Owner-operators running $1M+ businesses lose an estimated $100K-$300K/year in time, errors, and dropped work — not because they lack tools, but because those tools don't run together.
We install a working ops system in 2-3 weeks. Fixed-fee. You see it running on our business first.
helix@core ~ % helix status --last 24hagents.active 9 / 9pipeline.tasks_run 1,284pipeline.failed 0cost.per_task $0.011 avglast_handoff jordan -> nova okuptime runninghelix@core ~ %
The problem
Three workflows that fire when a row changes in Airtable. A webhook nobody knows how to debug. A Slack notification for a report nobody reads.
Industry estimate: SMB owners who hire “automation consultants” report an average of 1-3 working automations delivered per engagement — the rest break within 90 days with no documented fix path.
The discovery call. The workshop. The 47-page strategy document. The roadmap presentation. Ninety days later, nothing runs differently.
The automation consultancy model is built around the deliverable of recommendations — not the deliverable of a running system. You paid for advice when you needed an engine.
Every handoff between tools costs 15-30 minutes to reconstruct context. Every team member knows a slightly different version of the workflow.
An estimated 20-30% of owner-operator hours go to translation work — explaining to one tool what another tool just did. The cost is invisible until you start counting.
But every vendor you've talked to sells you their tool, not your outcome. You leave the call with more software to evaluate, not a running system.
Vector is the one option where you see the exact system running on a real business before you buy it.
What we install
We build the way real ops runs: demo first, then install. No discovery theater, no recommendations document, no lock-in.
$0
See the system we run on before you decide anything. 15 minutes, no prep, no pitch.
Outcome
In 15 minutes, you see 9 agents, real workflows, a live dashboard, and a real pipeline running our three businesses — and you can ask any question about how it works.
What's included
Bonuses
Perceived value: $500. Your price: $0.
$2,500 – $5,000 fixed-fee
3-5 working automations + monitoring dashboard installed on your actual stack in 2 weeks.
Outcome
The five workflows your team currently runs manually run on their own. Your dashboard shows what fired, what failed, and what needs attention — no Slack-chasing required.
What's included
Bonuses
Perceived value: $8,600. Your price: $2,500-$5,000 fixed-fee.
$5,000 – $15,000 fixed-fee
A reduced version of the exact system operating Helix Core: 5+ automations, multi-view ops dashboard, 2 persistent agents, full stack integrations.
This is the right tier if your business is doing $1M+ in revenue, you have a team of 3-20 people, and the cost of ops friction is measurable in hours per week and missed handoffs per month.
Outcome
Your business runs on a documented system, not on your presence. You leave for a week and things continue.
What's included
Bonuses
Perceived value: $24,700. Your price: $5,000-$15,000 fixed-fee.
from $1,500/month
We monitor, maintain, and expand your installed system. New automations each quarter, weekly health checks, async support.
This is the right tier for businesses that installed Sprint Setup or Helix Lite and want the system to grow with them — without hiring an ops hire.
Outcome
The system you installed keeps running, keeps improving, and costs a fraction of a full-time ops salary.
What's included
Bonuses
Perceived value: $4,600/quarter added. Your price: from $1,500/month.
The process
Book the free Live Helix Tour (15 min). You watch the system running on a real business. Ask any question. No pitch. We tell you honestly whether what we build for clients would fit your ops or not.
If there's a fit, we run a 3-5 day async ops audit. We review your current tools, your highest-friction workflows, your team's handoff patterns. You answer a short set of questions in writing — no discovery call marathon.
Sprint Setup: 2 weeks, $2,500-$5,000. Helix Lite: 3 weeks, $5,000-$15,000. Scope defined in writing before we start. If you change it mid-build, we quote the addition before we do the work.
Every deliverable comes with a runbook your team can read. Dashboard, automations, agents — all documented. If you want us to keep managing it: Managed Ops from $1,500/month. If you want to own it entirely: you have everything you need.
Our guarantees
If the 15-minute demo was not worth your time, we send you a $50 credit applicable to any future Vector engagement. No conditions.
Working system live within the agreed timeframe, or 25% refund per business day late. We have never needed to invoke this. We state it because you should not have to take our word for it.
Any automation we installed that stops working within 60 days for reasons inside our build — we fix it at no charge, within 48 hours of you reporting it.
If your team cannot operate the core workflows without us by Day 30, we run a free re-training session and adjust documentation until they can. The system is yours to run, not ours to hold.
First month is month-to-month. Cancel by day 28 = full refund. After day 30: monthly with 60-day notice. No six-month lock-in risk.
Who runs Vector
Vector is run by Duvan — founder, BIM Manager, and the person who built and operates Helix Core: a multi-business operating system running 9 agents, 24 hours a day.
We are our own first customer. The system you would buy is the system we run our business on. You can see it operating before you pay a dollar.
Client case studies are added here after the first installations complete — measured results only, never projected.
We run with a custom agent stack — research, outreach management, delivery pipeline monitoring, report generation — built on tools available to any SMB: n8n, Make, Supabase, Notion, and a set of orchestrated AI agents. No enterprise contract required. The same tools your business likely already uses, or could, without switching stacks.
We do not sell consulting. We do not sell strategy. We install systems. Every engagement ends with a file, a dashboard, and a runbook — not a slide deck.
English and Spanish. SMB owner-operators across USA Tier 2, USA Hispano, and LATAM. Base: Costa Rica. Work: wherever your stack is.
FAQ
A freelancer builds what you specify. We identify what needs to be built, build it, document it, and guarantee it runs. You don't need to already know which automations you need — that's what the audit is for. And you see the result operating on our own business before you decide to pay for it.
n8n (self-hosted), Make.com, Zapier, custom Node.js and Python, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini APIs for agent logic, Supabase and Airtable for data, Notion for dashboards and documentation. We pick the tools that fit your existing stack — we don't require you to replace what you already paid for.
Both, depending on tier. Sprint Setup delivers automations and a dashboard. Helix Lite includes two persistent agents — the most common choices are email triage, lead scoring, WhatsApp response routing, and report generation. We don't build agents for the sake of building agents — only where a decision loop requires one.
Healthcare, legal, and financial services with strict compliance requirements — not yet. Enterprise businesses with IT governance requirements — not yet. If you run a $50M+ organization, we are not the right fit at this stage. Our sweet spot is owner-operated SMBs, $500K to $5M revenue, with clear ops friction and a team that can adopt a documented system.
We built it to be expanded. The runbook documents how each piece works, so you or a future developer can extend it. On Managed Ops, expansion is included — one net-new automation per quarter. If you outgrow our capacity entirely, we document a handoff for whoever you bring in next.
Book the Live Helix Tour. You see 9 agents and a real dashboard running a real business — live, on screen, answering any question you have. No pitch. No commitment. If the system doesn't match your problem, we tell you so.
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