Service 02
Automation Build Sprint
One workflow taken from manual to automated and running in production. Sometimes that means AI agents, sometimes a simple integration. Either way it’s built around the tools you already use.
What it is
A build sprint takes one workflow and finishes it. Not a prototype, not a slide about what could be possible: the thing runs in production, your team uses it on Monday morning, and the manual version gets switched off. Four to eight weeks, scope agreed before anything starts.
One workflow is the unit on purpose. The automation projects that stall are the ones that try to fix six processes at once and never quite finish any of them. Picking the single workflow that costs you the most hours, building it properly, and handing it over is a smaller promise and a much better bet.
What you get
System design, build and deployment, from the architecture decisions through to the thing running live
Integration with your existing stack, so the automation sits inside the tools your team already opens every day
Documentation, playbooks and team handover, written for the people who will run it after I leave
30 days of post-launch support, for the edge cases that only appear once real work goes through it
The handover is the part most build engagements do badly, so it is scheduled rather than squeezed in at the end. Your team should be able to change a rule, read a log and fix a stuck job without calling me.
How it runs
Agree the shape
We fix the scope, the success condition and the integration points before any code is written. I work from the real cases, including the awkward ones, because the exceptions are what decide whether an automation survives contact with the work.
Build in the open
Short cycles with something to look at each time, rather than a reveal at the end. You see it running against your own data early enough to say it is wrong while changing it is still cheap.
Deploy, document, train
It goes live, the documentation and playbooks land with it, and I train the people who will own it. Then 30 days of support while real volume goes through and the last few edge cases surface.
What it’s built with
The tooling follows the problem, not the other way round. Plenty of workflows need nothing cleverer than a reliable integration and a queue. Where a model genuinely earns its place, this is what I build with.
Agent-based systems, RAG pipelines, workflow automation, and LLM integration. Claude, GPT, LangChain, and MCP, with fine-tuned models where they earn their keep.
Python, TypeScript, Node.js, React and Next.js, PostgreSQL, Supabase. Docker, Kubernetes, and Cloudflare for infrastructure that stays up.
If your team already runs on a stack I have not listed, that is usually fine and worth raising on the call. Building on what you pay for beats adding another vendor to the bill.
Who it’s for
Teams that already know which workflow is the problem. You can name it, you know roughly how often it runs and who touches it, and you want it built rather than reviewed.
If that picture is still fuzzy, start with the AI Ops Audit and come back with a ranked list; most build sprints begin there. If what you actually need is someone in the room for architecture, vendors and hiring over months rather than one project delivered and handed over, Fractional CTO is the better fit.
What it costs
Fixed price, agreed before anything starts. Book an intro call and you will have a concrete number within 48 hours, without a drawn-out proposal process. Where a build is large enough that the scope is genuinely uncertain, an audit or a short scoping call comes first so the number is real rather than padded.
Common questions
Who owns what you build?
You do. Code, documentation, playbooks, accounts. Everything is handed over and your team is trained to run it. No lock-in, no black boxes.
What does an engagement cost?
Fixed price, agreed before the work starts. After an intro call you will have a concrete number within 48 hours, without a drawn-out proposal process.
How quickly can we start?
Build sprints are scheduled after an audit or a scoping call, so the lead time depends on the complexity of the workflow. Intro calls happen within a week.
Bring the workflow. I’ll build it.
Thirty minutes on a call, a fixed price within 48 hours, and one manual process off your team’s hands.
Taner Hassan
I build agentic systems.
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