Bidly
AI-powered proposal generator for freelancers
2026
The work
My own SaaS — built it, own it, use it. Generates winning Upwork/Fiverr proposals using the Claude API. Includes a proposal scoring system, onboarding flow, usage tracking, and an admin dashboard.
Situation
Freelancers waste hours rewriting cold proposals from scratch. Most AI tools spit out generic, soulless text that gets ignored.
Task
Stakeholders needed a product response to freelancers waste hours rewriting cold proposals from scratch. Most AI tools spit out generic, soulless text that gets ignored. The engagement boiled down to shipping the architecture, flows, and integrations implied by the solution — starting with built Bidly with a context-aware proposal engine, scoring rubric, usage analytics, and clean onboarding..
Action
Built Bidly with a context-aware proposal engine, scoring rubric, usage analytics, and clean onboarding. Used Claude under the hood for proposal generation and scoring.
Result
Live at bidly.space. I personally use Bidly to write the proposals that win contracts like RealTalk Referee — eating my own cooking.
