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Workflow automation

Give the team its week back.

The problem

Skilled people are doing clerical work.

Reports rebuilt by hand, leads routed in chat, approvals lost in threads. The hours add up, and so do the errors.

The solution

We automate the Monday reports, the hand-routed leads, and the approvals stuck in a thread, so the work runs without anyone remembering to.

Time
4 to 8 weeks
Price
From $18,000
Deliverable
Working automations, docs, and training
Is it the right fit?

Where it fits

Build, because it changes how the work gets done. The reports, routing, and approvals your team handles by hand today run on their own, with a person approving where it matters.

This is right when

  • You can name the work: the report rebuilt every Monday, the leads routed by hand, the approval stuck in a thread.
  • The steps repeat, and the tools already exist. They just do not talk to each other.
  • You pay for tools nobody uses.

Not the right engagement when

  • You do not yet know which work is worth automating.Start with the AI Readiness Audit.
  • The process needs its own interface, database, or users.Look at Custom tools.
  • A tool you already pay for can do it once it is set up properly.We tell you on the scoping call, and you skip the build.
How it works

What we build

01Agents and pipelines

n8n workflows and model-backed agents for monitoring, drafting, classifying, and routing, with a person approving where it matters.

02CRM and lifecycle plumbing

Lead routing, enrichment, scoring, and the handoffs that usually happen by Slack.

03Reporting that builds itself

Data from the tools you already use, in one sheet, dashboard, or weekly email.

04Martech consolidation

Cancel what nobody uses, connect what is left.

How we decide what to build

Hours saved, revenue affected, risk if it fails, and how hard it is. Plain automation first. A model only where judgment is needed and a person can check it.

Examples we have shipped
Before and after
The next decision

Automation, an existing tool, or custom software?

If the steps repeat and the tools already exist, automation is enough. If a tool you already pay for can do it once it is set up properly, we say so. If the process needs its own interface, data, or users, that is Custom tools. If you do not know what to automate first, the AI Readiness Audit makes the list.

Request a scoping callNot sure what to automate first? That is what the audit is for.
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