Specialist fractional talent · a Rafiki Works collaboration

Add senior specialists from chat,
without the risk of a full-time hire.

Pull vetted fractional and contract operators, AI, automation, GTM and creative, straight into your Petl projects and chat flows. Brief in plain language, get a ranked shortlist, invite them in minutes. Invoices and payouts run on the rails you already use.

Senior fractional operatorsKYC verified & provenBrief to shortlist in under 48hIndividuals or micro-agencies
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Rafiki Works connects global companies with fractional specialists and micro-agencies across AI engineering, automation, GTM and creative, on a fractional or fully managed basis. We flex to how you want to work.

A trusted partner for a specialist fractional talent network, working with individuals and micro-agencies and delivering for clients worldwide. Three years in, 55+ projects shipped internationally across creative strategy, GTM, distribution, AI engineering, automation, MCP, and SEO, AEO, GEO and LLM optimisation. Read the Rafiki Works FAQs.

3yrs
Delivering for global clients
55+
Projects shipped internationally
<5%
Of 500+ applicants passed seniority and AI vetting
72h
Typical time to an introduction

Want to partner with us?

Rafiki Works is a trusted partner for specialist fractional talent. Whether you run an agency, network or platform, want to add your product or service to the MCP, build on top of it, or simply collaborate across projects, there are perks for partners.

Plug in & referTap the bench for your own clients, or refer work and earn for introductions.
Add to the MCPSurface your product or service inside the Rafiki Talent MCP, discoverable by people and agents.
Build on topCompose the MCP into your own tools and agents, or build new products on the rails.
CollaborateTeam up across projects and co-deliver for clients, fractional or fully managed.
Partnerships & perks
Humans and agents, one bench

Search and invite
talent from chat.

The Rafiki Talent MCP is open to people and to agents. Brief it in plain language from Claude or Slack, get a ranked shortlist, and invite the right specialist into a Petl project. Invoices and payouts run on Petl rails.

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Rafiki Works MCP connected · talent data is live from the pool
Live capture of the Rafiki Talent MCP running inside Claude.
Built for agencies & networks

The ideal collaboration for teams that staff projects.

Pull top talent into the project-based workflows you already run in Petl, or into your existing team.

01

Capacity on demand.

Scale a project team up or down by the week. No headcount, no recruiter fees, no bench sitting idle between briefs.

02

Rare specialists.

Senior AI, automation and GTM operators who have shipped across dozens of projects. Hard to hire locally, ready this week.

03

Try, then hire.

Lower-risk than a permanent hire. Start fractional, and if it clicks we can facilitate contract-to-hire across 130 countries.

04

Vetted and verified.

Top talent is KYC verified and has delivered across multiple projects with the Rafiki Works management team. No cold marketplace.

The bench · live examples

Current Rafiki specialists you could pull in.

A live look at specialists currently working on projects inside Rafiki, the kind of people you could invite into yours. Beyond those shown, around 37 more vetted individuals and micro-agencies are ready and waiting for work.

CB
Christo Burger
Outbound & GTM Specialist
KYC verified · Claude accredited
8+ years outbound & GTM
Multiple projects with the team
Outbound sequencingApolloGTM
Ready to work
KV
Kim van Vuuren
Creative Strategist & Graphic Designer
KYC verified
Proven with the team
Cape Town, ZA
Brand buildingCreative GTMArt direction
Ready to work
GC
Greg Cooke
GTM & Growth Engineer
KYC verified
45 projects with the team
London, GB
GTM & GrowthClaude · MCPAPI
Ready to work
WK
Werner Kotze
Senior Growth Engineer
KYC verified
7 projects with the team
Toronto, CA
AI engineeringMCP buildsGrowth eng
Ready to work
DN
Dan Nash
Creative Strategy & GTM
KYC verified
5 projects with the team
Cape Town, ZA
GTM strategyBrand strategyPartnerships
Ready to work
DL
Dan Lun
Designer & Engineer
KYC verified
12 projects with the team
Johannesburg, ZA
AI-assisted WebflowWebflow designBuild
Ready to work
~37

More ready for work

Vetted individuals and micro-agencies, available now and not yet on a project. Brief us and we will surface the right fit.

Vetted, KYC verified, proven across multiple projects with the Rafiki Works management team.
Unlock the bench

Unlock the Rafiki Talent MCP in Petl.

Tell us what you are building and we will turn on access to the bench inside your workspace, ready to search and invite from Claude or Slack.