The Pool Platinum Partner position

The Rework Pool has two sides. Businesses enter through the free instant audit at /pool. Automation experts enter through the Pool Platinum Partner position - an invite-only cohort presented at /pool/platinum, with the application itself at /rework-auto/expert.

It is a position, not a subscription: applying costs nothing, and every application is reviewed personally by an admin rather than auto-approved.

The bar

Partners share three things, and the page says exactly these:

• Verified proof of work. Platform-verified proofs at Bronze tier or higher - signed and checkable, not a portfolio of claims.
• Real automation expertise. You build AI and automation systems businesses run on, and you can demonstrate it in a working sample.
• They show up. Inside 48 hours to matched businesses, weekly in the pool. Responsiveness is logged beside your listing, not promised.

What the platform does for partners

Every mechanism below is live today: GitHub import turns shipped repositories into verified proofs; AI drafts your service listing from those proofs with a live market price band; signed build certificates unfurl on LinkedIn and Slack and carry an embeddable status badge; business audits match to experts by build tier, budget and tools; the earnings ladder tracks free sample → paid build → repeat clients with every decline reason returned as a concrete move; and your own clients count - bring one through your invite link and the engagement keeps escrow, disputes and your proof record, credited to you.

The commitments - and the one thing never asked

Partners keep engagements on REWORK (escrow, dispute coverage, verified proof record), respond to matched businesses within 48 hours, show up weekly, and deliver samples through the run record.

What is never asked is exclusivity. Your audience stays yours, your bio link stays yours, your other work stays yours - the protections are why engagements stay on the platform, not a lock-in clause.

How to apply

1. 1Read the position at /pool/platinum - it states the bar, the mechanisms, the first-90-days track and the commitments in full.
2. 2Start the application at /rework-auto/expert: your specialty, key skills, and the builds you will offer as free working samples.
3. 3An admin reviews it personally. Your verification tier is captured at submission - a higher tier carries more weight, but review is human either way.