AI Agent Development Services

AI agent development company for agents that get work done

Cogntix is an AI agent development company. Our AI agent development services cover design, build, and launch of agents for operations, support, hiring, and document workflows, with the guardrails and monitoring they need to stay reliable in production, not just impressive in a demo.

Autonomous & semi-autonomous agents
Tool use & API orchestration
Memory, planning & reasoning
Evaluation, guardrails & observability
How we build agents

From idea to autonomous workflow

A practical process that de-risks the agent early. We prove the behaviour first, then expand autonomy and integrations.

  1. 011–2 days

    Scope & agent design

    We define the agent's mission, inputs and outputs, the tools it needs, human-in-the-loop checkpoints, and the success metrics that prove it's working.

  2. 021–2 weeks

    Build on the right platform

    We prototype with a custom stack or a no-code/low-code platform based on your speed, control, and budget needs. The goal is a working agent you can test with real tasks.

  3. 032–4 weeks

    Deploy with guardrails

    We productionise the agent with evaluation harnesses, output guardrails, monitoring, fallback flows, and a clear path for continuous improvement.

Platforms

Agent platforms we work with

We pick the stack that fits your needs — from fully custom code for control, to proven platforms for speed.

Custom code

LangChain, LlamaIndex, OpenAI Assistants, CrewAI, and bespoke Python/TypeScript backends for full control and scale.

CustomFull control

Voiceflow

A leading no-code platform for conversational agents, voice, and chat experiences with fast iteration.

No-codeConversational

n8n

Self-hosted workflow automation with native AI nodes for building agents that connect your internal tools.

WorkflowSelf-hosted

Make

Visual no-code automation with thousands of app integrations for quick proof-of-concept agents.

No-codeIntegrations

Botpress

Enterprise-grade chatbot and agent platform with strong multi-channel deployment options.

ChatbotsEnterprise

Relevance AI

Low-code platform for building an AI workforce with reusable tools, memory, and multi-agent teams.

AI workforceLow-code

CrewAI

Python framework for orchestrating multi-agent teams with role-based tasks and collaborative workflows.

Multi-agentPython

Dify

Open-source LLM app development platform for building, operating, and improving AI agents and workflows.

LLM appsOpen source
Use cases

Common AI agent use cases

Agents are most valuable where work is repetitive, data-heavy, and needs a little judgment.

Customer support agent

Answers tickets, searches your knowledge base, updates case status, and escalates complex issues to the right team.

Internal ops & research

Searches documents, drafts reports, summarises meetings, and prepares briefs so your team moves faster.

Sales / SDR assistant

Researches prospects, drafts personalised outreach, and prepares meeting notes so reps spend more time selling.

Document processing

Extracts data, classifies forms, checks compliance, and routes documents to the right people or systems.

Coding & QA agent

Generates tests, reviews pull requests, triages bugs, and suggests fixes to speed up engineering delivery.

Workflow automation

Triggers actions across tools, keeps humans in the loop, and handles exceptions without brittle if-this-then-that logic.

FAQs

A chatbot answers questions. An AI agent takes actions: it can call APIs, update databases, plan multi-step tasks, handle exceptions, and decide when to escalate to a human. Agents are built around a goal, not just a conversation.

A focused agent prototype is typically ready in 1–2 weeks. Production-ready agents with full guardrails, integrations, and observability usually ship in 4–8 weeks, depending on complexity.

Both. We choose the stack that matches your speed, control, and budget needs. We often start on a no-code or low-code platform to prove value fast, then move to custom code when you need scale, deeper integrations, or unique reasoning logic.

We build evaluation harnesses, output guardrails, human-in-the-loop checkpoints, and observability dashboards. Agents only get more autonomy after they prove reliability against real tasks and edge cases.

Yes. We connect agents to your CRM, helpdesk, databases, internal APIs, and knowledge bases using secure integrations. Most of the value comes from fitting the agent into your existing workflow.

Our AI agent development services are priced by the week in USD: AI engineer $1,200, software engineer $1,200, product designer $1,000, QA engineer $600 and project manager $500. A typical blended agent team starts from $3,300 per week. The total depends on agent complexity, number of integrations and how much autonomy you need, and we scope everything clearly before work starts.

Scoping and agent design, the build on the right platform or custom code, integrations with your tools, guardrails and human-in-the-loop checkpoints, testing against real tasks, deployment, and monitoring after launch. You get daily written updates throughout.

Yes. We are an AI agent development company based in Sri Lanka working with businesses in the US, Europe and worldwide. Our working day overlaps with European working hours and early US East Coast hours, and all prices are quoted in US dollars.

You do. Clients own all code, kept in their own GitHub.

Book a free 30-minute call with Naresh. We will talk through the workflow you want to automate, suggest whether an agent is the right fit, and outline the scope, team and timeline before any work starts.

Naresh Shanmugaraj, Founder & CEO of Cogntix
Naresh Shanmugaraj
Founder & CEO of Cogntix
Let's talk

Book a call with Naresh

A 30‑minute discovery call with our founder. Walk through your idea, audit the fit, and leave with a clear next step, no pitch, no pressure. Working with founders in the US, Europe and worldwide.

30‑min video call Free & no obligation
Thamili
Recipe Lab
2 days
from idea to shipped VOW app
Maison d'etre

"Delivered within both the deadline and the budget."

Gobiraj Karunananthan, CEO at MILTA
Read the MILTA case study
MILTA
100+
people using our own product, VOW
BeReload
Avana

"They genuinely understand the vision and feel like part of our team."

Kevin Bobroske, Lighthouse Integrations
See how we work with founders
20+
AI products & platforms shipped
Identiq
Lighthouse
1 year+
average client relationship

"From idea to a live product our users actually stick with."

Team behind VOW
Read the VOW case study
Exambank
Massive
Oli's
3 in-house
products built and running

"Hiring got faster the week we switched. The team just shipped."

Early Unblit customer
Read the Unblit case study
Thamili
Recipe Lab
2 days
from idea to shipped VOW app
Maison d'etre

"Delivered within both the deadline and the budget."

Gobiraj Karunananthan, CEO at MILTA
Read the MILTA case study
MILTA
100+
people using our own product, VOW
BeReload
Avana

"They genuinely understand the vision and feel like part of our team."

Kevin Bobroske, Lighthouse Integrations
See how we work with founders
20+
AI products & platforms shipped
Identiq
Lighthouse
1 year+
average client relationship

"From idea to a live product our users actually stick with."

Team behind VOW
Read the VOW case study
Exambank
Massive
Oli's
3 in-house
products built and running

"Hiring got faster the week we switched. The team just shipped."

Early Unblit customer
Read the Unblit case study