Workflow automation
Automations that move work across the tools your team already uses.
Quote workflowsScheduling handoffsReminders and follow-up
Less double entry, fewer missed steps, faster operations.
Built in Colorado, for Colorado businesses
Custom software that answers the phone — so you don't have to.
Hylo builds custom tools that fit how your business runs — without the enterprise budget or the six-month timeline. A local partner, not a generic platform.
Free consultation
See where software is worth it for you
A 30-minute conversation about your operation and where software can help — and where it isn't worth it. No pitch deck, no obligation.
Or send us a quick note
What we build
Practical software for the work your current tools don't handle
The missing operational layer around your existing systems — built to fit your process.
Custom internal apps
Focused web and mobile tools built around your actual process, not a generic template.
Field appsOwner portalsApproval tools
Your team stops bending their process to fit the software.
System integrations
Reliable connections between the systems that currently force manual re-entry.
QuickBooks syncCRM handoffsPMS and scheduling links
Your records line up without someone babysitting spreadsheets.
AI receptionists and assistants
Voice, chat, and back-office assistants trained on your business rules with human approval where it matters.
Lead qualificationAppointment bookingCustomer answers
Customers get a fast response without adding front-desk load.
Dashboards and reporting
Operational views that pull the numbers you need from the systems where the work happens.
Owner dashboardsMulti-location rollupsException reports
You can see the business without rebuilding the same report every week.
Vibe Deploy
Productionize your vibe-coded app so it is hosted, secured, monitored, and supportable.
Code reviewHosting setupAuth, data, and security fixes
Your promising prototype becomes software you can rely on in production.
Real results
What we've built
A sample of the products and internal tools we build when off-the-shelf software leaves the real work outside the system.
Industries
Workflow examples by industry
These are common places we look for leverage. The right workflow depends on how your business runs.
Contractors, trades, installers, service crews, and project teams
Field teams & specialty contractors
Common bottleneck
Many growing field teams have one version of the job in the truck, another in the office, and a third in accounting.
Example builds
- Field apps for photos, notes, status updates, approvals, and job documentation.
- Estimating and quoting workflows that reflect your actual pricing, materials, phases, and exceptions.
- Connections between scheduling, CRM, project tools, and accounting so staff are not re-entering the same job.
Potential outcome
Crews, office staff, and finance work from the same operational picture.
Dental, veterinary, med spa, physical therapy, and wellness practices
Practice front desks
Common bottleneck
In many practices, valuable staff time disappears into missed calls, reschedules, intake forms, reminders, and repetitive patient or client questions.
Example builds
- AI reception and messaging workflows for common questions, booking requests, and after-hours inquiries.
- Scheduling, recall, cancellation, and waitlist workflows that respect your staff's approval points.
- Form, payment, and follow-up automations around the practice systems you already use.
Potential outcome
Your team spends less time on repetitive admin and more time with the people in front of them.
Law, accounting, insurance, consulting, and advisory firms
Law firms & professional services
Common bottleneck
Professional firms often have strong systems of record, but the work around intake, documents, status updates, and owner reporting still lives in email and spreadsheets.
Example builds
- Client intake workflows that collect context, documents, approvals, and next steps before staff do manual cleanup.
- Human-reviewed AI summaries for packets, emails, transcripts, or routine documents.
- Dashboards and follow-up workflows that connect leads, active work, billing, and client communication.
Potential outcome
Clients get clearer next steps, staff spend less time copy-pasting, and owners see the work without rebuilding reports.
Restaurants, hospitality groups, event venues, catering, and reservations teams
Hospitality calls & reservations
Common bottleneck
When the host stand is busy or the team is closed, calls, reservation changes, private-event leads, and guest issues can slip into voicemail or scattered inboxes.
Example builds
- AI phone and messaging workflows for common questions, reservation requests, and after-hours inquiries.
- Routing for private-event leads, manager callbacks, urgent issues, and human follow-up.
- Connections between reservation, event, POS, and reporting tools where the current handoff is manual.
Potential outcome
Guests get faster responses and managers get cleaner follow-up without adding another front-of-house burden.
Equipment-heavy operators, industrial services, replenishment, and field operations
Industrial services & equipment operations
Common bottleneck
Industrial and equipment-heavy teams often need custom workflows for assets, replenishment, field notes, service history, and customer updates that generic systems do not model well.
Example builds
- Field apps for equipment status, service notes, customer updates, and offline-capable work.
- Order, replenishment, and alert workflows based on your inventory, customer, or asset rules.
- Operational dashboards that bring field, finance, and customer activity into one source of truth.
Potential outcome
Teams get cleaner handoffs, better asset visibility, and fewer operations trapped in spreadsheets.
Distributors, courier teams, specialty delivery, moving, warehouse, and field sales teams
Distribution, logistics & field sales ops
Common bottleneck
Distribution, logistics, and field sales teams often grow faster than their spreadsheet, CRM, dispatch, and accounting handoffs can handle.
Example builds
- Mobile tools for reps, drivers, or warehouse staff to capture the right information at the right step.
- Quote, order, delivery, proof, commission, and payout workflows around your actual rules.
- Dashboards that connect customer activity, field work, operations, and accounting.
Potential outcome
The team can move faster without losing track of orders, commitments, payouts, or exceptions.
How it works
A clear path from first call to production
You own what we build. We work with your existing tools, not against them.
1
Free consultation
A 30-minute conversation about your operation and where software can help — and where it isn't worth it.
2
Workflow blueprint
A fixed-fee discovery: we map your workflows, rank the highest-ROI opportunities, and deliver a build proposal you own. Credited toward your build if you proceed.
3
Build
Fixed-fee, with visible progress throughout — no black box.
4
Support
Ongoing maintenance and improvements. You own what we build; we work with your existing tools.
Pricing
Transparent tiers — scope before you commit
Start free. A fixed-fee blueprint scopes the work before you commit, and it's credited toward your build. No surprise bills.
Starter
From $900
One focused workflow or integration to prove value fast.
- Single workflow build
- Integration with your existing tools
- Launch support
- Blueprint fee credited toward your build
Growth
From $5,000
Multiple workflows connected across your operations.
- Everything in Starter
- Multi-system automation
- Custom dashboards & reporting
- Ongoing Automation Operations retainer
Custom
Custom pricing
Full custom apps, multi-location rollouts, or complex integrations.
- Everything in Growth
- Custom web & mobile apps
- Advanced security & compliance needs
- Dedicated support & roadmap
Peter France
Founder
Denver, Colorado
About
A local partner
Hylo is a Colorado custom software studio for growing local businesses. We build practical tools that fit how your business runs — workflow automation, custom apps, and the connective tissue between the software you already use.
Security & ownership
Built to earn your trust
The top build-vs-buy fear: what if you disappear? Here's how we address it.
You own the code
Everything we build is yours. Full source code, documentation, and a clean handoff if you ever want to bring development in-house.
Your data stays yours
Encrypted connections, least-privilege access, and clear data-handling practices. HIPAA-aware workflows for medical-adjacent clients; privileged-data care for legal firms.
Fixed-fee scope
No runaway bills. We scope before we build, and we only promise what we'll honor. Cancel anytime on ongoing support.
FAQ
Common questions
Straight answers — no jargon.
Free consultation
See where software is worth it for you
A 30-minute conversation about your operation and where software can help — and where it isn't worth it. No pitch deck, no obligation.
Or send us a quick note