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Services / AI & Automation

Custom AI Tools & MVP Development

A working first version of your product, tool, or AI agent — scoped small enough to actually ship.

A fixed price agreed before anything is built — not an hourly meterYou own everything shipped — the code, the accounts, the dataA trial period before anything replaces a process you depend onOne named point of contact — not a rotating support queue

Sound familiar?

  • You've sketched the idea on a napkin, in Notion, or in your head a dozen times already
  • You need something real to show an investor, a client, or your own team — not another slide deck
  • A bigger agency quoted six months and a number that made you close the laptop
  • You'd rather learn from real users in a few weeks than keep guessing for six months

For an idea that needs a real, working version before it needs a full product team — an internal tool, a small AI-powered app or agent, a SaaS proof of concept to put in front of a client or investor. Scoped down to the smallest version that actually proves the idea, built on a standard production stack, not a wishlist of every feature at once. It's the difference between an idea that stays a slide deck forever and one a real person can click through, break, and tell you honestly what's wrong with it — in weeks, not the better part of a year.

What's included

  • 01A scoping call that cuts the idea down to what a first version actually needs
  • 02A working build on a standard production stack (React, Node.js, or your own) — not a mockup
  • 03Core AI functionality — a model, an agent, a recommendation engine — wired in from day one
  • 04A live, shareable link from early on, not just a single reveal at the very end
  • 05Built to be extended — a real foundation, not disposable throwaway code
  • 06A clear handover: full source code, docs, and what a next version would add

Where this fits

For the business side of things, not the book itself — this is scoped around your workflows, your tools, and your customer-facing systems, and runs independently of any writing or publishing project you have with us.

Ownership & confidentiality

  • You keep 100% of copyright and royalties on everything delivered.
  • An NDA is signed before any of your material is shared, including on the intro call.

Reference specs

Illustrative, not a quote.

Typical scopeOne core workflow or agent
Timeline2–5 weeks
HandoverSource code + docs, yours to keep
Ownership100% yours, always

Book a free automation audit

A real look at your actual workflow and an honest read on whether this is worth automating yet — not a generic sales pitch.

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Questions about custom ai tools & mvp development

What if the scope grows once we actually start building?

It usually does a little, which is normal — the scoping call locks a first version deliberately small so a growing wishlist becomes a clearly-priced next phase instead of quietly ballooning the one you already agreed to.

Do we own the code and any AI models or prompts it uses?

Yes, fully — the handover includes source code and documentation, and there's no license-back clause keeping any part of it tied to us.

How is this different from a full product build?

This proves one core idea works, on real users, as fast as honestly possible. A full product build is everything that comes after you know it's worth building — a different, bigger engagement, scoped separately once you actually need it.

Can you keep building after the first version ships?

Yes — a lot of clients treat the first version as the start of an ongoing relationship rather than a one-off. Nothing about that is assumed or required, though; it's your call once you've seen what shipped.

I'm not technical at all — can I still direct this?

Yes — the scoping call is built for exactly that. You bring the idea and the judgment calls about what matters; we translate that into what actually gets built.

How an automation project actually runs

Four steps, the same for every service in this category — so you know exactly what happens between the free call and the day it goes live.

Step 01

Discovery call

A free call to learn your actual workflow, tools, and what's really costing you the most time — not a generic intake questionnaire.

Step 02

Scoped proposal, fixed price

A written proposal with a defined scope and a fixed price, before anything gets built. No hourly meter running quietly in the background.

Step 03

Build, connect, and test

Built against that scope and run alongside your current process first, so a problem surfaces in testing — never in front of a customer.

Step 04

Launch, handover & support

A real handover once it's live — documentation, a walkthrough, and a defined support window — not a disappearing act the day it ships.

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