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Advisory Retainer Service

Your dedicated Claude advisor on retainer

Claude evolves every few months. New models, new capabilities, new best practices. Most enterprises are 6-12 months behind. Our advisory retainer gives you a dedicated expert who keeps your deployment current, optimized, and strategically aligned — every month.

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48 hrs
New Capability Briefing
4 hrs
Avg. Response Time
Monthly
Strategy Sessions
12 mo
Avg. Retainer Length
The Case for Advisory

Claude changes. Your strategy needs to keep up.

Anthropic releases significant Claude updates every 2-3 months. Without a dedicated advisor, most organizations miss the opportunities these updates create.

2024

Claude 3 Family

Haiku, Sonnet, Opus introduced. Extended context windows. Artifacts feature launched. Most enterprises built their first use cases here.

2025

Claude 3.5 + Projects

Extended Thinking launched. Projects feature for persistent context. Claude Code released. Computer use capability. MCP servers. Massive expansion in enterprise use cases.

2026

Claude 4 + Agents

Agentic workflows, multi-step automation, deeper API integrations. Organizations with strong advisory relationships are capturing these capabilities 6+ months before others.

Retainer Tiers

Choose your advisory level

Three tiers designed for different organization sizes and advisory intensity needs. All retainers include dedicated advisor assignment and monthly strategy sessions.

Foundation

Growth Advisory

Custom
per month · 3-month minimum
  • Monthly 60-min strategy session
  • New capability briefings (weekly email)
  • Email support (48-hour SLA)
  • Quarterly deployment health review
  • Access to all ClaudeReadiness research
  • Best for: 50-500 employee organizations
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Executive

C-Suite Advisory

Custom
per month · 3-month minimum
  • Monthly 2-hour executive strategy session
  • New capability briefings (same-day call available)
  • Direct phone/Slack (2-hour response SLA)
  • Board-level AI strategy presentations
  • Competitive intelligence reports
  • Dedicated senior advisor assignment
  • Best for: 5,000+ employee organizations
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Monthly Cadence

What your advisory retainer looks like in practice

Week 1 New Capability Briefing
Whenever Anthropic releases a significant update — new model, new feature, new capability — you receive a personalized briefing from your advisor within 48 hours. Not a press release summary. A specific analysis of how this change affects your deployment, what use cases it unlocks, and what (if anything) you need to update. This alone typically generates 3-4 optimization opportunities per year.
Week 2 Monthly Strategy Session
Your 90-minute monthly strategy session covers: deployment performance review, new use case opportunities, roadmap prioritization, and any strategic questions your leadership team has about Claude. Your advisor comes prepared with specific recommendations based on your usage data and what they're seeing across our broader client portfolio. This is your dedicated time to think strategically rather than tactically about Claude.
Ongoing On-Demand Expert Access
When you're facing a specific Claude challenge — a prompt that isn't working, a deployment decision, a compliance question — you reach your advisor via Slack and get a response within 4 business hours. This keeps your team unblocked and prevents weeks-long delays waiting for the next scheduled meeting. Retainer clients average 3-5 on-demand questions per month.
Quarterly Deployment Health Review
A comprehensive review of your Claude deployment: usage metrics, ROI tracking, adoption rates by department, output quality assessment, and a written report with specific optimization recommendations for the next quarter. This keeps your leadership team informed and ensures your Claude deployment continuously improves rather than plateauing after the initial implementation.
CIO testimonial
Robert ChenCIO, Global Insurance Group

"We deployed Claude, moved on to other priorities, and six months later realized we'd missed three major capability releases that were directly relevant to us. The advisory retainer solved this problem completely. Our advisor briefs us on every update, tells us exactly what matters for our use cases, and keeps us 6 months ahead of our competitors."

Chief AI Officer testimonial
Michelle ParkChief AI Officer, Professional Services

"The on-demand access is what I value most. When my team hits a Claude problem, they reach our advisor and get unblocked same day. Before the retainer, those problems would sit for weeks. That immediacy compounds over a year into a meaningful competitive advantage. The retainer pays for itself in time savings alone."

FAQ

Advisory retainer questions

What's included in the Claude advisory retainer?
The advisory retainer includes: monthly 90-minute strategy sessions with your dedicated ClaudeReadiness advisor, new Claude capability briefings within 48 hours of any Anthropic release, quarterly deployment health reviews, on-demand Slack access (4 business hour SLA), monthly performance reports, and priority access to all ClaudeReadiness research and white papers.
Why do I need ongoing advisory if Claude is already deployed?
Claude evolves rapidly — Anthropic releases significant capability updates every few months. Without ongoing advisory, you risk missing new features that could dramatically improve your existing use cases. Our retainer clients consistently capture 30-40% more value from Claude than non-retainer clients because they act on new capabilities within days rather than months.
What's the minimum retainer commitment?
Our minimum retainer commitment is 3 months. Most clients continue for 12+ months because the value compounds as Claude evolves and as we develop deeper institutional knowledge of their specific deployment. We offer discounts for 6-month and 12-month commitments.
How is the advisory retainer different from a project engagement?
Project engagements have defined scopes, deliverables, and end dates. The advisory retainer is an ongoing relationship that provides continuity and institutional knowledge. Your advisor learns your business, your team, and your specific deployment — context that makes every strategy conversation more valuable over time.
Do you offer executive advisory for the C-suite?
Yes. Our executive advisory tier is designed for CIOs, CTOs, and Chief AI Officers who need strategic guidance on Claude's role in their broader technology and business strategy. Executive advisory includes board-level AI strategy briefings, competitive intelligence on peer deployments, and direct access to our senior advisors.
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Start your Claude advisory retainer

Tell us about your organization and we'll schedule a discovery call to discuss which advisory tier is right for you and match you with the right advisor for your industry and deployment type.

  • Dedicated advisor matched to your industry and use cases
  • Monthly strategy sessions and deployment reviews
  • New capability briefings within 48 hours of release
  • On-demand expert access via Slack
  • Quarterly health reviews with optimization recommendations
  • Priority access to all new ClaudeReadiness research

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