Solutions
Five problems we are asked to solve most often, with what the build actually involves and what changes afterwards.
Why start from the problem
Choosing a technology first is how projects end up with an agent where a form would have done. Starting from the problem — who has it, how often, what it costs today — keeps the solution proportionate.
Each page below describes the shape of the work, a realistic timeline, and how you would know it worked.
- Defined by outcome, not by technology
- Realistic timelines from delivered projects
- Measurement agreed before the build
- Scoped so a first version ships in weeks
Why these five
They are the requests that arrive most often, and they share a shape: a repetitive task with a clear definition of done, enough existing material for a system to ground its answers in, and a human who can check the work where it matters.
That shape is what makes a problem suitable, far more than the industry it sits in. A support queue and an invoice pile fail in the same way and are fixed with the same ingredients.
What does not fit
Problems where nobody can say what a correct answer looks like. Problems where the underlying data is missing or contradictory, in which case the first project is a data one. And problems where the cost of a rare wrong answer is severe and no human review is acceptable — the honest advice there is usually not to automate the decision at all.
I will say so in the first week rather than the fourth month. Stopping early costs you a discovery fee; stopping late costs a quarter of engineering time.
By problem
Start from the outcome rather than the technology.
Customer Support Automation
Deflect repetitive tickets, escalate the rest with context.
More on customer support automationInternal Knowledge Assistant
One place your team can ask, instead of interrupting someone.
More on internal knowledge assistantLead Qualification
Answer and qualify inbound enquiries in seconds, day or night.
More on lead qualificationContent Operations
Produce and maintain content at volume without publishing filler.
More on content operationsBack Office Automation
Invoices, records, reconciliation and reporting, handled quietly.
More on back office automationFrequently asked questions
Can these be combined?
Frequently. A support assistant and an internal knowledge assistant often share the same retrieval layer, so building both costs far less than twice one.
Related pages
Tell us what you are building.
Send a short description of the problem and we will reply within one business day with an honest view of scope, cost and whether we are the right person for it.
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