04 Services
Workflow automation consulting A written read before any build.
You describe where the work is stuck. We reply with a written take: the bottleneck, whether automation pays, and a first step. Direct engineering access. No queue. No package off a menu.
Problem
Teams buy the bot before they name the bottleneck.
Automation vendors sell a stack. Founders need a decision. If the painful work is a messy process, a missing owner, or a tool nobody was trained on, a chatbot will not save it. It will hide it.
An audit is the honest product when you are not sure. It is not a discovery workshop that turns into a 40-page deck. It is a written read from the person who would also do the build.
Sometimes the first step is a small agent. Sometimes it is a calendar rule, a form, or wait. We will say not yet when that is the honest answer. Always open. No build slot required.
- Pressure to 'add AI' without a job to be done
- Three tools already overlapping, and a fourth on a demo call
- A previous chatbot that staff quietly turned off
- No shared picture of where time actually goes
Who
Who this is for.
Founders who need a written decision before a build budget — including when the answer is not yet.
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Pressure to add AI
Someone asked for a chatbot. Nobody named the job. You want a read, not a demo.
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Tools already overlapping
Three products cover the same loop. A fourth is on a demo call. The question is which loop to keep.
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A bot nobody uses
A previous widget got turned off. Before the next one, you want the bottleneck on paper.
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Always open
No build slot required. Consulting is the product when you are not sure. The form is the start.
Examples
What this looks like in practice.
The deliverable is a written take. Sometimes that take is wait, a form, or a hire — not an agent.
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Automate this, wait on that
The inbox is ready. The CRM is not. The note says which loop to build and which cleanup to do first.
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A named expensive loop
Not a vibe. Hours, missed calls, or reputation — mapped to the tools you already run.
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A different first step
A calendar rule, a form, or a person in the seat. If a chatbot would hide the mess, the note says so.
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A scoped yes
When it is worth building, you get the tier, the fallback, and a first step. Then you decide.
Process
How the work runs.
The form is the start of the audit. You are not buying a build when you send it.
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You write the friction
Name, work email, company size, and where the work is stuck. Specifics beat slogans.
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We read the stack
What you already run, where the data lives, and which loop actually costs money or reputation.
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You get a written take
The bottleneck, whether it is worth automating, and a first step. That reply is the audit.
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You decide
Build with us, pause, or do the first step yourselves. No retainer unless you want one after a launch.
Integrations
Wired to what you already run.
We plug in. The workflow does not wait on a new stack.
- HubSpot
- Shopify
- Stripe
- QuickBooks
- Google Sheets
- Calendars
Outcomes
What changes when it ships.
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A named bottleneck
Not a vibe. The loop that is actually expensive.
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A yes, a not yet, or a different first step
You are not left with a generic 'explore AI' slide.
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Scope you can show a partner
If you do build, the work is already bounded.
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No queue, no account manager
We scope it. If we ship later, we ship it.
Enquire
Tell us where the friction is.
Write where the work is stuck. We read it and reply. No build commitment.