01 · Consultancy and advisory
Find the wins worth having
We find the highest-value, lowest-risk wins and give you a report with practical steps to follow yourself. Or, if you would rather, we build and run the whole pipeline for you.
An AI and automation consultancy
Automation,
made approachable.
SquareCows helps businesses take their first confident steps into AI and automation, making it work for their needs. We can even build custom tooling if required.
Open source and open standards throughout. No lock-in, no black boxes.
Identify
Automate
Repeat
Why SquareCows
One honest through-line, start to finish.
01
Easy to start
We take the fear out of the first step. No jargon walls, just a real first move you can make.
02
Built for you
Custom tooling tuned to how you actually work, not off-the-shelf software you bend around.
03
Yours to own
Open standards and open source throughout, so you stay in control of your own tools.
What we offer
Start with advice. Build only what helps.
We begin by finding what is worth doing and making AI work for you. When custom tooling would help, we build it, always on open standards you own.
02 · Custom Agent Skills
Package expertise that repeats
We turn your workflows into repeatable Agent Skills your AI agents can use, keeping them on track and doing things the right way, just as you would have done them yourself.
03 · Custom MCP servers
Connect the tools you already run
We connect your existing systems and tools to your AI agent, so it can do more on your behalf. If there is not a connector yet, we will build one for you.
Not sure where to start? Most people begin with a conversation. Let's find one job worth automating.
Ideas to get you started
What could you hand over?
Here are just a few of the everyday jobs we can help automate. If something you do often is not on the list, it probably still fits, so just ask.
Managing spreadsheets
Chasing unpaid invoices
Customer support triage
Data entry
Email responses
Meeting notes and summaries
Weekly reports
Stock reordering
Lead qualification
Onboarding new customers
Booking meetings
Order confirmations
Drafting proposals and quotes
Keeping your CRM tidy
Answering common questions
Appointment reminders
Sorting expenses and receipts
Social posts
Research and competitor watch
Reviewing documents
Screening candidates
Tidying and deduping data
Translating documents
Turning forms into actions
How we work
Practical AI and automation, without the hype
We are an AI and automation consultancy for businesses that want real results, whether you have never automated anything or you already run a stack you want to connect. We speak plainly, build in the open, and leave you owning what we make.
- Start where you are. We help people who have never automated anything take a real first step, then build on what works.
- Build in the open. Open source and open standards throughout, so there is no lock-in and no black boxes.
- Own what we build. From advice through custom tooling, one honest through-line, and it all stays yours.
- Kind, not complex. Warm, plain-spoken and genuinely useful. The cow smiles for a reason.
AI and automation should be easy to start and yours to keep. We find what is worth doing and make it work for you, then build custom Agent Skills, MCP servers or self-hosted memory when they help, all on standards you control.
Step 1
One job worth automating, working
0
Vendor lock-in or black boxes
100%
Open standards, owned by you
Our work, free for you to use
Built in the open, and yours to take
We practise what we preach. Here is some of the work we have opened up for anyone to host, run and build on, whether or not you ever work with us.
Self-hosted memory
OmniMem
A self-hosted semantic memory MCP server, built on Valkey. Persistent, private and portable memory a business owns outright.
Free to self-host and yours to keep. It gives your tools a memory you control, on infrastructure you run.
- Self-hosted
- Private by default
- Portable
- Open standards
Open source MCP servers
Questions, answered plainly
Frequently asked questions
Why do I need AI or automation?
Most teams lose hours each week to the same repetitive tasks. AI and automation can take that work off your plate, reliably and in the background, so you and your team are freed up to focus on growing the business and delighting your customers. We help you find the tasks worth handing over first, then make them work.
How do I get started if I have never automated anything?
We meet you where you are, with no jargon walls. Together we find one job worth automating, get it working, then build on what works. No fear, no fake urgency, no hard sell.
What are Agent Skills?
Agent Skills package repeatable expertise into reliable, reusable building blocks an AI assistant can use. We tune them to how your team actually works, so the automation fits your process rather than the other way around.
What is an MCP server?
An MCP server connects the tools you already run to an AI assistant using the open Model Context Protocol standard. Your automation talks to your real systems, on an open standard, with no lock-in.
What is OmniMem?
OmniMem is our self-hosted semantic memory product. It gives your tools a persistent, private memory you host yourself, so your data stays yours and your automation remembers what matters.
Do you use open source and open standards?
Yes, throughout. Everything we build runs on open source and open standards. That keeps you in control of your own tools, with no black boxes and full digital sovereignty.
Contact us
When you're ready to start, we're here.
No rush, no hard sell. Tell us a little about your business and one thing you would love to spend less time on. We will reply with a plain, practical first step.
Email us directly
info@squarecows.com