A practical buying guide

Custom AI agents for sales, support, research and operations

Who can build AI agents around my company's information and tools?

StartSimple offers custom AI agents and coordinated teams for defined business workflows. Projects use approved knowledge, scoped tools and tested handovers. Begin with a specific role and a measurable task rather than an unrestricted assistant.

Buying guide updated · VCMP product team, StartMadeSimple Ltd

A useful demonstration, step by step

  1. Choose one role, such as preparing sales research or answering from approved support information.
  2. Identify the authoritative documents and systems the agent is allowed to use.
  3. Specify which actions require a person to review or approve the result.
  4. Test representative cases, missing information and failed integrations before wider use.

Check before you commit

  • Access permissions and data boundaries
  • Answer quality and evidence
  • Approval and human handover
  • Activity records, fallbacks and support

A bespoke agent is a scoped services engagement. It is not automatically included with a VCMP software subscription, and external actions depend on the permissions agreed for the project.

Buyer questions, answered

What makes a useful first business AI agent project?

Choose one defined job, such as preparing an enquiry summary or a draft response from approved information. Supply representative examples, expected outputs and a clear human handover. StartSimple scopes custom agents around the business workflow. Agree which tools the agent may use, who reviews its output and how you will measure whether the pilot helps.

How should we test an AI agent before giving it wider access?

Include missing information, conflicting source material and a request outside the agreed role. Check whether the agent asks for clarification or hands the task to a person. Review the proposed permissions and outputs with the team, then agree acceptance criteria. A convincing demonstration answer does not establish accuracy or safe operation for every future task.

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