Automation
Automate the work your team repeats.
I find where your team loses time to repeatable document and data tasks, and build workflows that run reliably in production, at a fixed price per outcome.
What I automate
Not chatbots. I look at how the work actually runs, find where manual effort creates risk or delay, and automate it. I use Claude’s API for the language-heavy steps and connect it to the systems you already have. Every workflow ships with logging and error alerts.
Document intelligence. Extracting, classifying and routing PDFs, forms, invoices and compliance documents without manual data entry.
Approval and data pipelines. Trigger-based workflows and scheduled data pipelines that keep your systems and reports up to date.
Checks and reports. Compliance checks and report generation that run on their own, instead of someone copying numbers into a spreadsheet.
What it costs
Fixed prices, per outcome rather than per hour. You pay your own tool and AI subscriptions directly, at cost. I never mark them up.
Single workflow
R3,950
- One trigger-to-action job in your own tools
- Logging and error alerts
- Tested and handed over
AI workflow
R9,500
- A multi-step workflow with an AI step
- Error handling built in
- Run alongside your manual process for 2 weeks
Keep it running
R650 a month
- Monitoring and small tweaks
- Month to month, no lock-in
AI and tool costs are paid by you directly, at cost.
Not sure which workflow to start with? An Ideas session turns it into a clear plan.
Ask about automationA short example
Accordium: food safety compliance, automated
Real-time IoT sensor data, automatic HACCP log generation, corrective-action routing and audit report export, replacing manual paper logs and fridge checks.
Read the Accordium case studyBringing AI into the whole business?
A roadmap for AI across your operations (what to automate, when to build or buy, and how to manage the change) is part of the Fractional CTO role.
AI & automation as your Fractional CTOWhat does your team do by hand every week?
Tell me the task and the tools you use. I’ll tell you honestly whether it’s worth automating.
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