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A narrow autonomous agent scoped to scheduling alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Aimed at solar ops teams, starting from data the business already produces.
In short: Scheduling Built for Ops Teams is an autonomous agent aimed at solar ops managers, covering scheduling. It scores 70/100 on AltF Ideas, carried by moat (87) and held back by feasibility (29). Typical pricing is $10k–$150k per customer per year, with a first version reachable in six to twelve months for $43k–$148k.
Solar teams lose a calendar rebuilt by hand every time one job slips. The work sits between two systems that were never designed to talk. Whoever knows how it works becomes a single point of failure.
A narrow autonomous agent scoped to scheduling alone — no platform, no migration, no six-month rollout. Revenue is managed service, which suits a buyer who wants the cost to track the value rather than the seat count.
| Total addressable market | $533M |
|---|---|
| Category growth (CAGR) | 22% |
| Annual contract value | $10k – $150k |
| Pricing model | Managed service |
| Time to first revenue | 71 days |
| Startup cost to MVP | $43k – $148k |
| Build effort | 6-12 months |
Tool-using agents became reliable enough to close a loop without supervision. Solar is growing at roughly 24% a year, and this job has not been re-tooled since it was designed around paper.
| Who | The gap |
|---|---|
| The incumbent suite | Sells a platform; this job is one neglected module inside it |
| A spreadsheet | The real incumbent in most of the market, and it is free |
| An offshore back office | Cheaper per hour, but does not scale down to the tail |
The buying cycle is slower than the build, so runway assumptions matter more than code.
An idea you cannot act on is entertainment. Four concrete steps, wired to tools already running on AltFTool.
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