Most of our Chicago engagements start the same way: a 20-minute call where the owner describes a workflow we've heard before in shape but never in detail. MCP integrations is then designed against the detail, not the shape.
For Chicago operators who want a working pilot in weeks, not a year-long programme.
Our goal is to give Chicago businesses a three-day weekend, so people can spend more time with their families and the people they love :)
What MCP integrations actually does
Wire Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini directly into your tools with the Model Context Protocol. Your team uses AI in their existing inbox, CRM, or chat - with your data, your permissions, your guardrails.
- 01 Custom MCP servers for your CRM, ERP, or in-house tools
- 02 Permission-aware so AI only sees what each user can
- 03 Tool-call audit log for compliance
- 04 Works with Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, Cursor, and more
Built on: MCP Claude TypeScript Vercel
What you actually get
Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. This is what is in the box.
- A working pilot, in productionNot a prototype on someone's laptop. The first slice of MCP integrations runs against real work within weeks.
- Your data stays yoursIt runs on your accounts and your tools. If we part ways you keep the system and everything in it.
- The workflow mapped before codeWe write down what good looks like for Chicago businesses first, so nobody is guessing at handover.
- Support after it landsThe people who built it stay reachable when the business changes shape around it.
How MCP integrations compares
The two things most businesses do instead, and where each one runs out.
| Hiring for it | An off-the-shelf tool | Kiwi Dynamics | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fit to how you work | Fits perfectly, costs a salary | You bend your process to suit the tool | Built around the workflow you already run |
| Time to something useful | Immediate, and permanent | Quick to switch on, slow to make fit | A working slice in weeks, then hardened |
| Who owns the data | You do | The vendor, on the vendor's terms | You do, in your own accounts |
| When it breaks | That person sorts it, if they are in | A support queue and a ticket number | The people who built it |
| What it costs | A salary, every year, forever | Per seat, forever, used or not | Scoped and quoted up front |
What's different about doing this work in Chicago.
- Chicago runs on logistics, manufacturing, finance and a genuinely diverse industrial base - AI here means fitting into operations that were already running lean before AI existed.
- A major freight and logistics hub, a deep manufacturing base, and a futures and options trading industry with zero patience for anything slow. Chicago businesses want AI that respects an operation that already runs tight.
We work with teams across Chicago: The Loop · River North · Wicker Park · Lincoln Park · Evanston · Naperville.
Talk to us about this →How we build MCP integrations for a Chicago team.
We scope narrow, ship a working pilot, then harden it into production. The first slice is the highest-leverage workflow for your Chicago business, so value lands before the build is finished. Connect Claude to your stack.
Talk to usHow the work runs
- Find the one workflowWe look for the job costing Chicago businesses the most hours or the most leads, and deliberately ignore the rest for now.
- Ship a working sliceA narrow version goes into production in weeks, against real work, so the value shows up before the build is finished.
- Prove it, then widenWe measure it against what the work cost before. If it does not pay for itself, we say so rather than scaling it.
- Harden and hand overLogging, fallbacks and a real handover, so it keeps running when we are not in the room.
The outcome for Chicago teams
Existing AI tools become 10x more useful with real business context. For Chicago teams, that almost always shows up as fewer interruptions and a calmer week, not a dashboard chart.
Not your typical AI agency.
Honest about what AI can and cannot do
Ships the one workflow that pays for itself
Hours given back, never the size of the invoice
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
FAQ
What's a typical engagement length for Chicago businesses?
Six to twelve weeks for the build, then a short managed-services month while the system goes from "shipped" to "owned by your team". After that you keep us on retainer if you want, or take it from there yourself.
Do you do hourly billing or fixed price?
Fixed price for the pilot, every time. After that it's your call - fixed price per milestone or a small monthly retainer for ongoing iteration. We don't run open-ended T&M because it disincentivises us from finishing.
Can you walk us through a comparable build?
Yes - on the first call we'll pick the closest engagement we've shipped to what you're describing and walk through the outcome, the headcount and the time it took. Existing AI tools become 10x more useful with real business context.
Can you work with our existing systems?
Yes. The default MCP integrations stack we reach for is MCP, Claude, TypeScript, Vercel, but we'll bend it around whatever you already run - Xero, HubSpot, Shopify, Cin7, your own in-house apps. The discovery week maps every data source before any build starts.
Talk to us about this
Tell us what you're trying to do and we'll reply with how we'd build it - no obligation.