Start from a real event
New emails, files, forms, or schedule times can start the workflow.
Automation / n8n
n8n is the workflow glue. The data boundary is the design.
We build private AI workflows that use n8n to connect documents, inboxes, CRMs, and approvals. Every step, tool, and data path is documented, and human approval stays in the flow where the business needs it.
Workflow stepsDocument sourcesHuman approvalsStep logs
Pattern demonstration / same workflow, synthetic material
Fixed-scope setupClient-owned accountsDraft-and-review firstFull handover
What n8n adds to private AI
Automation turns an answer into an action route.
The value is not the AI answer alone. It is moving the answer through the next step, with the right person deciding before anything sensitive happens.
Prepare the next step
Draft, search, log, notify, or update a client-owned system under approved scope.
Keep the human in the loop
Writes and external messages require explicit approval where the workflow calls for it.
The n8n boundary
Automation never removes the decision owner.
Writes are explicit
No system write or external message happens without an approved action scope.
Every step is documented
Tools, accounts, providers, regions, and logs are named in the handover.
Failures are visible
Errors, retries, and stuck steps have an owner and a support route.
A first n8n workflow
Start with one trigger and one output.
Pick the event
Choose the email, file, form, or schedule that starts the work.
Scope the steps
Define the data, tools, approvals, and output for the first version.
Test the loop
Run real examples, check approvals, and inspect the step logs.
Hand over the run
Deliver training, the runbook, client-owned accounts, and support.
n8n makes the workflow visible. Visibility is what makes it auditable.
Why trust Pristine3D?
We build and operate production software.
Pristine3D Ltd builds and operates live digital products, and we run private AI workflows internally as part of our own operations. We scope around your real workflow: the documents you own, the questions your team asks, and the access boundary you approve. Based in Lagos, Nigeria, we work remotely with clients worldwide.
We already run live products
Based in Lagos, Nigeria, Pristine3D currently builds and operates smartcards.ng, venu.ng, photoshoot.ng, and ugc.ng in production.
We start with the actual workflow
One input, one output, one test set, and one person who owns the result. We scope a real workflow instead of a transformation programme.
The boundary stays visible
Cloud, model, storage, and messaging accounts stay in your name. The chosen data path, access rules, test record, documentation, and training are part of the agreed scope.
Pricing / fixed scope
Know the starting numbers before you ask.
The final quote follows the workflow. Infrastructure and model bills stay on your accounts.
One Workflow
Starting from$3,500 / ₦2.5m
2 to 3 weeksOne workflow for a small team, with training and handover.
See the one-workflow packageFirm-wide
Starting from$7,500 / ₦8m
4 to 6 weeksMultiple sources, roles, integrations, and admin handover.
See the deploymentAnnual support
Starting from$3,000 / ₦1.5m
per yearStandard care for one delivered workflow. Optional. Larger deployments and active monitoring are separately scoped.
See supportArchitecture review from $500. Standard annual support is $3,000 / ₦1.5m per year for one delivered workflow. New workflows, integrations, active monitoring, and infrastructure are separately scoped; infrastructure, model, storage, and messaging bills stay on client accounts. Full pricing and what changes the quote
Straight answers
Common questions.
Can n8n write to our CRM?
Only under an explicit action scope with approvals where required. The first workflow is usually read and draft only.
Do we need to host n8n ourselves?
Hosting is decided with the client. Client-owned accounts and a documented data path are the defaults.
What happens when a step fails?
Failures are logged and visible, and the runbook names the owner and support route.
Own your knowledge base
The model is not the product. The knowledge base is.
Documents, the retrieval index, access rules, and the workflows built around them are the asset, and they compound. We deploy so the knowledge base stays yours: on your accounts, in the environment you choose, under access rules your team defines. The model behind the answers is a connector, so the knowledge base moves with you, not with a vendor.
Your corpus, your index
The document store, metadata, and retrieval setup live on accounts you own. No vendor holds the corpus.
Models are swappable parts
Change the model provider, move regions, or go local without rebuilding the knowledge base or the workflow.
The knowledge base is the alpha
Every improvement to the corpus improves the answers, and the improvement stays with you, not with a vendor.
Keep exploring
Related setups.
Start with the trigger
Which recurring event should start the workflow?
Tell us the event, the steps, the systems, and the approval route. We will scope the first n8n workflow around it.