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Managed AI Operations

You shouldn't have to become the AI person after install day.

AI models change. Software updates break connections. Your business changes. We keep your agents, connections and workflows working, so you never have to maintain them yourself.

What the monthly work actually is

Not a status meeting. Not a recap deck. The paths that are in production, watched and kept current.

System monitoring

Successful runs, failures, latency, escalations. We care whether the estimate agent drafted and whether a connector 401’d at 2am, not whether a vanity dashboard is green.

Integration maintenance

Vendors ship API changes. ServiceTitan, Tekmetric, Google Ads, QuickBooks. A Friday update should not silently kill Monday’s follow-up.

Model optimization

Pin, evaluate, and route. A prompt that worked in March drifts. We treat that as ours to catch, not yours to QA.

Quality evaluations

Does the draft still sound like the company. Did it invent a promise. Did it skip a file it should have flagged. Drift shows up here before a customer does.

Incident response

Diagnose, restore, tighten the path. An error is a design problem: add a check, shrink the permission, or take that action back to a human.

Continuous improvement

New membership product, second location, a reporting hole the owner just found. Scoped to what is running, not a forty-agent roadmap on retainer.

How a week of this looks

Watch the runs. Keep the connectors. Evaluate the output. Fix incidents. Add the next job when the last one is trusted.

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    Watch every run, not a vanity dashboard

    Finished jobs, failures, slowdowns, handoffs. We care whether the estimate agent drafted, whether it handed off, and whether a connection broke at 2am, not whether a status page is green.

  2. 02

    Keep the connections working

    Vendors ship API changes. ServiceTitan, Tekmetric, Google Ads, QuickBooks, all of them. Managed operations makes sure a Friday vendor update does not quietly break Monday’s follow-up.

  3. 03

    Check the work against the standard you set

    Does the draft still sound like your company? Did it invent a promise? Did it skip a file it should have flagged? Regular checks catch problems before a customer does.

  4. 04

    Fix the problem, then fix the cause

    Find it, fix it, tighten it. An error is a design problem: add a check, narrow the permission, or hand that action back to a person. We do not “restart the bot” and call it done.

  5. 05

    Add the next job once you trust the last one

    New membership plan, second location, a reporting gap the owner just found. Improvements are scoped to what is running. You do not pay for a giant roadmap.

Why not staff this internally

Most service businesses need the care. They do not need a department of AI engineers babysitting a follow-up agent.

  1. 01

    You still own the operation

    Your team keeps the decisions that require judgment. We keep the system current. This is extra capacity, not an outsourced general manager.

  2. 02

    Most service businesses do not need an AI department

    They need it built and kept running. Hiring two engineers to babysit a follow-up agent and a morning report is how you burn money. We do that part.

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    You pay for what is in production

    Managed operations starts after a live deployment. Scope is the agents and workflows that are actually running, not a retainer for work we might someday do.

Managed operations

After go-live, someone still has to keep it honest.

APIs change. Models drift. We watch the runs, repair connectors, and expand only what is earning its keep.

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without cortex · someone still has to remember to look

with cortex · the layer watches, drafts, and waits for you

What this looks like after install day

Connectors break. Models drift. The company grows. These are examples of what we look after once the build is live, not a promise that nothing will ever fail.

Example incident

The vendor shipped an API change on a Friday.

The problem
The estimate agent stopped seeing new quotes. Without managed operations, that looks like “AI stopped working” on Monday, after a weekend of silence. The follow-up went back to whoever remembered.
What we build
Monitoring flags failed runs and login errors. We fix the connection, re-run what was missed, and check that drafts still meet the standard. The salesperson sees a normal list on Monday, not an incident report.
Why this way
Connectors break. That is not a reason to avoid agents. It is the reason someone has to own them after install day.

Example improvement · Detail Driven

The morning board needed a collision view, not another login.

The problem
Repair problems were already on the board. Collision files still lived in CCC. Quiet estimates and unpaid finals meant a second round of digging.
What we build
Same setup. One more data collector on the CCC EMS export they already produced. Collision problems on the same morning board. No new software. No master login.
Why this way
Managed operations is how the system grows with the company (a new view, a tighter permission, a new workflow) without a second implementation project.

Example model change

The briefing got sloppy after a model update.

The problem
A cloud provider shipped a new default. The morning summary started hedging, padding, and missing the problems that actually needed a person.
What we build
Our checks caught the change. We lock the model version, tighten the instructions, and re-check on real files. The owner does not become the QA department.
Why this way
Models change under you. Treating “AI” as a one-time project is how briefings quietly get worse while everyone assumes the system is still doing the job.

What is in, and what is not

In

Monitoring, connector upkeep, evaluations, incident response, small improvements, and the next scoped path when you ask for it. Starts after a live deployment. Priced to what is actually in production.

Not in

We are not your general manager, your CSR team, or your ads agency. We do not book jobs, discount work, or own the angry-customer call. Your people keep the operation. We keep the system.

Questions operators actually ask

Is this an agency retainer?

No. It is closer to running infrastructure: monitoring, connector upkeep, evaluations, incident response, and small improvements. We are not booking your jobs or managing your ads account.

Can we run it ourselves after implementation?

You can. Most operators do not want to. If you have the people, we will say what they would have to own. If you do not, managed operations is the honest alternative to hoping nothing breaks.

When does it start?

After a live deployment. There is nothing to manage until an agent is live.

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