is uploaded to Cut to the Point.
I am just starting out. Is it for me?
Yes. Onboarding works out your stage (starting out, side hustle, established or scaling) and changes its advice to match. Starting out, it focuses on your first paying clients, a portfolio and prices that do not undersell you.
Does it help with the editing itself?
It never touches your timeline. It looks after how you work: planning your edit sessions with deep blocks first in the day, shutting out distractions, stopping where you know what comes next, and a nudge when polishing goes past the brief. These habits are adapted from Editing Chef, the Cut to the Point course on editing productivity.
Is this legal or tax advice?
No. It gives practical, general information about contracts, late fees and tax set-asides, and tells you when to check with a local professional. Rules differ by country.
Do I get updates?
Yes. Updates replace the kit files (skills, playbooks, templates, the briefing script) and never touch your own data folders.
Spend your energy on the edit
Let the OS keep track of the leads, the follow-ups and the clients going quiet. You make the calls. It makes sure nothing slips.