Most automation projects fail in week one — when nobody asked whether the problem was the right one to solve. We move slowly there on purpose. Once we understand, we move quickly.
A 45-minute conversation. We ask about your team's biggest time drains, the systems you use, where things break down. You get a direct read on whether this is the kind of work we can help with — before any money changes hands.
If we both think there's something here, we move into a structured audit. We sit with the people doing the actual work, map the workflows that exist, and identify where automation can change the economics of how the team operates.
You leave with a prioritised roadmap — what to automate, what to skip, and the ROI on each — that's yours to keep regardless of whether you build with us or someone else.
We scope the highest-value workflows from the audit and build them against a fixed price. You see working systems in your live environment within weeks — not prototypes, not sandboxes. Every milestone is reviewed with your team before we proceed.
We build on platforms you can take with you. n8n, Make, Claude API, custom Python where the situation calls for it. The point is that everything we build is something you could maintain or hand to another team if you ever needed to.
This is the part most consulting engagements skip. We hand over everything — credentials, documentation, walkthrough sessions, system architecture diagrams. Your team understands what was built and why. If you never call us again, the systems still run. If you call someone else next year, they can pick it up cleanly.
Some clients want an ongoing partnership rather than a one-off engagement. Each month we identify new automation opportunities, deploy improvements, and evolve the systems as the business grows. This is not a maintenance contract — maintenance is reactive. This is active iteration.
Cancellable any time. We'd rather you pay because the work continues to be valuable than because you signed a long contract.
These aren't aspirational. They're the constraints that shape every engagement, including the ones we walk away from.
No tool recommendation, no roadmap, no proposal until we genuinely understand how the work happens today. The audit isn't a formality — it's where the real thinking is done.
We won't pad scope to make the engagement bigger. We'll cut scope if we think the smaller version will deliver more. Our incentive is your outcome, not our hours.
The person who scopes your engagement builds it. There's no senior partner who sells and disappears, and no junior team learning on your project.
We build on open tools that you could maintain yourself or hand to another team. No proprietary platforms, no credential gatekeeping, no dependency unless you choose it.
Every engagement is scoped around a specific, observable change. Hours saved per week. Error rate reduced. Report time cut from X to Y. If we can't measure it, we won't promise it.
Sometimes the audit reveals the work isn't worth doing. We say so clearly. Losing a project is cheaper for everyone than delivering something that doesn't change anything.
Most engagements end with a phone call and a feeling that you might be on your own now. Ours end with a documented system you control, with the tools to keep evolving it.
Every workflow, integration, and decision logic written up so you can understand it without us in the room.
Every API key, account, and access token transferred to your team. We retain nothing unless you ask us to.
Recorded walkthroughs and live training for the team members who'll operate and maintain the systems day-to-day.
Included with every build. Time to surface issues, fine-tune, and stabilise before the engagement formally closes.
Even if we never build anything together, the audit document — workflow maps, prioritisation, recommendations — is yours to keep and act on.
The first call is free. Tell us what's on your mind, and we'll tell you honestly whether this kind of engagement makes sense for your situation.