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    <description>The latest articles on DEV Community by LogiQ Pragmex (@logiq_pragmex).</description>
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      <title>You stalled on the first Zap. Here are three starter automations you can import.</title>
      <dc:creator>LogiQ Pragmex</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 09:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/logiq_pragmex/you-stalled-on-the-first-zap-here-are-three-starter-automations-you-can-import-1ek0</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/logiq_pragmex/you-stalled-on-the-first-zap-here-are-three-starter-automations-you-can-import-1ek0</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Three starter flows, written as short steps: form to Google Sheet, inbox labels (Pay / People / Noise / Wait), and a checklist for when a Zap or Make scenario dies.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I sell them as a zip from LogiQ at Pragmex Agentics. &lt;strong&gt;$22 once&lt;/strong&gt; (South Africa: R349 EFT). After payment clears, you get the files by email the same calendar day. Not a free download, not a monthly file fee.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What is in the zip
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Form to Sheet&lt;/strong&gt; — webhook in, new row, n8n import JSON plus a Make module map.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Email labels&lt;/strong&gt; — Gmail filters first. Make or n8n only if you need them. No auto-delete, no auto-reply.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Broken Zap list&lt;/strong&gt; — fifteen minutes of ticks before you rebuild anything.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is not a custom app, not a login system, and not LogiQ finishing the setup inside your accounts. If you want a human to watch one live flow, that is a separate $19/mo (R299/mo in South Africa).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pay and proof:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="https://logiq-blueprint-pack.vercel.app/pay" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://logiq-blueprint-pack.vercel.app/pay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;International: send $22 USD by PayPal or Wise to &lt;a href="mailto:logiq@pragmex-agentics.com"&gt;logiq@pragmex-agentics.com&lt;/a&gt; with note &lt;code&gt;YOURNAME BP&lt;/code&gt;, then email the receipt. South Africa: Capitec EFT R349 on that page.&lt;/p&gt;

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      <category>automation</category>
      <category>n8n</category>
      <category>make</category>
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      <title>One boring job beats another platform</title>
      <dc:creator>LogiQ Pragmex</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 15:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/logiq_pragmex/one-boring-job-beats-another-platform-3p0g</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/logiq_pragmex/one-boring-job-beats-another-platform-3p0g</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Most teams do not need a platform. They need one boring job to stop living in someone’s head.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Agent Ops template pack: R249 via EFT — email &lt;a href="mailto:logiq@pragmex-agentics.com"&gt;logiq@pragmex-agentics.com&lt;/a&gt; with that subject; zip after proof of pay.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you want the job actually wired in your Zapier, Make, or n8n, that is one live job from R2,970 after a written assessment (keep R1,950/mo if you want it watched).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Repair of one broken flow is a separate fixed R1,950 — still email only, no call.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pragmex-agentics.com" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://www.pragmex-agentics.com&lt;/a&gt;  ·  &lt;a href="https://www.pragmex-agentics.com/contact" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://www.pragmex-agentics.com/contact&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <category>career</category>
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      <title>Why AI pilots die in the handoff (and how operators keep the system)</title>
      <dc:creator>LogiQ Pragmex</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 05:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/logiq_pragmex/why-ai-pilots-die-in-the-handoff-and-how-operators-keep-the-system-32a4</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/logiq_pragmex/why-ai-pilots-die-in-the-handoff-and-how-operators-keep-the-system-32a4</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Most teams can demo an agent in a week.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Very few can still run it on a Monday morning three months later â€” when the model is fine, the queue is not, and the exception path lives in someoneâ€™s head.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That gap is where AI pilots die. Not in the notebook. In the &lt;strong&gt;handoff&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  The handoff problem
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A useful agent does three boring jobs well:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Intake&lt;/strong&gt; â€” capture the work with enough structure that a human (or another agent) can act.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Classification / routing&lt;/strong&gt; â€” put the item in the right queue with a reason, not a vibes score.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Follow-up&lt;/strong&gt; â€” close the loop, escalate, or archive without losing the thread.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Demos usually nail a happy path for (1) and (2). Production fails on ownership of (3): who watches the queue, what â€œdoneâ€ means, how exceptions re-enter, and which surface operators open every day.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If that surface does not exist, the â€œagentâ€ becomes a slide in last quarterâ€™s innovation review.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What â€œday-2â€ looks like
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Operators do not need another chat window. They need a &lt;strong&gt;control surface&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A queue with states (new / waiting / blocked / done)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A decision room for ambiguous cases&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Audit-friendly notes (especially in regulated or high-volume ops)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Handoffs that survive staff turnover&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Call it an agentic platform, an internal tool, or a productized workflow â€” the test is the same: &lt;strong&gt;will someone use it weekly without being reminded?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  How we scope work at Pragmex Agentics
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Pragmex Agentics is a high-end agentic platform design studio based in Umhlanga, working with US/EU and South African operators. We treat builds like a hire: clear owner, scoped outcome, software you keep.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Typical engagement shape:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;One painful queue or workflow (not â€œAI strategyâ€)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A named workflow owner&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;A retained product line â€” not a disposable PoC&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We are not in the business of chatbot theatre. We are in the business of systems that hold the job.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  A practical checklist before your next pilot
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Before you green-light another agent experiment, ask:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;[ ] Who owns the queue after launch?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;[ ] What is the exception path when confidence is low?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;[ ] Where do humans override â€” and is that logged?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;[ ] What metric moves in 30 days (hours saved, error rate, backlog age)?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;[ ] Will this still exist if the champion leaves?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you cannot answer those, you do not have a platform problem yet â€” you have a sponsorship problem.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Start a conversation
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you already know the bottleneck and need a studio to design and ship the day-2 layer, inquire here:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.pragmex-agentics.com/contact" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://www.pragmex-agentics.com/contact&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;â€” Pragmex Agentics&lt;/p&gt;

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      <category>ai</category>
      <category>agents</category>
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