USING THE HOURLY RATE IN CHATGPT (or any AI chat)

You do not need Claude. The file called paste-in.txt is a plain prompt, and it works in ChatGPT.

THE QUICK WAY (once)
1. Open a new chat in ChatGPT.
2. Open paste-in.txt, select all, copy, and paste it into the chat. Send it.
3. Answer its questions one at a time: how many classes, what each pays, and the minutes around each class (arriving early, planning, messages, travel, set up and clean).
4. It shows the sum step by step and gives you two numbers: the rate per paid hour, and the rate for every hour you listed.

THE KEEP-IT-HANDY WAY (every week)
If you want it ready without pasting each time, save the prompt:
- In ChatGPT, create a Project and paste the prompt into the Project's instructions. Every chat you start inside that Project then begins with it.
- If your plan lets you build a custom GPT, you can paste it into that instead.
Which of these your plan offers can change, so check your own plan. The quick way works on any plan.

CHECK IT ONCE
Run this known example and make sure you get the same numbers. Four classes, each pays for 1 hour, $200 total, and 30 minutes early or late, 30 minutes planning and messages, 30 minutes travel around each class. You should get $50 for each paid hour and $20 for each hour the week takes. If you do not, paste the prompt in again and start a fresh chat.

WHAT IT DOES NOT DO
It is arithmetic on the numbers you give it. It does not include tax, rent or studio fees, class fees, equipment or travel costs, and it does not tell you what to do with the answer.