AI agents with guardrails and an audit trail

Our custom AI agent development covers agents that carry out multi-step work across your tools and data. Risky actions need a person’s approval, and every step the agent takes is logged.

AI agent development

Agents that do real work, and leave a record of it

An AI agent reads data, decides what to do next and acts through your tools and APIs. We build agents that do this inside clear limits: scoped permissions, human approval where the stakes are high, and an audit trail of every step.

Agents that act, not just chat Guardrails and approval steps Every action logged

From single-task automation to several agents working together, connected to your CRM, ERP, SaaS tools and internal systems.

What is AI agent development?

AI agent development is building software that uses large language models (LLMs) to plan, reason and act across several steps to complete a task. A chatbot answers one message at a time. An agent reads data, calls APIs, makes decisions and carries out actions in sequence.

For example, an agent can receive a sales lead by email, research the company, enrich the CRM record, draft a personalised reply, schedule a follow-up and tell your sales team, with a person approving the email before it goes out.

How AI agents differ from chatbots and copilots

FeatureChatbotAI copilotAI agent
InteractionAnswers single questionsHelps a person in real timeWorks through tasks across systems
MemoryWithin one sessionAware of the current contextKeeps state across tasks and sessions
Tool useNone or basicSuggests actionsCarries out actions through APIs and tools
DecisionsRule-basedRecommends optionsPlans and decides within set limits
Best forFAQs, simple supportCoding, writing, in-app helpMulti-step workflow automation

Types of AI agents we build

From single-purpose agents to several agents coordinated across departments.

Task automation

Task automation agents

Single-purpose agents for repetitive processes: invoice processing, data entry, report generation, email triage and scheduling.

They connect to Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack and your internal systems through APIs and remove copy-paste work.

Conversational

Conversational agents

Customer-facing agents that go beyond FAQ bots. They keep context, look up your knowledge base through retrieval (RAG) and handle multi-turn conversations.

They hand over to a person when needed and can complete tasks such as refunds, account updates or bookings within the limits you set.

Multi-agent

Multi-agent systems

Several specialised agents working together: one collects data, another analyses it, a third writes the report and a fourth sends it out.

An orchestrator handles hand-offs, errors and ordering, which suits cross-department workflows.

Research

Research and analysis agents

Agents that gather information from the web, databases, documents and APIs and turn it into structured output.

Typical outputs: market research, competitor analysis, regulatory monitoring summaries and literature reviews, with sources cited.

Internal knowledge

Internal knowledge agents

Agents your staff use to query internal documents, policies, SOPs and databases in plain language.

Built on retrieval-augmented generation, so answers are grounded in your own documents and cite them.

How we build your agent

Each phase has a named owner, documented changes and something you can review before the next one starts.

Phase 1 · Discovery

Workflow audit

We map the workflow, find the steps worth automating and define the agent's scope. You get workflow diagrams, a feasibility note and a ranked list of use cases.

Phase 2 · Design

Architecture and guardrails

Model choice, tool integrations, memory, error handling, permissions and the points where a person must approve. Documented before we build.

Phase 3 · Build

Development and integration

Two-week sprints: agent logic, connections to your CRM, ERP, databases and SaaS tools, retrieval where needed, and logging. A working demo at the end of each sprint.

Phase 4 · Test

Testing and red-teaming

Functional, load and edge-case tests, prompt-injection and jailbreak checks, hallucination checks and adversarial testing. Approval flows for higher-risk actions.

Phase 5 · Deploy

Deployment and monitoring

Production release with action logs, audit trails, dashboards and alerts, plus documentation and training for your operations team.

Phase 6 · Run

Ongoing tuning

We monitor behaviour, tune prompts and policies, extend capabilities and adapt to changes in your workflow or in the underlying models.

Industries and use cases

Agents earn their keep in repetitive, multi-step, knowledge-heavy work. These are typical places to start.

Healthcare and public health

  • Patient intake and triage routing
  • Extracting clinical data from unstructured records
  • Research data collection for longitudinal studies
  • Monitoring against health regulations

Financial services and fintech

  • KYC and AML checks that pull data from several sources
  • Invoice processing and reconciliation
  • Transaction monitoring for fraud signals
  • Financial reports from raw accounting data

E-commerce and retail

  • Customer service for orders, returns and recommendations
  • Inventory monitoring and reorder suggestions
  • Pricing support based on demand and competitor signals
  • Catalogue enrichment from supplier data

NGOs and development organisations

  • Grant reporting from field data and indicators
  • Beneficiary data management and trend analysis
  • Multilingual outreach
  • M&E data processing and summaries

SaaS and technology companies

  • DevOps agents for deployments and incident response
  • Customer onboarding and in-product guidance
  • Support ticket classification, routing and resolution
  • Test generation and code review assistance

Our AI agent technology stack

We're model-agnostic and choose components for accuracy, latency, running cost and data-privacy needs. Self-hosted options are available where rules require it.

