Automate workflows with production AI
Newer tools change quickly, so it helps to work with someone who has already shipped the pattern you are buying.
Specialist features sit behind clear interfaces, so your core product stays stable while new capability gets added.
We work best with companies searching for AI automation who want a partner that ships. Business process automation with agents, APIs, and LLM workflows that save time and reduce manual work.
What you get
- Workflow automation
- Internal AI copilots
- Document and data pipelines
- Measurable time savings
- One studio accountable for the result
- Design and engineering on the same schedule
- Support available after launch
How engagement works
As your AI automation, we run a shared backlog, design reviews, and engineering sprints, and you keep one point of contact throughout.
- 01
Discover
Goals, constraints, data sources, and success metrics, all settled before we touch architecture or prompts. Nothing here waits on a handover between separate teams.
- 02
Design
System design, AI/tool boundaries, interface direction, and interaction prototypes. On AI automation projects we favour practical architecture over trendy defaults.
- 03
Build
Modern stack, clean architecture, evaluated AI behavior, and iterative demos you can react to. The work for teams in Melbourne stays tied to the outcome you asked for.
- 04
Launch
Ship, monitor, harden, and keep improving models, tools, and product after go-live. You see progress on the critical path every week.
How we build it, and why
The stack is chosen per project, not applied from a template. For AI automation work these are the defaults, and the reason each one is on the list.
- OpenAI
- a second model provider, so a single vendor's outage or price change is not your problem
- Claude
- long-context reasoning and reliable tool calling for agent work
- n8n
- workflow automation your team can edit later without opening a code editor
- MCP
- the Model Context Protocol, so your tools plug into Claude, Cursor, and other agent clients without a custom adapter for each
- Node.js
- one language across the stack, so context does not get lost at the boundary
What the first weeks look like
- Week 1
Spike the risky part
We build the thinnest possible version of workflow automation against your real data. If it is going to be a problem, it is better to know in week one than week six.
- Weeks 2-3
Harden the integration
Auth, rate limits, error paths, and the data contract. This is the work that separates a demo from something you can leave running.
- Weeks 4-6
Wire it into the product
The AI automation stops being a standalone service and becomes a feature people use, with the interface and permissions that implies.
- Ongoing
Evaluate and tune
Behaviour gets measured against cases you care about, and we tune from that rather than from impressions.
Weighing up your options
There are three realistic ways to get this built. Each is the right answer for someone.
A solo freelancer
Cheapest per hour and fine for a contained task. The risk on AI automation is breadth — one person covering design, backend, infrastructure, and launch usually means one of them is weak, and there is no cover when they are unavailable.
A local agency in Melbourne
Same timezone and a face to meet, which genuinely matters for some teams. You are also paying Melbourne scene needing polished websites and product engineering. rates for the whole team including the layers that never touch your AI automation, and a local shortlist is a small shortlist.
Arcode
A small senior team. The people who scope the AI automation write the code, you get weekly demos instead of status decks, and the engagement ends when the thing is live and handed over.
Work we have shipped
Note Assist
AI product · Next.js · Speech
AI meeting assistant with live speech-to-text, ChatGPT chat, and Firebase auth for transcription workflows.
Freelance AI product built with Next.js, Firebase, AssemblyAI, and ChatGPT for live meeting transcription and realtime chat around the transcript.
- · Live speech-to-text transcription
- · Realtime chat over meeting notes
- · Firebase authentication
- · AI-assisted follow-up on transcripts
Next.js · Firebase · AssemblyAI · ChatGPT · TypeScript
Lengju Deildin
Realtime frontend · GraphQL
Live football league experience with sockets, GraphQL, and YouTube stream widgets.
Automated league app built at Stellar Stack with live scores, widgets, and stream integrations for higher fan engagement.
- · Realtime score updates
- · YouTube live widgets
- · GraphQL data layer
- · Automated league data views
React · GraphQL · Apollo · WebSockets · Firebase
Medusa Ecommerce Store
Frontend · Medusa.js
Grocery ecommerce storefront on Medusa.js with Next.js, TypeScript, and API-driven catalog flows.
Stellar Stack ecommerce build focused on shopping UX and integrations across Medusa services and a Next.js storefront.
- · Medusa-powered catalog and checkout
- · TypeScript Next.js storefront
- · API and service integrations
- · Performance-minded product UX
Medusa.js · Next.js · TypeScript · React · Tailwind
Working with teams in Melbourne
Melbourne scene needing polished websites and product engineering. We work with clients in Melbourne remotely and keep overlapping hours in AEST/AEDT. We usually collaborate in English.
How we work with Melbourne teams
Melbourne is five to six hours ahead of us, giving a real morning-to-afternoon overlap. Most Melbourne clients run a weekly call and rely on written updates in between.
What Melbourne clients usually need
Melbourne work is design-conscious: brand sites and product interfaces where the visual standard is high, alongside membership and subscription platforms for organisations that already have an audience.
Contracts, data, and compliance
We invoice in AUD or USD under Australian Privacy Act obligations. Where a build takes payments, the payment and refund flows get scoped against Australian Consumer Law up front.
