AI that works with the systems you already run.
I connect your tools, clean up your data, and then put AI on top: automation that holds up in daily operations, built by one developer who you'll talk to directly.
AI and Software Consulting in Portsmouth, NH
One developer, start to finish.
Software purchases carry a hidden cost: bending the way you already work to fit the tool. That is usually where the efficiency you bought it for goes.
Every engagement starts with me sitting with your team to map how work moves through the business day to day, workarounds included. Then I build around that.
- I build in the exceptions your team currently handles by hand
- You get documented code and a written handoff
- If a tool you already have works, I connect to it rather than replace it
- Honest assessment of what AI can and can't do for your business
Dylan Merlo
Owner and Lead Developer
I started Seacoast Systems to build the kind of system I kept wishing existed: one that holds up well enough that nobody has to work around it. That's still the whole job, one project at a time.
How I think about the work
Built around how you already work
I start by learning the operation, not by selling a product. What gets built matches the way the team already does the job.
One person, start to finish
The person who learns your operation is the person who writes the code and the person you call afterwards. No account manager in between, no rotating team, no handoff to someone who was not in the room.
AI where the work is repetitive and the rules are clear
AI earns its place on specific, repetitive tasks with clear rules: sorting documents, pulling fields out of invoices and forms, routing requests. On most other problems a simpler tool wins.
AI integration, and the systems it runs on
AI needs the systems foundation to be sound, that is why I work with businesses to uplift both. The AI work is listed first, then the systems work it depends on.
AI Integration & Automation
AI connected to the tools your team already works in.
AI Integration
AI connected to the CRM, accounting, and document systems your team already works in, so it reads real records and its output lands where people look.
Learn moreAI Workflow Automation
Classification, routing, and data extraction handled by AI, so skilled people spend their hours on judgment calls.
Learn moreInternal Knowledge Agents
An assistant built on your documents, emails, and procedures. Your team asks a question and gets the answer with its source attached.
AI Document Processing
Invoices, contracts, and reports read, classified, and pushed into your existing systems automatically.
Learn moreNot sure your setup is ready for AI? The AI Readiness Scorecard is 20 questions, scored 1 to 5, and takes about 10 minutes.
Take the AI Readiness ScorecardSystems & Infrastructure
The groundwork: connected, supported systems for the AI work to run on.
Legacy System Modernization
I move critical processes off aging platforms onto modern, supported ones, with minimal disruption to daily operations.
Learn moreSystem Integration
Your CRM, accounting, and operations tools start sharing data automatically. A record entered once shows up everywhere it is needed.
Learn moreCustom Workflow Tools
Generic software rarely fits specialized operations. I design tools around your proven processes instead of forcing change.
Learn moreEnterprise System Implementation
ERP, CRM, or HRM platforms implemented and customized to match your workflows, or built custom when off-the-shelf falls short.
Learn moreDashboards & Reporting
The numbers leadership asks for every week.
Financial Dashboards
Cash flow, margins, and performance trends consolidated into one live view for leadership.
Project Dashboards
Project status pulled from the tools your team already uses, so nobody writes the weekly status report by hand.
How an engagement runs
Discovery conversation
A conversation about how your operation runs today, the workarounds included, and what the bottlenecks are costing in hours.
Written proposal
Scope, phases, timeline, and the full cost, contingency included, before any work starts.
Build in phases
You see working software at each phase, not only at the end. After launch, support is available so the system keeps up as the business changes.
Questions worth asking first
The ones that come up most before someone gets in touch.
Is your business ready for AI?
The AI Readiness Scorecard: 20 questions, scored 1 to 5, across your data, integrations, process documentation, and infrastructure. It shows what would have to change before automation is worth paying for. About 10 minutes.
- See which systems are costing your team hours each week
- Find the disconnected tools an automation would trip over
- Get a score out of 100 for how ready your setup is
- Know what to fix first and what can wait
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Start with what's not working.
Describe the problem. I'll come back with what would fix it, what it would take to build, and roughly what it would cost.
