Custom tools for messy workflows

Stop doing the admin your tools should do.

I build small custom AI tools, automations, dashboards and web apps for business owners and small teams still copying, chasing, sorting and updating things by hand.

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No perfect brief needed

You do not need to know what to build yet.

Before anything gets built we map the current workflow, find the slowest or most annoying step, and decide the smallest useful version. If a custom tool is not the right answer, I will tell you that instead of selling you one.

How it goes

Four steps. No mystery.

You will know the price and the date before anything starts, and you will see it working early rather than waiting for a reveal.

Tell me the problem

You explain the idea, task or workflow you want to improve. A voice-note-level explanation is plenty.

I map the build

I break down what needs to happen, what it needs to connect to, and what the smallest useful version looks like.

I build the first version

A working tool, not a prototype you have to imagine. Fixed price, fixed date, agreed before I start.

We test it on the real job

We run it against the actual work and make it simpler and clearer from what we learn.

Sam Jordan
Sam Jordan / Builder AI + Web + Automation

Workflow first, tool second

Practical thinking.
Working tools.

I am not here to sell you AI magic or a platform you do not need. I build from the workflow backwards: what happens now, where the time goes, and what a useful first version actually is.

My sweet spot is small builds with clear jobs — tools that save time, organise the mess, connect the boring bits, and make the day-to-day feel less clunky.

AI tools Web apps Automations API integrations MVP prototypes Internal dashboards
The best tool is the one that quietly removes the job you were tired of doing.

No risk on your side

If it does not do the job, you do not pay.

You get a fixed price and a delivery date before anything starts, not an estimate that drifts. If what I build is not doing what we agreed it would, you owe me nothing and you keep the work.

Before you overthink it

The stuff people ask before reaching out.

Most good builds start as a slightly embarrassing sentence like “I keep doing this manually and it is driving me mad.”

How long does it take?

Most first versions land in two to three weeks. Smaller jobs are often a few days. You get a fixed date before anything starts rather than an estimate that keeps moving.

What does it cost?

A fixed price up front, once I understand the job. Small builds are considerably less than people expect, and if I think the thing is not worth building yet, I will tell you.

What if I only have a rough idea?

That is usually the best place to start. Tell me what is annoying, what you are doing manually, and what you wish happened instead. I will help turn that into a clear first version.

Do I need to understand the tech?

No. You need to understand the problem, not the stack. I handle the technical choices and explain the trade-offs in plain English.

What can you build?

Small web apps, AI tools, internal dashboards, workflow automations, API integrations and MVPs. The common thread is that it needs a clear job and a real person using it.

What if the idea is too complex?

Then we reduce it. Most complex ideas have a smaller first version hiding inside them. If it genuinely needs a bigger team, or is not worth building yet, I will say so.

The easiest next step

Show me the workflow you are tired of doing manually.

Send the messy version. What you do now, where it breaks, and what would make next week easier. That is enough to start.

contact@samjordanco.com · Newton-le-Willows, North West