Automations and AI
It works for you. You stay in charge.
Invoice reminders in your tone, proposal and contract nudges, receipts, a weekly briefing, Slack pings, and a calendar feed. Raoura chases so you never have to.
The admin between the work is where solo evenings go: assembling the contract and invoice after every yes, remembering to bill the retainer on the first, writing the third polite nudge about an unpaid invoice, and finding words for the client who just asked for one more thing for free. None of it is billable, and all of it is exactly the kind of repetitive, careful work software should be doing for you.
How it works
1. Flip the switches once
Automations in the sidebar. Every switch in one place: the on-accept chain, receipts, contract nudges, your weekly briefing, reminder tone and cadence, the calendar feed, and Slack pings. On by default, off in one click, timing knobs under Advanced.
2. Retainers invoice themselves
Set a retainer on any client: the amount, monthly or quarterly, and the day. Raoura creates the invoice on schedule. By default it waits as a draft for your review; if you prefer, flip Send automatically and the pre-agreed invoice goes out on its own and joins the normal reminder cadence.
3. The assistant handles the awkward parts
When a client message smells like scope creep, one click compares it against what you agreed. If it is new work, you get a warm drafted reply and a priced change order that becomes a draft invoice in one more click. You edit every word before anything is sent, and each draft costs one AI credit.
4. Monday opens with answers
One email each Monday morning: what is overdue, which proposals have gone quiet (and whether they were even opened), and what is waiting on a client, with one suggested action up top. It only sends when there is something to say.
Accepted proposals prepare their own paperwork
The moment a client accepts, the draft contract and draft invoice are waiting when you open the proposal, built from its line items. You review and send; Raoura never sends for you.
Reminders that escalate like a human would
A gentle heads-up before the due date, a note on the day, a follow-up when it slips, and a firmer second notice a week later that mentions your late fee if you use one. Your tone, your cadence, pausable per invoice.
Receipts without thinking about receipts
Card payment or manually recorded, your client gets a branded receipt with the amount and remaining balance. Small touch, very professional, zero effort.
A scope-creep detector with a price tag
The assistant reads the request against your milestones and drafts both the reply and the change order. The awkward money conversation arrives pre-written, and you just adjust the number.
Draft replies in your voice
Stuck on a response? One click drafts the next message from the whole thread's context, matching the tone you picked for reminders. Edit, then post.
AI that never acts alone
Every AI feature produces an editable draft. Nothing is sent, signed, or charged without your explicit click. Drafts cost one credit each; your plan includes a monthly allowance.
Other tools answer this with a workflow builder: weeks of configuring triggers and canvases before anything works, which is why a whole industry of paid setup consultants exists. Raoura ships the handful of automations every freelancer actually needs, already built, each one a simple switch. And where judgment is involved, money, scope, tone, the AI drafts and you decide. It is the difference between hiring an assistant and building a robot.
Frequently asked questions
Will Raoura ever send something without me?
Only two things, both opt-in and both money-safe: payment receipts (a courtesy confirmation) and retainer invoices where you explicitly enabled Send automatically for that schedule. Contracts, proposals, replies, and change orders are always drafts until you send them.
Do the automations cost extra?
No. Automations are part of the flat $17/mo plan. AI drafting uses credits; a monthly allowance is included and you can buy more if you run out.
Can I turn any of this off?
Yes, each automation is its own switch in Settings, under Automations, and reminders can be paused per invoice, proposal, or project.
How is this different from HoneyBook or Dubsado automations?
There is no workflow builder to configure and no setup weeks. The automations every freelancer needs are already built and on by sensible default; you just choose which ones you want.
Hire the assistant, skip the robot
Turn on the automations once and get your evenings back. Everything important still crosses your desk first.
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