PRODUCTION-GRADE WORKFLOW AUTOMATION

Your consultants should bill hours, not format CVs.

I build AI workflow automation for recruitment agencies — CV formatting, inbox lead triage, and ATS admin, running quietly in the background. Built by a senior Python/GenAI engineer, shipped in 2–4 weeks, and it doesn't break in month two.

No prep needed. Bring one annoying workflow.

6 yrs production GenAI (RAG · Agents · MCP)·ex-Deloitte consultant·5 yrs factory Kaizen·Reading, UK

Sound familiar?

"CVs eat our evenings."

Reformatting one CV into a client template takes 20–40 minutes. Multiply by every submission this week.

"Real leads die in the inbox."

Candidate applications, client enquiries, and job-board noise land in the same place. The lead that would have paid the month goes unanswered for four days.

"The ATS is three weeks behind."

Nobody became a recruiter to do data entry, so nobody does it — until a client asks a question the ATS can't answer.

Every one of these is a workflow problem. Workflow problems are automatable. That's the entire business.

Built, measured, documented

I'm early in this business, so I won't show you a wall of logos. Instead: real systems I've built and measured — read the code — demo videos coming. Judge the work directly.

BUILD 01

CV Formatter Engine

PROBLEM
20–40 minutes per CV to rebuild into a client template.
BUILT
Parsing agent that ingests any CV (PDF/Word), extracts structure, and outputs the agency's branded template with a consistency check pass.

BUILD 02

Inbox Triage Agent

PROBLEM
Leads, applications, and noise in one inbox; response time decides win rate.
BUILT
Classifier + drafting agent that labels every incoming email, flags actual leads, drafts the reply, and pings WhatsApp/Slack for one-tap approval.

The same triage engine powers Parent Inbox ↗, my own email SaaS — this isn't a demo written for this page.

  • Lead flagged in <60 sec
  • Human approves every send
  • Demo video — coming
  • repo ↗

BUILD 03

ATS Hygiene Agent

PROBLEM
Records go stale the moment consultants get busy.
BUILT
Agent that reconciles email threads, call notes, and spreadsheets against the ATS, dedupes, and files updates — nightly, silently.
  • Runs nightly, unattended
  • Every change logged & reversible
  • Demo video — coming
  • repo ↗

BUILT AND OPERATED SOLO

Parent Inbox

A complete AI email-triage SaaS I designed, built, and operate solo: scans school inboxes, extracts action items, syncs to WhatsApp and calendars. Built GDPR-first, launching soon.

Alumate

Coffee-chat network for Japanese students studying abroad. Built and operated solo, end to end.

60×

API response times cut on a production platform

70%

production bugs cut via automated end-to-end testing

2

products designed, built & operated solo

15+

yrs removing wasted work (Kaizen → Deloitte → GenAI)

These numbers come from my own products and career, not client engagements — I say so because you'd find out anyway. Click through and verify; the same engineering builds your automation.

That's the work. Now bring me yours.

Book a 30-min Workflow Audit

Free, 30 minutes. You get a one-page automation plan either way.

The Billable Hours Engine

One system, three modules. Start with the one that hurts most.

THE BILLABLE HOURS ENGINE INBOX / DOCS MOD 01 CV & DOCS MOD 02 LEAD & INBOX MOD 03 ATS HYGIENE YOUR ATS

MOD 01

CV & Document Automation

Parsing, client templates, consistency checks.

Shipped in 2 weeks.

MOD 02

Lead & Inbox Automation

Triage, drafting, routing, response-time SLAs.

Shipped in 2–3 weeks.

MOD 03

ATS/CRM Hygiene & Integration

Reconciliation agents, dedupe, cross-system sync.

Shipped in 3–4 weeks.

RETAINER Keep-it-running + iterate, priced by system count.

Fixed price, agreed before I write a line of code. If a workflow isn't automatable, I'll tell you on the audit call and you've lost 30 minutes, not a deposit.

Scoped like a consultancy, shipped like an engineer

  1. 01

    Audit (free, 30 min)

    Bring your worst workflow; I map where the hours actually go. You get a one-page automation plan whether or not we work together.

  2. 02

    Blueprint (week 0)

    Fixed scope, fixed price, success metric agreed upfront (minutes saved, response time, records current).

  3. 03

    Build (weeks 1–3)

    I build in your stack with weekly demo videos. You approve every step. No black boxes: you own the code and the accounts.

  4. 04

    Run & compound (ongoing)

    Monitoring, logging, and a human-approval layer on anything that sends. Tune monthly against the metric we agreed.

I've spent my whole career removing wasted work — the tools just kept upgrading.

Shinta Nishino

Five years as an engineer on a dairy factory floor in Japan, running Kaizen projects: find the wasted motion, redesign the process, measure the gain. Then process consulting at Deloitte. Then a decade of software: six years building production Python and GenAI systems — RAG, agentic workflows, MCP integrations — for platforms where "the demo worked" wasn't good enough, because real users hit it every day. Recruitment agencies are where I've pointed all of that now: the admin load is huge, the workflows are repetitive, and the payoff lands directly on billable hours.

The numbers from that career: API response times cut roughly 60-fold on a production platform, production bugs down 70% through automated end-to-end testing, and monthly active users doubled by a feature I led end-to-end.

FAQ

Have you done this for other agencies?

No agency logos yet — I'm at the start of this business, which is why the proof section shows working systems instead. The same engine also powers Parent Inbox, my own inbox-triage SaaS, built GDPR-first. You're not the guinea pig for the engineering (six years in production, plus a product I built and operate solo); you're an early client for the packaging. Early clients get founder attention and case-study pricing.

Who owns the system?

You do. Code, accounts, data. If we part ways, everything keeps running and you can hand it to any developer.

What if it breaks?

Everything ships with logging, alerts, and a rollback path — the same discipline as the platforms I built in employment. Retainer clients get fixes included; everyone gets a 30-day warranty on builds.

We already have an ATS with AI features.

Good — keep it. I build the glue your ATS doesn't: the work between your inbox, your ATS, your spreadsheets, and your clients' templates.

Shinta Nishino

One workflow. Thirty minutes. An honest answer.

Bring your most annoying workflow to a free audit call. I'll tell you if it's automatable, what it would cost, and what it would save — or tell you it isn't worth automating, which is also useful.

Book the Workflow Audit

No prep needed. Bring one annoying workflow.

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