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Custom automation
Business automation built with AI and workflow tooling: AI agents, n8n, OpenClaw, and Muse. The repetitive work in your business, connected and run reliably, with a human gate where it matters.
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Most businesses lose hours every week to work a machine should be doing: copying between tools, chasing follow-ups, re-typing the same document in a second format. Custom automation connects that work and runs it reliably.
We start by mapping one painful workflow, not by selling a platform. The flow is then built with AI and workflow tooling, with a human gate wherever judgement matters, tested against your real work, and handed over with a runbook your team can follow.
The automation ladder
One service, bought in stages. Each step is scoped in writing and approved at its gate before the next begins.
Automation Audit
One painful workflow mapped end to end, a shortlist of what to automate first in order of return, and a fixed build roadmap.
First Workflow Build
The first flow, built properly: one workflow on the automation stack, with human review points where judgement matters, tested with your real data.
Custom Automation Flows
Further flows added in stages, each scoped in writing and approved at its gate, until the repetitive work runs as one system.
Automation Care RetainerThe ongoing step
Monitoring, fixes, and small improvements after launch, so the system keeps running and keeps improving.
What is included (9)
- A workflow map of one painful process, end to end
- A shortlist of what to automate first, in order of return
- One workflow built on n8n, with AI steps where they help
- Human review points built in, where judgement matters
- Testing with your real data before handover
- Error alerts and a fallback path when a step fails
- A runbook and handover document
- A staff training session
- Monitoring, fixes, and small improvements after launch
How it runs
Start with an audit
We map one painful workflow end to end and agree what the build should do before anything is priced.
Scope in writing
The build, the tools, and the access needed are confirmed in writing. No surprises later.
Build in stages
The flow is built in stages you can follow, with human review points placed where they matter.
Test with real data
The flow runs against your real work, with you watching, before it is trusted with it.
Handover and training
You get the runbook and a training session. Monitoring and small improvements continue after launch.
Where it starts
Starts with an Automation Audit: one workflow mapped end to end, a shortlist of what to automate first, and a fixed build roadmap. From there, the first build is one workflow, done properly.
Questions
How does an engagement start?
With an introduction and a conversation. Tell us the problem first; we will tell you plainly whether this is the right service for it, and what it would take. For this service, it starts with an Automation Audit: one workflow mapped end to end.
How is the work priced?
Scope and price are agreed in writing, in an engagement letter, before work starts. Prices are set per engagement, because the work is custom. There is no checkout page, and there are no surprise invoices.
What does the automation ladder look like?
It runs in three named steps: an Automation Audit, then a First Workflow Build, then Custom Automation Flows. After the build steps, an Automation Care Retainer covers monitoring, fixes, and small improvements.
What happens after the automation launches?
Monitoring, fixes, and small improvements continue after launch. You also get a runbook, a handover document, and a staff training session.
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