What owners ask before they book a build.

I build fixed-scope AI workflow sprints for service businesses of 5 to 50 people. The workflow drafts, checks the limits and sends or routes the work, inside the tools you already use. You approve the steps where your judgement matters. There are three sprints: the AI cleanup sprint from $1,500 (3 to 5 days), the single AI workflow sprint from $2,900 (7 to 10 days) and the end-to-end AI ops engine from $8,500 (14 to 21 days). I confirm the price in writing before work starts.

Sprints are fixed price from $1,500, confirmed in writing before work starts. Software licences and usage charges are paid directly to the vendors, and every tool is named in writing before we start. You own what is built and there is no lock-in. Typical running costs are on the pricing page.

Typically about $40 to $150 a month for a single workflow and about $150 to $500 a month for the end-to-end AI ops engine, paid to the tool vendors. The AI cleanup sprint usually needs no new software. These are estimates based on vendor prices checked on 17 October 2026. The full breakdown is on the pricing page.

The usual first candidates are enquiries and first replies, client onboarding and handover, status updates and reports, and invoicing and chasing payment. These are repeated, rule-based and spread across several tools, which is where a workflow pays back fastest. The free diagnostic shows which one fits your business.

The AI Automation Readiness Diagnostic is five questions about the workflow that costs your team the most manual time. It returns a plain-language report: how ready that workflow is to automate, the manual hours at stake by your own estimate, what to fix before building, and which sprint fits. It takes about two minutes.

Yes, including Southeast Asia. I work remotely across time zones, and location has never limited an engagement.

No. I map the workflow, build it in your accounts and hand over a recorded walkthrough and a one-page runbook. The automation asks for sign-off only above limits you set, and sends a short report.

HubSpot, Asana, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Slack, Make, n8n, Xero and Salesforce. If you use something else, ask on the free call.

The sprints typically take 3 to 5 days, 7 to 10 days and 14 to 21 days. A sprint ends at handover with a recorded walkthrough and a one-page runbook. Anything after that is a separate written agreement, so there is no open-ended retainer.

You get the report straight away. No sales call is needed to receive it, and there is no obligation to book anything afterwards.

It removes copy-and-paste coordination. Approvals and judgement stay with people.

I sign a data processing agreement before I see any client data. I use business or API accounts, which do not train on your content by default, and send tools only the fields a workflow needs. I name every tool that may handle your data in the written agreement before any data is shared. Access is through credentials you grant and can revoke, and project copies are deleted when the support window ends, or earlier if you ask. I do not hold a SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certificate. The vendors I use publish their own.

A general consultant advises. A sprint ends with a working workflow live in your own accounts, a one-page runbook and a recorded handover. I fix the process before I automate it, because automating an undecided approval just sends the same exception to you faster. I ran two service businesses for 28 years and sold both, so the builds reflect how service teams really work.

You do. It is built in your accounts and ownership transfers at final payment.