Automate workflows with production AI
Deep skills without product context tend to produce fragile integrations. The specialist work has to connect to real user flows.
We prototype the risky integration first, then sort out auth, data contracts, evaluation, and monitoring before spending time on polish.
Most people who reach this page are companies searching for AI automation. 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. You see progress on the critical path every week.
- 02
Design
System design, AI/tool boundaries, interface direction, and interaction prototypes. Nothing here waits on a handover between separate teams.
- 03
Build
Modern stack, clean architecture, evaluated AI behavior, and iterative demos you can react to. On AI automation projects we favour practical architecture over trendy defaults.
- 04
Launch
Ship, monitor, harden, and keep improving models, tools, and product after go-live. The work for teams in the UK stays tied to the outcome you asked for.
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 UK
Same timezone and a face to meet, which genuinely matters for some teams. You are also paying UK demand for product engineers and AI-capable studios. 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
React Email Templates
Email systems · Resend
Reusable React Email templates sent through Resend for production transactional mail.
Freelance email kit using React Email, Resend, TypeScript, and Tailwind to create and send branded emails from a React app.
- · Reusable email templates
- · Resend delivery integration
- · TypeScript-safe composition
- · Tailwind-styled layouts
React Email · Resend · TypeScript · Tailwind
Conference App
Mobile · Flutter · Zoom
Cross-platform conference app with Firebase auth, realtime data, and Zoom video sessions.
Freelance Flutter product covering authentication, realtime storage, and Zoom API video conferencing for event attendees.
- · Cross-platform Flutter client
- · Firebase authentication
- · Realtime event data
- · Zoom video conferencing
Flutter · Firebase · Zoom API
Working with teams in UK
UK demand for product engineers and AI-capable studios. Work is remote-first (GMT/BST), with written updates you can read in your own time. We usually collaborate in English.
How we work with UK teams
UK teams get a full working-day overlap: our morning covers your morning, so questions raised at 9am are answered before your standup ends. Most UK clients settle into a Tuesday demo and a Thursday written update.
What UK clients usually need
UK briefs skew towards SaaS platforms, fintech-adjacent products, and replacing ageing internal tools. Several arrive after an agency retainer stopped producing releases.
Contracts, data, and compliance
We invoice in GBP or USD. UK GDPR and data residency come up on almost every project, so we default to EU or UK-hosted data stores and document where personal data flows before the build starts.
