The process

Five steps. From first call to running systems.

Every engagement follows the same arc. We find what's costing your team the most time, build the fix, and hand it off running — with documentation that keeps it working after we're gone.

01 30 minutes

The free call

You describe what's costing your team the most time. We ask questions. We tell you honestly whether it's worth automating, what it would take, and which workflows are worth a closer look. No deck. No pitch.

You get

A clear read on whether we're a fit and a first take on where the biggest opportunities are.

02 2 weeks

The Automation Blueprint

We interview the people actually doing the work, map every workflow you described, and quantify the time and cost behind each one. Every opportunity gets sized and ranked — by ROI and business impact, not by what's technically interesting.

You get

A written automation roadmap with 3–8 prioritized opportunities. What to build first, what to defer, what to skip — and why. Yours to keep regardless of what comes next.

03 Fixed scope · typically 2–10 weeks per project

Build and integrate

We build the automations on your roadmap one at a time, integrated into the systems your team already uses. You don't learn new software. Clear success criteria are set before we start. You get progress updates throughout — delivery timelines, what's running, what's next.

You get

Working automations built into your existing tools. No parallel systems to manage.

04 End of every project

Handoff

Every engagement ends with a delivery doc. Your team knows how the system works, what to feed it, and what to do if something breaks. We don't call it done until it's been running unattended for two weeks.

You get

A delivery doc your team can actually use. Two weeks running without us before we close the project.

05 Ongoing · optional

AI Operator

Some clients want us to stay on. We offer two versions. Advisory: we monitor your automations, flag issues, and surface new opportunities as your business changes. Active management: we run the agents, workflows, and integrations as your AI operator — you focus on the business.

You get

Systems that hold up 6 and 12 months in, and a partner who tells you what to automate next.

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Ready to start?

Book the free 30-minute call. You'll leave with a clear picture of what's worth automating and what to do first.

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