Softment

AI Development

AI Agent Development

We build AI agents that do more than chat: they can plan steps, call tools, and complete workflows across your product and internal systems. You get safe tool access, human approvals where needed, and an evaluation layer so quality is measurable—not vibes.

TimelineTypical: 3–6 weeks (scope-dependent)
Starting at$1.5k
Security-first AI integrations • Evals + logging + guardrails included

Overview

What this service is

An AI agent is a system that can decide what to do next, use tools (APIs), and execute multi-step tasks—while staying within strict safety and permission boundaries.

We design agent architecture (routing, memory/state, tool contracts, fallbacks) so outcomes are predictable and failure modes are visible.

Delivery includes instrumentation, evaluation tests, and handoff notes so your team can extend agents safely after launch.

Standard

AI delivery standard

Quality and safety practices we ship with AI builds so the system stays measurable, maintainable, and production-ready.

Logging + tracing

Conversation and tool traces with request IDs, error visibility, and debug-friendly runbooks.

Guardrails + safety

Tool allowlists, PII-safe patterns, refusal behavior, and escalation routes for edge cases.

Evals + regression tests

Golden queries, scorecards, and regression checks so quality improves over time instead of drifting.

Cost + latency controls

Caching, prompt discipline, retrieval tuning, and routing so your app stays fast and predictable at scale.

Documentation + handoff

Architecture notes, environment setup, and next-step roadmap so your team can iterate safely after launch.

Security-first integration

Secrets isolation, role-based access, audit-friendly actions, and minimal data retention by design.

Benefits

What you get

Automate multi-step workflows (not just Q&A)

Reduce manual ops with approval-aware automation

Keep tool access safe with allowlists + RBAC

Measure quality with evals and regression tests

Control latency and cost with caching and routing

Ship with logs and incident-friendly observability

Features

What we deliver

Agent architecture + tool contracts

We define tool schemas, permissions, and error handling so the agent can act safely and consistently across systems.

Routing + intent handling

Route user requests to the right flows: Q&A, tool execution, escalation, or clarification—so the agent doesn’t guess.

Memory + state (session-safe)

Short-term state and optional user preferences stored safely with clear retention rules—no uncontrolled “memory”.

Human-in-the-loop approvals

Approval steps for risky actions (refunds, changes, deletes) with summaries and structured diffs for fast review.

Guardrails + safe fallbacks

Tool allowlists, refusal patterns, sensitive-data controls, and fallback behavior when confidence is low.

Evals + monitoring

Golden test sets, regression checks, traces, and KPI dashboards (success rate, tool errors, latency, cost) to keep quality improving.

Process

How we work

1
2–4 days

Discovery

Define jobs-to-be-done, tools, and risk boundaries.

2
3–6 days

Design

Agent routing, tool schemas, memory/state, and fallback plan.

3
2–4 weeks

Build

Implement flows, tool calls, guardrails, and UI/UX for agent interaction.

4
3–7 days

Evals

Create test sets, regression checks, and quality KPIs.

5
2–4 days

Launch

Monitoring, rollout plan, and handoff documentation.

Tech Stack

Technologies we use

Core

OpenAI / AnthropicFunction calling / toolsLangChain / SDK-first orchestrationVercel AI SDK

Tools

Node.js / PythonPostgreSQLRedis (caching)Queues + retries

Services

n8n (optional)Sentry / tracing

Use Cases

Who this is for

Support agent that resolves tickets

Answer questions from docs, pull order/account state, and create/update tickets with structured fields when escalation is needed.

Ops agent for back-office actions

Run multi-step workflows like refunds/adjustments with approvals, audit logs, and safe action limits.

Sales / lead qualification agent

Qualify inbound leads, enrich context, route to the right owner, and schedule follow-ups with CRM updates.

Incident triage assistant

Summarize alerts, pull logs, propose hypotheses, and open investigation tasks—while keeping humans in control.

Internal knowledge + actions

Search SOPs and then execute actions: create tasks, update records, and generate status updates for teams.

AI Case Examples

Micro case studies (anonymous)

A few safe examples of outcomes we build for real operations—no client names, just results.

Secure Mobile Solution in Australian Defence Ecosystem

Problem: Secure data workflows were required in a regulated environment with strict access controls.

Solution: Hardened architecture with strict auth, encrypted storage, and audit-friendly engineering patterns.

Outcome: Deployed securely within a regulated ecosystem with clear handoff and operational guidance.

AI Knowledge Base Across 2,000+ Pages

Problem: Teams needed fast answers across long PDFs, but search was slow and results were inconsistent.

Solution: RAG with hybrid retrieval and reranking, plus grounded answers and safer fallback behavior.

Outcome: Reliable answers with <10s response times and measurable improvements on real queries.

Ops Automation with AI + n8n

Problem: Manual approvals and CRM syncing created delays and data inconsistencies across tools.

Solution: Event-driven automation with validation gates and AI-assisted classification where it improved routing.

Outcome: Reduced manual workload significantly with more reliable workflows and operator visibility.

Decision Guides

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

A chatbot primarily answers questions. An agent can plan steps and use tools (APIs) to complete actions—like updating CRM fields, creating tickets, or triggering workflows—within strict safety boundaries.

Yes, when designed correctly. We implement tool allowlists, RBAC, approvals for risky actions, rate limits, and audit logs so access is controlled and reviewable.

We design low-confidence behavior: ask clarifying questions, return citations/sources, or escalate to a human with a structured summary.

Yes. We keep the system model-agnostic where possible and choose models based on accuracy, latency, and cost.

We create evaluation datasets, success criteria, and regression tests. We also monitor production metrics like completion rate, tool error rate, latency, and user feedback.

A list of tasks the agent should perform, the systems it must access, and your safety policy (what it can/can’t do without approval).

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