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Integrations & automationLET THE WORK FLOW.

Help your tools work together. We connect websites, business applications and external services around defined workflows, with attention to data quality, permissions and the moments when something needs a human decision.

LESS COPY.
MORE CONNECTED.

A useful automation moves the right information to the right place and knows when to ask for help. We design the happy path and the moments when a service does not respond.

THE HICH INTERACTION LABILLUSTRATIVE PROTOTYPE / TRY IT YOURSELF
DON’T JUST PICTURE IT. PLAY WITH IT.

Follow the flow.

Run a sample order through a four-step workflow. Simulate an unavailable system to see the process pause, then recover with a retry.

WORKFLOW / ORDER TO FULFILMENT

Make the hand-offs happen.

Ready to run
01

Order received

Storefront event

02

Check customer

CRM record

03

Reserve inventory

Warehouse API

04

Send confirmation

Customer email

Try the successful journey, or turn on the outage simulation to explore recovery.

DESIGNED AROUND THE WAY PEOPLE WORK.SAMPLE DATA · NO ACCOUNT REQUIRED

THE DETAILS.
THAT DO THE WORK.

01

Start with data ownership

Before connecting two tools, we identify the source of truth for each field. IDs, formats, update rules and required values are mapped explicitly so an integration does not quietly create competing versions of the same record.

02

Connect events to outcomes

A new enquiry can create a CRM record, a confirmed payment can release an order, and a stock change can update a catalogue. Each workflow begins with a defined trigger and ends with a result someone can verify.

03

Make failures understandable

External systems will sometimes be slow or unavailable. We plan timeouts, safe retries, duplicate prevention and visible logs, giving the operating team a way to understand what happened and recover the affected work.

GOOD QUESTIONS. CLEAR ANSWERS.

Details, considered.

A closer look at the decisions, dependencies and practicalities behind integrations & automation.

What needs to be checked first?

API documentation, account permissions, rate limits, commercial-plan access and test environments. A feasibility review identifies what is supported before the implementation depends on a provider’s capabilities.

Can a workflow keep a human approval?

Yes. Approval thresholds, exceptions and review queues can be part of the design. Automation should reduce repetitive work while preserving the decisions that require context or accountability.

Who owns an integration after launch?

We agree responsibility for credentials, monitoring, provider changes and operational recovery. Documentation should cover the data mapping, expected events and the practical steps for investigating a failed run.

Less repetition. More flow.

Let’s plan your project
Workflow and integration discovery
API feasibility and access review
Data mapping and ownership rules
Integration and automation development
Error handling and operational logging
Monitoring and maintenance documentation
APIsWebhooksWorkflow automationData mapping

BIG VISION.
CLEAR NEXT STEPS.

Good work is a conversation. You’ll know what’s happening, why it matters, and what comes next.

First, the right questions.

We get to know your business, your audience and what success should look like. Together, we turn ambition into a clear project brief.

Get to know the process

LET’S CLEAR
THINGS UP.

01

Can every business tool be integrated?

It depends on the tool’s API, permissions, commercial plan and data access. We assess those constraints before promising an integration or choosing an alternative workflow.

02

What happens if an external service is unavailable?

The design should define timeouts, safe retries, duplicate prevention and a clear recovery route. Critical workflows may also need alerts and a manual fallback.

03

How do you prevent the same event creating duplicate records?

The integration needs an agreed record identity and a way to recognise events it has already processed. Depending on the APIs, this can use stable external IDs, idempotency keys or an event log. We also define how conflicting changes are resolved and how a failed event can be replayed safely.

04

Can someone review an automated action before it happens?

Yes. A workflow can pause for a human decision before a sensitive action, such as approving a purchase or publishing a change. The scope should cover the reviewer, the information shown, expiry or escalation behaviour and what happens when the request is declined.