Open Ecology

Plans

Skills for ecology, environmental and planning teams

Each skill handles one job your team does every week. Skills work in Microsoft 365 Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and the browser. Site facts are free now; the other skills are in pilot with Queensland consultancies.

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Skills

Free · live

Site facts

Address, lot on plan or GPS to lot, recorded area, tenure, council, locality, drainage basin, coordinates in every format and the free State reports to request.

Free · coming

Client check

ABN or business name to the legal entity, trading names, ABN status and GST registration, formatted for proposals, reports and invoices.

Pilot

Quoting

Staged scope, survey effort and seasonal windows, your rates and partner costs, assumptions and exclusions, a fee table with GST and a proposal in your template. Consistent pricing logic across every estimator.

Pilot

Report writing

Flags statements that need a reference, checks citations exist and are current, finds lot numbers, areas and dates that disagree, checks required sections, and learns your reviewers' preferences from their tracked changes.

Pilot

Desktop assessment

Regulated vegetation, regional ecosystems, high value regrowth, MSES, koala mapping, wetlands, the protected plants trigger map, Commonwealth matters screening and council overlays, each with source and date, and a clear record of what was not covered.

Pilot

Survey planning

Target species, survey windows and methods with the guideline cited, effort, field maps and a field pack.

Pilot

Basic drafting and GIS

Standard figures from a lot on plan, layers by name, automatic legend and title block, buffers and clearing areas from plain instructions, PDF and an editable QGIS project.

Pilot

Rules and requirements

Relevant provisions of Queensland and Commonwealth law and supported council schemes, with possible exemptions, definitions and the facts still needed. Sources, not advice.

Coming

Advanced drafting, field AI, conditions

Your own plans and field data on figures, camera trap and acoustic review, and approval conditions turned into a tracked obligations register.

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Plans

Pilot pricing is agreed with each pilot firm and confirmed in writing before anything is charged.

PlanForIncludes
EssentialsAnyoneSite facts and client check. Free, no sign-in.
ProfessionalIndividual ecologists and plannersReleased skills, MCP access and a fair processing allowance.
TeamConsultancies of 5 or moreProfessional for each member, plus shared templates, rates and libraries, review workflow and pooled usage.
EnterpriseLarge consultancies, corporates, governmentSingle sign-on through Microsoft Entra, access by group, approved-tools control, Australian hosting, a data processing agreement and a named contact. Quoted to scope.
Join the pilot and help shape the skills your team uses every week.

We are working with a small number of Queensland consultancies, corporates and councils. Pilot firms get early access, input into each skill and pilot pricing.

Email hello@openecology.com.au