Convenience store, East Toronto
The problem: Owner spent Sunday nights building supplier orders from memory and a notebook.
The build: Sales and stock data now draft the weekly order for each supplier; owner approves from his phone.
5 hrs/week back
AI automation agency
Your business runs on repetitive work. We make it run itself.
The Skill Corner builds AI automations for local businesses and professional practices - from missed-call answering to patient intake. You keep the work only you can do; the rest runs on its own.
Serving storefronts, clinics, and firms across Canada - built and supported locally.
I run a local business
Stores, restaurants, salons, gyms. Fixed prices, plain talk, and automations that start paying for themselves in weeks.
We handle:
Missed callssupplier ordersreviewsno-shows
I run a practice or firm
Clinics, dental offices, law firms, accountants. Privacy-first builds that fit how your office already works.
We handle:
No-showsintake paperworkafter-hours inquiriesfollow-ups
Sound familiar?
The phone rings at the worst times
Calls land while you are with a customer, a patient, or a client. Whoever does not get an answer calls the next place on the list.
Admin eats your evenings
Orders, paperwork, reviews, reminders - hours every week of work that keeps the lights on but never grows the business.
Follow-ups slip through the cracks
The quote you meant to chase, the lapsed customer you meant to win back. Nobody dropped the ball on purpose; there was just no system.
What does doing it by hand cost you?
Slide to roughly where your week is. Count everyone who touches the busywork - you, family, staff.
Your annual cost of inaction
$18,200
about $1,517 every month, spent on work a system can do
Recent builds
Real projects, anonymized for client privacy. Problem in, automation built, hours back.
Family restaurant, Mississauga
The problem: Phone went unanswered through every dinner rush; reservations went to voicemail.
The build: AI receptionist answers, takes reservations into the booking system, and texts the manager anything unusual.
30+ calls/month captured
Hair salon, two locations
The problem: No-shows ran 4 to 6 per week per location; texts to confirm were sent by hand.
The build: Automatic reminder ladder at 7 days, 24 hours, and 2 hours, with one-tap reschedule links.
No-shows down roughly half
What we automate
Some builds cover most of what eats an owner's week. Every one connects to the tools you already use.
How it works
Audit
A free 30-minute call. We map where your hours go and pick the two or three automations with the fastest payback. You get the list whether you hire us or not.
Build
We build and test in two to four weeks, connected to the tools you already use. You approve everything before it goes live.
Run
It runs every day. We monitor it, fix it when a connected tool changes, and send you a monthly report of hours saved.
What it costs
No hourly billing, no open-ended retainers. You always know the number before we build.
Starter automation
From $395/month
Fixed monthly price, setup included. Most owners start with one automation and add more once the first pays for itself. Cancel any month.
Custom build
Typical engagements run $7,500 - $25,000
Scoped and quoted after your audit, with monitoring and support from $1,500/month. You approve the scope before anything is built.
PIPEDA/PHIPA-aware data handling. No patient or client records touch our systems without a signed agreement, and we work inside your existing tools wherever possible.
Questions owners actually ask
How much does it cost?
Local businesses start with fixed packages from $395/month, setup included. Practices and firms get custom builds - typical engagements run $7,500 to $25,000 with support from $1,500/month. Either way, you get an exact quote after the free audit, and the audit costs nothing.
How long until something is actually running?
Simple builds like missed-call answering go live inside a week. Most projects take two to four weeks from audit to launch. Nothing ships until you have tested it yourself.
Do you work with the tools I already have?
Yes - that is the default. Square, Clover, Jane, Cliniko, Clio, QuickBooks, Google Workspace, and thousands of other apps. We connect to what you have; we almost never ask you to switch systems.
What about patient and client privacy?
We design for PIPEDA and PHIPA from the start: minimal data collection, processing inside your existing systems where possible, and no patient or client records stored by us without a signed agreement. We will walk through data flow in plain English before anything is built.
What happens if an automation breaks?
Every build is monitored. If a connected tool changes or something fails, we get an alert and fix it - within one business day on every plan. Nothing fails silently: anything an automation cannot handle falls back to a human inbox.
Do I need technical staff to use this?
No. We build it, host it, and maintain it. If you can use email, you can run everything we hand over. Your team gets a one-page guide per automation, written for people who have better things to do.
Find out what your week looks like with the busywork gone.
A free 30-minute audit. You leave with three automation ideas sized to your business - whether you hire us or not.
Not ready to talk? Grab the free Automation Opportunities Checklist - 25 tasks your business can stop doing by hand.
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