Independent Automation QA

Don't just build automations.
Prove they work.

Independent QA for no-code, low-code, and AI-powered workflows — before your business, your customers, or your reputation depends on them.

30+ yrs
IT & automation
Microsoft Press author
n8n
Ambassador
U.S. LLC
Global delivery
Bulletproof Automation QA
QA Snapshot
Lead Routing Workflow
n8n · v2.4 · Production candidate
4.5
/ 9 controls passing
Not production-ready
Confidential · Sample
QA Scorecard
9 controls
01
Staging copy
pass
02
Pinned test data
pass
03
Test cases
warn
04
Early validation
fail
05
Dry-run mode
pass
06
Error workflow
fail
07
Execution logs
warn
08
Environment separation
pass
09
Workflow log table
fail
QA across every major automation platform
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Audited
AI Agents
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Power Automate
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The hidden risk

A workflow can run successfully and still fail the business.

Most automation failures aren't broken nodes. They're untested edge cases — missing data, failed APIs, malformed AI output, expired credentials, silent errors.

Analyst reviewing an automation audit report
  • 01

    AI output trusted without validation

    Hallucinated or malformed responses reach customers and downstream systems.

  • 02

    Failed runs go unnoticed

    No alerting, no error workflow. Failures hide in the logs until something breaks.

  • 03

    No audit trail when it matters

    When something goes wrong, no one can prove what actually happened, or when.

Happy Path
Trigger
Validate
AI Step
Deliver

Inputs validated. AI output schema-checked. Outcome logged. Customer receives a correct result.

Failure Path
Trigger
AI Step
Bad Output
Silent Fail

Skipped validation. Hallucinated payload reaches downstream systems. Failure is invisible until a customer complains.

Methodology

A 9-point review designed for things that go wrong.

Most reviews stop at "did it run?" Ours asks the harder question: can it be trusted when it doesn't?

9
Controls evaluated on every audit
100%
Findings backed by reproducible evidence
9-Point Methodology
01
Staging copy
02
Pinned data
03
Test cases
04
Validation
05
Dry-run
06
Error workflow
07
Logs
08
Environments
09
Log table
Every workflow audited against all nine controls.
Risk Heat Map
Likelihood × Impact
Low
High
Low·Med·High
Rare·Likely·Certain
Sample Report

A professional report.
Not a checklist.

Risk verdict, scored controls, severity-ranked findings, evidence ledger, and a remediation roadmap with owners and effort.

  • Executive verdict — plain English
  • 9-point scorecard, control by control
  • Findings register with evidence
  • Prioritized remediation roadmap
Findings Register
12 issues
CriticalAI step accepts unvalidated payload

Malformed input forwarded to downstream CRM without schema check.

HighNo error workflow on HTTP node

Failed runs return success silently; alerts never fire.

MediumProduction credentials reused in staging

Live data is reachable from a non-prod environment.

QA Scorecard
9 controls
01
Staging copy
pass
02
Pinned test data
pass
03
Test cases
warn
04
Early validation
fail
05
Dry-run mode
pass
06
Error workflow
fail
07
Execution logs
warn
08
Environment separation
pass
09
Workflow log table
fail
Remediation Roadmap
From red to production-ready
Week 1
Add error workflow + alerting
S
Week 1
Validate AI step output schema
M
Week 2
Separate staging credentials
S
Week 3
Stand up workflow log table
M
Week 4
Author missing test cases
L
Consultants reviewing an automation QA report with a client
Founder-led
"Most automations break the same way: in the gap between running and being trusted."
Johnathan Lightfoot
Founder · n8n Ambassador · 30+ years in IT
About the firm
Operations leader presenting findings to a client team
Training

Equip your team to ship automations they can defend.

Workshops and structured programs for builders, agencies, and operations teams who need to move from "it works" to "it can be trusted."

One workflow. One verdict.

Your automation may run.
But can your business trust it?

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