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AI agents that run a process

It's not the model that hurts. It's the question of what the system will do on its own at 3 a.m., who answers for it, and what a mistake costs. So the agent we build runs one named process inside boundaries you set: operations with real impact wait for your approval, and every action lands in the log. From €6 000 net, 6–16 weeks to production, with a fixed quote before the contract.

Written by the Syntalith engineering team · Updated 10 June 2026

In short

Price and time
from €6 000 net · 6–16 weeksa fixed quote before the contract; you pay for the work, not for the number of agents
Boundaries and trace
State-changing actions wait for your approvalthe model picks the next step from the case; every action is logged for audit
Before you pay for the whole thing
The pilot must hit a written targeton your data, only then do you decide on the full rollout

Problem

An agent without boundaries, escalation and a trace is a risk, not automation. Nobody hands it a real process, rightly so.

Outcome

In 6–16 weeks you get a system that runs the process itself: it watches the sources, does the work in your tools and stops exactly where you draw the line. Operations that change state on your side are drafted and wait for approval, and every decision stays in the log. From €6 000 net, with a fixed quote before signing. First the pilot on real data has to hit the written target; only then do you commit to the full build.

Who is accountable

The same team builds and maintains every deployment.

They sign the build

  • Artem LisovtsovFounder, Full-Stack & AI/ML Architect
  • Serhii IvanchatenkoHead of Backend & AI Integrations
Full team bios

The same team and the same rules will work in your process. Start with a free scan.

Book a free process scan (30 min)

This is how an agent runs one process.

From a signal in the source to the trace it leaves. The green line is the boundary the system does not cross alone.

  1. 01

    Watches the sources

    the agent sees a new case in the agreed systems

  2. 02

    Decides within boundaries

    it checks the rules and sets the next step inside the task scope

  3. 03

    Works in the tools

    it runs the action on minimum permissions, with a trace

Boundary gate

in-bounds actions move on, sensitive ones stop

Done within boundaries

the step is closed, with an auditable log

Exception to a human

an operation with production impact waits for approval

We set the boundary with you during scoping. A named owner on your side takes the escalations.

Security

What stops the agent if someone tries to hijack it at 3 a.m.?

Not an input filter, but boundaries on the output. The agent runs with real permissions, and the most common attack is prompt injection: a hidden instruction in an email or document the agent reads starts steering it. OWASP puts agent goal hijack (most often via prompt injection) at the top of its 2026 risk list for agentic applications. We design so that even a hijacked agent can do nothing dangerous.

OWASP 2026

Even a hijacked agent can do nothing dangerous

Least privilege, read-only first.

Tools

A hard "never" list enforced in code; external content is data rather than a command.

Boundaries

Irreversible steps wait for human approval.

Escalation

Every action logged and replayable.

Trace

These are four of the same seven criteria that separate an agent from a mock-up. Boundaries are not an add-on to security: they are the security.

Data & compliance

An isolated, agreed environment: data does not leave it without your consent. Operations with production impact wait for human approval, and every action stays in an auditable log. Trace, human oversight and monitoring are modeled on the EU AI Act regime and provided as input to your operator documentation; classifying the system and its compliance stay on your side.

What ships with the agent.

  • An agent running one named process from start to finish, within set boundaries and escalating exceptions
  • An operator panel: live view, manual approvals, a stop and a log of every decision
  • Integrations with your systems on minimum required permissions
  • An isolated runtime: data does not leave the agreed environment without your consent
  • A hard boundary between data and instructions: content the agent reads from sources is treated as data to assess, never as commands to execute
  • Monitoring, alerts and handover documentation for your team

Not for

  • Autonomy without boundaries or an owner on the company side
  • Build work without a signed scope

Seven criteria every one of our agents meets.

The trust frame

What it meansWhat you get in the system
WorkWhat it meansOne concrete, named job with no “assistant for everything” scopeWhat you get in the systemScope written into the contract and the system's configuration
ContextWhat it meansDefined data and knowledge the agent works fromWhat you get in the systemAn inventory of data sources and their gaps
ToolsWhat it meansAccess only to approved toolsWhat you get in the systemIntegrations on minimum required permissions
BoundariesWhat it meansWhat it must never do without a humanWhat you get in the systemHard stops and execution conditions
EscalationWhat it meansHands exceptions to a human instead of guessingWhat you get in the systemAn escalation path with a named owner
MeasurementWhat it meansThe result is measured against a baselineWhat you get in the systemA quality threshold and a baseline set at the scan, before launch
TraceWhat it meansEvery decision can be reconstructed after the factWhat you get in the systemAn auditable log of actions and state changes

This is our internal qualification frame in plain language: you describe the process and the risk, we hold the criteria. When a process doesn't meet the full set, we say so plainly and propose a cheaper form.

Entry price

from €6 000

Delivery window · 6–16 weeks

You pay for the process the agent runs, not for the number of agents.

You get a fixed quote in the proposal after the free scan. You know the full cost before signing, with no hidden items.

What drives the price

  • The number of data sources and integrations
  • The scope of autonomy and the complexity of rules and exceptions
  • Security, consent and trace-audit requirements

Cost over time

  1. Implementation buildfrom €6 0006–16 weeks
  2. Maintenance and oversightpriced individuallymonthly

Cost to run

An agent works in a loop, so it spends 5 to 30 times more tokens per task than a chatbot. What counts is completed-task cost rather than prompt cost. We keep it in check: caching for repeated context, a cheaper model for simple steps, and a hard limit at the escalation gate. You get the range for your process in the proposal, and we meter cost from day one: Cost Per Query, the cost of a single request.

Gartner 2026, via CIO Dive

First the pilot has to hit a written goal. Only then do you pay for the full build.

What if it doesn't work

You've seen a demo that looked great and died in production.

You're not buying a demo. The pilot on your data has to reach a quality bar written down before we start, or we don't move to the full build.

The price will creep during the project.

You know the fixed quote before the contract, with no hidden items. You pay for the work rather than the number of agents.

We'll get locked into one vendor.

The code, prompts and data stay with you, on your infrastructure if your security rules require it.

What if it turns out we don't need an agent?

If the process doesn't meet the seven criteria, we say so plainly and don't build it. Either way you keep a written summary after the scan.

Free process scan

Start with a free process scan.

  • 30 minutes with the engineer who would build it, not a salesperson.
  • A review of the processes that cost you the most time and money.
  • A written summary: what to automate, in what order, with cost ranges.

No sales deck and no obligations. If automation doesn't make sense, we'll write that too.

€0

30 minutes · written takeaway within 2 business days

What is an AI agent: the seven questions

Agent questions

  • Does my process actually need an agent?

  • How do you keep control of an agent in production?

  • Is our data safe and GDPR-compliant?

  • How is this different from a plain automation or other vendors?

  • How much does an AI agent cost?

  • How long does an agent build take?

  • What if it doesn't work in our process?

You leave with a plan, not a sales pitch.

  • 30 minutes with the engineer who would build it, not a salesperson.
  • A review of the processes that cost you the most time and money.
  • A written summary: what to automate, in what order, with cost ranges.
€030 minutes · written takeaway within 2 business days
Book a free process scan (30 min)

No sales deck and no obligations. If automation doesn't make sense, we'll write that too.