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Rapid Tooling

Made for: Companies that need a precise tool, not another platform

Small, sharp, AI-built software for one job — often the fastest way to prove a modernization idea before betting big on it.

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HOW IT WORKS

Rapid Tooling is small, sharp, AI-built software for one job. Most companies have a handful of problems that no platform solves cleanly — a report someone assembles by hand every week, a data hand-off between two systems that were never meant to talk, a decision that needs a specific view of the numbers. A precise tool beats another platform, and building it is faster than it has ever been.

The Scoped Build is two to three weeks at a fixed price. We define the one job the tool has to do, build it right — tested, documented, and running where your team can reach it — and hand it over with the source and the operating notes. There is no lock-in and no licence: the tool is yours.

Rapid Tooling is also often the fastest way to prove a modernization idea before betting big on it. A small tool that demonstrates the value of a workflow change in real use is far more persuasive, and far cheaper, than a strategy exercise about the same idea.

Tool Care is the optional monthly plan for the tools we build: hosting, upkeep as dependencies and models change, and iteration as the job the tool does evolves.

PACKAGES · 2 WAYS TO ENGAGE

2–3 weeks · fixed price

Scoped Build

One tool for one job, built to a tight specification at a fixed price: tested, documented, running where your team can reach it, and handed over with the source.

  • Duration2–3 weeks
  • ScopeOne job, specified up front
  • PriceFixed
  • OwnershipYours: source, documentation, hosting
You leave with

A working tool your team uses within weeks, which you own outright, with no licence and no lock-in.

What you get
  • A working tool deployed for your team
  • Source code and documentation, yours to keep
  • Automated tests against the agreed spec
  • Operating notes for whoever runs it
How it runs
  1. 01Specify

    The one job the tool does, its inputs and outputs, and what done looks like, agreed in writing.

  2. 02Build

    Built with AI-assisted tooling and tested against the spec, with a working version in your hands within the first week.

  3. 03Hand over

    Deployed where your team can reach it; source, documentation, and operating notes delivered.

Choose this for the report someone assembles by hand, the hand-off between two systems, or the idea worth proving before a bigger bet.

monthly

Tool Care

Hosting, upkeep, and iteration on the tools we build for you, so they keep working as dependencies and models change and as the job evolves.

  • CadenceMonthly
  • CoversTools from a Scoped Build
  • IncludesHosting, updates, small changes, support
  • EndsWhenever you take it in-house
You leave with

Tools that stay running and keep up with the work, without your team owning the maintenance.

What you get
  • Managed hosting and monitoring
  • Dependency and model updates
  • A monthly allowance of changes and fixes
  • Support for the people using the tool
How it runs
  1. 01Host

    The tool runs on infrastructure we manage and monitor.

  2. 02Maintain

    Dependencies, models, and integrations kept current and tested.

  3. 03Iterate

    Small changes as the job evolves, shipped monthly.

Choose this if nobody on your team should have to think about the tool.