You should receive a human reply within one business day for most inquiries. If the brief is unclear, I will ask focused questions before proposing next steps.

Goal, audience, timeline, budget band (even rough), links to the site or repo, and constraints such as stack, compliance, or hosting. The more concrete the “done” state, the faster scoping goes.

For early conversations, share non-secret summaries and public URLs. If you need an NDA for deeper access, say so in the first message and we can handle it before exchanging sensitive materials.

There is no universal minimum, but very small asks sometimes fit better as a paid diagnostic or fixed mini-scope. If that is the case, I will propose something proportionate instead of dragging a mismatch.

Sometimes. Availability depends on active milestones. If there is a hard deadline, mention it up front—I will only commit to dates I can defend.