AI agent development company for the jobs your team repeats every day.

We build AI agents that answer calls, send quotes and follow up, connected to the tools your team already uses. You approve what the agent may do before it goes live, and we test what happens when it is wrong or a connected service fails.

Chatbot, automation or AI agent: which do you need?

A chatbot gives people a way to have a conversation. Automation follows a known set of steps. An AI agent uses a model to read a situation and select actions. One product can combine all three, but the more an agent decides by itself, the more behavior you have to test and the more ways a task can go wrong.

We start by asking how much the requests vary. If every valid request follows the same route, plain rules-based software may be the better investment. If people word their requests differently every time and the answer needs context from several systems, an AI component may be useful.

Choose by the work, not the label

Approach
Rules-based automation
Good fit
Known inputs and a repeatable path
What to verify
Exceptions, retries and notifications
Approach
AI assistant with retrieval
Good fit
Questions answered from business information
What to verify
Correct sources, access and unsupported answers
Approach
Agent with tools
Good fit
Variable requests that need connected actions
What to verify
Permissions, action results and human approval

Voice agents, chat assistants and connected business workflows

A voice agent that only follows a script will not get far. It has to know who is calling, what information it may use, which actions it can take and when to hand the call to a person. A chat assistant needs the same limits, even though the conversation happens on a website and nobody picks up a phone.

For internal automation, the hard part is often the handoff between systems. You might call a task complete once a CRM record exists, while the person doing the work still needs an assigned owner, a summary they can use and a notification. We map that whole outcome before we scope the integration.

Three agent workflows, three different acceptance tests

Decide what the agent can read and change

An agent should get the access its job requires and nothing beyond it. Reading product documentation is different from reading a customer account, and preparing a draft is different from sending it. We set those limits in the connected tools and the application code, because a prompt cannot be trusted to enforce them.

Retrieval needs access rules too. An assistant that searches company documents must not return information just because a document happens to be in its index. For every answer, check whether this user, in this business context, is allowed to see the material.

  • Identify the records and documents needed for the task.
  • Separate read actions, draft actions and committed changes.
  • Name the actions that need approval and the person who approves them.
  • Define what happens when information is missing or a tool fails.

How to test an AI agent before customers rely on it

Collect a set of requests like the ones the agent will really get, and write down the expected behavior for each. Include ordinary cases, ambiguous requests, attempts to get restricted information and failures in connected services. Judge what the agent did in the business system as well as the text the model wrote.

A first pilot should let you compare the assisted workflow with the one you run today. Useful measures include completed tasks, corrections needed, time the human reviewer spends and operating cost per completed task. We agree on success criteria for the workflow with you, so the pilot is judged against the work it is supposed to finish.

Keep the examples after launch. Changing a prompt, a model or an integration can change how the agent behaves. Replay the same cases and you can see whether the new version does the task better or only words things differently.

What changes the build cost and running cost?

Integration complexity, data readiness and the consequences of an incorrect action set the scope. An assistant that drafts a summary is a different job from one that changes records across several systems. Your proposal should list the tools, permissions, evaluation work and operating support it includes.

Running costs can include model usage, voice services, hosting and human review. A cheap response can still be an expensive completed task if people have to correct it. We work out what to measure during the pilot, and the provider accounts stay under your business’s control.

What the first engagement should hand you

The first phase should cover one workflow, a build with clear limits and an agreed way to decide whether it is useful. We work through discovery, the connected build, review against examples and a controlled release. The agent gets more autonomy once that first workflow has shown it can handle it.

  • A workflow map with inputs, actions, completion evidence and handoff rules.
  • Business-owned source, instructions and connected service configuration.
  • A review set showing expected behavior and unresolved limitations.
  • An operating guide covering failures, review responsibilities and ongoing costs.
LifeScribeAI product interface built by Twin Designs & Tech

From our work / LifeScribeAI

LifeScribeAI connects Ari’s voice conversations to a structured memory library and family access. The engineering lesson is the full path from conversation to stored information and permissioned access.

Read the LifeScribeAI case study

Questions to ask an AI agent development company

Take these into any proposal conversation, including ours.

  1. Ask to see the action happen in the connected system as well as the conversation.
  2. Ask which failures were tested and what happens when the model is uncertain.
  3. Ask which permissions are enforced in code and which only in instructions.
  4. Ask who reviews sensitive actions and who receives failed-task alerts.
  5. Ask whether you receive the source, tool definitions and evaluation examples.
How we can help

We can build your AI workflow.

We connect the approved information and tools, define which actions need a person, and test ordinary requests, restricted access and failed integrations. You receive the source, tool definitions, evaluation examples and operating instructions for the agreed build.

Book a free consultation

On the project call, we’ll discuss the problem, your existing tools and what TDAT should take off your hands. Then we can define the scope and next steps.

Or call (919) 289-1231

Questions before we start

Can you build an AI agent for my business?

Yes. We start with a workflow review to decide whether an agent, a simpler automation or an existing feature fits best. The scope depends on the data, integrations and actions the job needs.

Can an agent use my CRM or internal documents?

Yes, where your existing systems offer a supported way to connect. We first define what the agent may read, which records it may change and how user permissions are enforced.

Do you build AI voice agents?

Yes. Our public work includes Ari in LifeScribeAI and AI phone screens in UpGig. Calling workflows, information handling and human handoffs are scoped for each engagement.

How much does AI agent development cost?

No single price covers every workflow. We quote once the integrations, permissions, testing and release requirements are defined, and we tell you which services will bill you for ongoing usage.

Will the agent run without human review?

That depends on the action and the evidence from testing. We define approval and handoff rules before release, and the agent gets more autonomy only where the agreed workflow supports it.