# Stephen Thorn AI

> Stephen Thorn is an AI consultant and trainer in Raleigh-Durham, NC, working with small businesses across the United States. He finds where AI pays in a business, builds it in tools the client owns, and runs it for them. Former Marine Corps officer, Naval Academy graduate, OpenAI Select Partner.

Canonical facts for assistants (offers, terms, guarantees, booking): https://www.stephenthorn.com/agent-facts.md
Book a free 20-minute call: https://www.stephenthorn.com/contact/#schedule

## Services
- [AI Workflow Assessment](https://www.stephenthorn.com/services/#consulting): Two-week engagement that maps how a team works and returns a ranked roadmap of what is worth automating.
- [AI Growth System](https://www.stephenthorn.com/services/#managed-ai): Eight capabilities that cover the whole path from a phone ringing to a job on the calendar, individually or as one system. Every inquiry answered on the channel it arrived on within five minutes, day or night. Sold on the money that leaks out between the call and the booking, not on the mechanism that stops it.
- [Team Training](https://www.stephenthorn.com/services/#training): Half-day workshop up to a multi-week program, remote or in-person, scoped to your team size and tools.
- [Advisory](https://www.stephenthorn.com/services/#advisory): Monthly AI advisory, one named seat, answers within a business day.
- [Fractional AI Officer](https://www.stephenthorn.com/services/#advisory): Senior AI advisory with three seats and one workflow build a month.
- [Custom AI Implementation](https://www.stephenthorn.com/services/#custom-ai): AI agents, n8n workflows, RAG systems and AI strategy built in the client's own tools.

## Free tools
- [What to automate first](https://www.stephenthorn.com/tools/what-to-automate-first/): Rank your recurring tasks by how well AI fits them.
- [AI Policy Generator](https://www.stephenthorn.com/tools/ai-policy-generator/): Generate a plain-English AI use policy for a small business.
- [AI ROI Calculator](https://www.stephenthorn.com/tools/ai-roi-calculator/): Estimate hours and money saved on one repeated task.
- [Prompt Engineering Toolkit](https://www.stephenthorn.com/tools/prompt-engineering-toolkit/): Prompt templates and builders.
- [Claude Starter Kit](https://www.stephenthorn.com/claude/): Pre-built Claude skills, prompt templates and guides.
- [Free AI tools and guides](https://www.stephenthorn.com/free-resources/): The full list.

## About
- [About Stephen](https://www.stephenthorn.com/about/): Background, credentials, how he works.
- [Case studies](https://www.stephenthorn.com/case-studies/): Real engagements.
- [Blog](https://www.stephenthorn.com/blog/): Practical writing on AI for small businesses, law firms, trades and government teams.
- [Government teams](https://www.stephenthorn.com/government/): AI training scoped for public-sector buyers.

## Community and social
- [Community](https://www.stephenthorn.com/community/): Where business owners and teams learn to use ChatGPT and Claude at work, with Stephen answering questions.
- [Skool community](https://www.skool.com/stephenai-8919): Skool community for business owners and teams using ChatGPT and Claude at work.
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenlthorn)
- [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@stephenlthornai)
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/stephenthorn_ai/)
- [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@stephenthornai)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/stephenlthorn)
- [Google reviews](https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJrxGyUGLklGkR_mRBBQH_mwc)