INDEPENDENT AI CONSULTING · EST. 2026

Working with individuals and SMBs to transform AI from the hype they hear about into systems that work for them.

From picking the right tools to upskilling your team — practical AI help, real business solutions.

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18yrs in enterprise software1live productPennsylvania· serving remote
§ 01THE COMPANY

Clever Transformations is an independent consultancy and product studio focused on practical AI.

Founded to help small businesses and small IT teams get real value from AI. The work spans strategy, hands-on implementation, and team enablement.

Also the LLC behind AI SkillsBank, a live platform for individuals and teams that manage AI agents.

ENTITYClever Transformations LLC
FOUNDED2026
BASEDLimerick, PA
SERVINGRemote, US & anywhere
§ 02SERVICES

Four ways Clever Transformations supports small-team operators.

Engagements scale from a single workshop to a multi-month build. Start wherever the need is clearest.

01 — OPPORTUNITY MAPPING
Finding where AI actually fits
A focused engagement to identify the workflows where AI pays back — and the ones where it won't. Ends with a prioritized plan, not a slide deck.
02 — BUILD
Hands-on implementation
Agent workflows, integrations, and automations built to slot into how the business already runs. Real software, delivered to production.
03 — ENABLEMENT
Bringing IT teams up to speed
Training and coaching for small and midsize IT groups — so the current generation of AI tools becomes something the team can run with, not just something they've heard about.
04 — ADVISORY
Fractional technology partner
Ad-hoc consults, or monthly retainer for businesses who want a technologist on call — without the cost and commitment of a full-time hire.
§ 03LABS & PROJECTS

Working experiments, shipped patterns, and real artifacts.

The work that informs the consulting — built in the open where possible.

RESEARCH
OpenClaw / Hermes Agent
A live testbed for agentic AI — autonomous research, documentation, and agent memory experiments. Where new patterns get tested before they reach client work.
PRACTICE
AI-assisted product delivery
Spec-driven development, AI-assisted prototyping, and agentic workflows that compress the distance between idea and shipped software.
PATTERNS
Lightweight business agents
Support, triage, summarization, internal ops, research. Practical automations that fit into existing team workflows without over-engineering.
FRAMEWORK
A blueprint for SMB AI adoption
A phased approach that takes teams from curiosity to confident operation: can we, should we, how would it work, how do we run it, how do we improve it.
See the blueprint →
NEW
INFRASTRUCTURE
Self-hosted agent infrastructure
Running agentic automations on dedicated hardware instead of vendor platforms — predictable costs, no per-token meter, full control of the data. The pieces SMBs actually need to operate agents without lock-in.
§ 04PRODUCT
SAAS · AISKILLSBANK.COM
AI SkillsBank

The reliability layer for AI agents — save, version, test, and improve the instructions your agents depend on.

● LIVE

Start with a skill. Grow into an agent. AI SkillsBank turns one-off prompts into tested, reusable skills — then composes them into full agent bundles you can simulate, eval, and export to any AI tool. Free to browse, no account needed.

PATH 01 — EVERYDAY AI USERS
Stop rewriting your best prompts
Browse community skills, fill in variables, copy to any AI tool in seconds. Build your own in three clicks — no coding required.
PATH 02 — AGENT BUILDERS
Compose skills into a whole agent
Bundle skills with a soul, knowledge, memory, tools and guardrails. Design in plain language, simulate it, then export to run anywhere.
WHAT'S INSIDE
✓Visual agent composer — soul, skills, knowledge, memory, tools, guardrails
✓Agent simulation — with component-attribution traces
✓Evals & test sandbox — so the next version can’t quietly regress
✓Three start modes — describe, import CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md, or blank
✓Multi-platform export — Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, Codex, MCP, plain Markdown
✓Skill Optimizer — convert skills across harnesses
✓Public agent portfolios — show the agents you built and tested
✓Teams & private libraries — with version history and security scanning
visit aiskillsbank.com →read the 10-min crash course on skills & agents ↗
Free to try · Premium $5/mo · No lock-in
§ 05FOUNDER
Dan Smith, Founder of Clever Transformations LLC

Dan Smith

FOUNDER · CLEVER TRANSFORMATIONS LLC

Eighteen plus years in enterprise software. Clever Transformations exists to channel that experience toward individuals and small businesses who need the same thinking at a very different scale.

The focus is narrow on purpose: agentic AI, shipped to production, with the people who'll run it trained along the way.

CURRENTLY
  • SHIPPINGAI SkillsBank — agent composer, simulation, and multi-platform export
  • BUILDINGSelf-hosted agent infrastructure — on dedicated hardware
  • PUBLISHEDThe Agent Blueprint — a phased framework for SMB AI adoption
linkedin ↗substack ↗
§ 06WRITING

Notes from the work.

Long-form thinking on technology, agentic AI, and the tools shaping how small teams build.

SUBSTACK
Clever Transformations
Long-form articles on technology, engineering, AI, and the tools shaping what small teams can now build.
read on substack →
LINKEDIN
Industry notes & updates
Shorter-form posts, commentary, and the occasional lesson from a live engagement.
connect on linkedin →
§ 07CONTACT

Start a conversation.

Project in mind, or just curious whether AI is worth the attention right now? Either is a fine reason to get in touch.

The first conversation is always free and low-pressure. Fifteen minutes to understand the situation — no pitch, no commitment.

webclevertransformations.com
locationLimerick, PA