The Build Lab
A case study for every kind of small business job. Each one shows the problem, what I built and the tools it connects to, with a demo video of it in action and a live demo you can try.
A quick note on these demos
So you can see and click around each one, I've built a real app interface for every workflow here. In real life, lots of them don't need one. They can run natively inside the Claude app, or quietly in the background with no screen at all.
Some are deliberately fun and a bit whimsical. Every one can be fully branded to your business and made as slick and professional as you like.
News
Your industry news and what it means for you, as a front page every morning.
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Tasks
Your weekly to-dos as a record player: one record a day, three tracks each. Drop the needle, tick them off.
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Admin
A tiny elephant watching the inbox, diary, invoices and stock, drafting the next job for you.
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Clients
A new client says yes and seven tools do the onboarding in minutes.
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Money
Cash, sales, costs and overdue invoices for a group of cafés, on one screen.
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Content
One voice note goes in, a week of posts for every platform comes out.
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Loyalty
A digital visit card for a gym, and a heads-up for the owner before members drift away.
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Video
A talking-head clip goes in, a captioned, cut and branded reel comes out.
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Routines
A visual timer for an ADHD-friendly morning: one step at a time, gentle nudges, no guilt.
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Payroll
Timesheets, mileage and holiday requests collected in one place, then checked and ready for payroll.
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Learning
Registers, resources and follow-ups for a training course, in one portal for tutor and learners.
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Sales page
An animated sales page for an architecture practice: scroll, and the house builds itself.
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Suppliers
Every week each maker gets their sales by email, and every month a proper report. Nobody types a thing.
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