LayerTechnologies
LLM providersOpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, and open models such as Llama and Mistral
Agent frameworksLangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen and custom orchestration
Vector databasesPinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant, ChromaDB
Data pipelinesApache Kafka, Airflow, custom ETL and ELT
IntegrationREST APIs, GraphQL, webhooks, Zapier, Make and custom connectors
Cloud and infrastructureAWS, Google Cloud, Azure, and on-premise where required
Monitoring and observabilityLangSmith, Langfuse, custom dashboards and logging
Security and governanceEncryption at rest and in transit, role-based access, audit trails, controls mapped to SOC 2 and ISO 27001

Engagement models for AI agents

Every engagement starts with a free 30-minute discovery call about your workflows and constraints. You get a written proposal with pricing within two working days.

Pilot agent

One agent, one workflow, to prove it works and measure the effect. Built in 4–8 weeks as a PoC or MVP.

Best for: testing a use case before you commit to production.

Production agent

A full agent with integrations, monitoring and guardrails, scoped as a project after a 1–3 week discovery.

Best for: agents that will touch live systems and customers.

Dedicated AI team

Three to fifteen or more engineers and AI specialists working only on your agents and AI roadmap. Ready in 2–4 weeks, on 30 days' notice.

Best for: several agents and ongoing platform work.

Maintenance retainer

Monitoring, tuning and new capabilities for agents already in production.

Best for: teams that want long-term support without staffing it in-house.

AI agents: frequently asked questions

What is an AI agent and how does it work?

Software that uses an LLM to understand an instruction, plan a sequence of actions, call tools and APIs, and carry out the task. The LLM does the reasoning; explicit tool logic and guardrails decide what it's allowed to do.

How long does it take to build a custom AI agent?

A pilot agent is a 4–8 week build. A production agent with full integrations is scoped as a project after a 1–3 week discovery, and its schedule depends on how many systems it touches and how much testing the risk calls for.

What's the difference between an AI agent and a chatbot?

A chatbot answers messages within a conversation. An agent works across systems: reading email, updating databases, calling APIs and finishing multi-step tasks without a person driving every step.

Can AI agents work with our existing software?

Yes, with anything that has an API, including Salesforce, HubSpot, SAP, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack, custom ERPs and databases. For older systems without APIs we look at custom connectors or carefully limited browser automation.

How do you keep AI agents safe and compliant?

Action limits, human approval for high-risk operations, detailed logs and audit trails, prompt-injection defences and encryption. Our certified service processes and governance work help you map the agent to SOC 2, ISO 27001 and AI-specific frameworks.

Do you support agents after launch?

Yes. Retainers cover monitoring, prompt and policy tuning, new capabilities and model updates as your business and the models change.

Talk through your agent idea

Production agents in detail

What makes an AI agent safe to put into production?

Limits that match the risk of each action, a person in the loop where mistakes are expensive, and a log good enough to reconstruct what the agent did and why. We decide those limits with you in the design phase, before any code is written, and test them before release.

What the agent doesExampleControls we put in place
Reads and summarisesAnswers staff questions from internal policiesRead-only access, cited sources, logging of every query and answer
Drafts for a personPrepares customer replies or reportsA person reviews and sends; the agent can't send on its own
Acts within limitsUpdates CRM records, books meetings, routes ticketsScoped permissions, thresholds above which a person approves, rollback, full action log
Touches money or regulated decisionsRefunds, KYC checks, credit or eligibility stepsHuman approval on every action, separate audit trail, red-team testing before release

From idea to a running agent

A pilot proves the agent can do the job on your real workflow. Production adds integrations, limits and monitoring, and only happens if the pilot earns it.

Pricing is scoped and quoted after a free 30-minute discovery call, with a written proposal within two working days.

  1. Discovery call

    Thirty minutes, free. The workflow, the systems involved, what the agent may and may not do, and how you'll judge success.

  2. Written proposal (within 2 working days)

    Scope, risk level, controls, schedule and pricing for a pilot.

  3. Pilot agent (4–8 week build)

    One workflow end to end on real data, with logging from day one and a measured result at the end.

  4. Production hardening (after a 1–3 week discovery)

    Integrations, permissions, approval steps, red-teaming and monitoring, scoped as a project.

  5. Run and improve

    A maintenance retainer or a dedicated team, ready in 2–4 weeks, keeps the agent tuned as models and workflows change.

Every action logged

Inputs, tool calls, decisions and outputs are recorded, so you can answer "why did it do that?" with evidence.

Governance alongside the build

For regulated work we map the agent to the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF or Nepal Rastra Bank AI guidance. See AI governance and security.

Run like a service

Monitoring, alerting and change control through our ISO/IEC 20000-1 certified processes. For the platform side, see MLOps and AI infrastructure.

When this isn't the right fit

  • The workflow is a fixed set of rules with no judgement involved. A script or a standard automation tool is cheaper and more predictable.
  • The systems the agent needs have no API and no safe way to reach them. We'll tell you before you spend money on a pilot.
  • You want an agent to make high-stakes decisions with no human review. We won't build that.
  • You need a chatbot that answers FAQs. Our generative AI work covers that more simply.
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