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Quimy is the AI engine inside Quikly. It’s included in every plan — you don’t need your own API keys to use it. Quimy handles brief analysis, requirement generation, rate recommendations, risk analysis, and proposal quality evaluation.

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Brief analysis

In the proposal editor, Quimy works on your brief in two related ways:

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Primary path: Analyze and continue (step 2 → 3)

When you move from the project and brief step to scope, Quimy may run the full analysis pipeline in one action. The footer shows Analyze and continue when that run is required, or Next when a fresh analysis already matches the current brief and context. A successful run fills structured content for the proposal—requirements (or type-specific equivalents), delivery conditions, risks, governance suggestions, and any extra calls your type needs (for example staffing estimates). What you provide at step 2

• Brief text: email, notes, meeting transcript, bullets, or a formal excerpt.
• Optional attached files (PDFs, images, spreadsheets).
• Client, proposal type, rate or rate cards, dates, budget, and other fields the wizard asks for.

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Optional: Analyze with Quimy on the brief step

You can click Analyze with Quimy while still on the brief step to get brief-quality output—score, ambiguities, and clarifying questions—without advancing. That is independent of Analyze and continue, which runs (or is skipped) when you move into scope. Both can be part of the same session. What Quimy returns after a full analysis (outputs vary by proposal type):

• Structured requirements — each with a description, acceptance criteria, complexity score (1/3/5/8 story points), and hour estimate where applicable.
• Delivery conditions — verifiable conditions for each deliverable.
• Out-of-scope definitions — what the proposal explicitly does not cover.
• Risk analysis — identified risks with severity, probability, and mitigation strategies.
• Governance section — warranty period, revision rounds, change request process.

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Brief discovery

Before generating requirements, Quimy evaluates the quality of your brief and helps you fill gaps. Quality score (1–10): Clarifying questions are grouped by category:

• Scope — missing features, ambiguous requirements.
• Technical — stack decisions, infrastructure, third-party dependencies.
• Business — budget expectations, success criteria, stakeholders.
• Timeline — deadlines, phasing, milestones.
• Budget — range, payment terms, approval process.
• Users — target audience, expected load, accessibility.
• Integrations — external systems, APIs, data sources.

You can copy all questions to your clipboard and send them to your client via email or chat before generating the proposal.

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Rate recommendation

Quimy suggests hourly rates based on multiple factors:

• Role and seniority — different rates for junior, mid, senior, and lead positions.
• Region — market benchmarks adjusted for geographic location.
• Industry — client industry affects rate expectations.
• Project complexity — more complex projects justify higher rates.
• Client company size — enterprise clients typically accept higher rates than startups.
• Your profile data — work areas, specialty, and historical rate preferences.

You can also use the Rate Calculator at app.getquikly.com/rate-calculator — a free tool that gives you market rate benchmarks without creating a proposal.

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Differentiators generation

When you generate scope, Quimy also identifies what makes your proposal stand out. It analyzes the project context and your profile to suggest differentiators — technical advantages, relevant experience, methodology, or unique capabilities your team brings. These appear in a dedicated section of the proposal document and help justify your rate to the client.

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Requirement actions

Each generated requirement supports AI-powered actions: These actions let you refine individual requirements without regenerating the entire scope.

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Governance and risks

For every proposal type, Quimy can generate:

• SOW-grade governance — warranty period, revision policy, change request process, escalation path, and payment terms.
• Risk analysis — a list of identified risks with severity (high/medium/low), probability, impact description, and recommended mitigation.
• Out-of-scope clauses — explicit boundaries that protect against scope creep.
• Service commitments — SLAs, response times, and uptime targets (especially for Retainer and Staff Augmentation types).

You toggle visibility of governance and risk sections in the proposal settings. They appear in the shared document when enabled.

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Alignment questions

After sharing a proposal, you can generate alignment questions from the Follow-up tab. These are post-proposal questions designed to align expectations with the client before kickoff. The alignment flow works as a stepper:

1. Quimy generates questions covering scope interpretation, priorities, communication preferences, and success criteria.
2. You review and optionally edit the questions.
3. Share the questions with your client via the proposal link.
4. Responses feed into a kickoff checklist — a structured summary of agreed-upon expectations.

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AI providers

Quimy is included in all plans with its own AI quota — you don’t need to bring your own keys. Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) is optional. If you prefer to use your own API key, Quikly supports:

• Google Gemini
• OpenAI (GPT-4o and later)
• Anthropic (Claude)

When you configure a BYOK key in Settings → AI, Quimy uses your key instead of the built-in quota. This is useful if you want higher throughput or prefer a specific model. Quimy quotas by plan: