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title: Chatbot Development For Agencies On Weekly Retainer @ Varstatt
url: https://varstatt.com/x/agencies/bot-development
description: "Chatbot development and AI integration services for agencies: assistants on your clients' sites, in Telegram or in Slack, under your brand. $997/week."
section: Services (https://varstatt.com)
---
# Agency Chatbot Development

Add AI to what you sell: chatbots and assistants on the client's site, Telegram or Slack, under your name. $997/week.

**What's included:**

- ✅ Senior developer
- ✅ Under your brand
- ✅ Continuous progress
- ✅ Stop anytime
- ❌ Meetings overhead
- ❌ Scope creep
- ❌ Hiring costs
- ❌ Billing surprises

**Get started:**

- [Start a Project](https://varstatt.com/start?cta=agent)
- [Ask Jurij](mailto:jurij@varstatt.com)

## Portfolio

- **Redesign & V2 development of SOAPNoteAI, an AI charting assistant for busy clinicians** — [soapnoteai.com](https://soapnoteai.com)
- **Free, AI-powered technical discovery & development roadmap in 15 minutes** — [varstatt.com/discovery](https://varstatt.com/discovery)
- **Initial launch of TenderPilot, an AI-powered tendering software for Australian SMEs** — [tenderpilot.ai](https://tenderpilot.ai)
- **Fidder, a free & simple RSS reader that cuts through the noise and works everywhere** — [fidder.app](https://fidder.app)

## Your Clients Ask for AI

| Route | What It Is | The Catch |
|---|---|---|
| Subcontract per Project | A freelancer per bot | A new quote every time |
| AI Developer Hire | A bot developer on salary | Paid before the work fills the week |
| Pass | Tell the client no | The deal goes to whoever says yes |
| White Label AI Platform | A chatbot builder you resell | Its limits, plus a monthly fee |
| **Varstatt** | Under your brand, on your client's accounts | One task at a time: the second client waits |

## AI Integration, Task by Task

- [x] The prototype

- [ ] Answer from the client's FAQ and docs

- [ ] Connect the bot to the booking tool

- [ ] Hand over to a person by email

- [ ] Add order status from the shop

- [ ] Move the bot to a cheaper model

## The Bot Demo Is the Easy Part

- **Questions Nobody Planned For** Grounded answers: from the client's content, or it says it doesn't know.

- **Off-Topic Asks and Hijacks** Limits: what it may read, what it may do, what it refuses.

- **Angry Customers** A hand-off: a person, a form or an email takes over.

- **A Model That Returns Nothing** Failed and empty replies are flagged, since [one broke my site's chat](https://varstatt.com/jurij/p/silent-ai-response-corrupted-conversation-history).

## Who It's For

**Right For**

- Marketing, web and design agencies with AI asks

- Agencies whose clients outgrew a resold chatbot platform

- Studios adding an assistant to their own builds

**Better Elsewhere**

- A template bot a no-code builder covers *A white label AI platform*

- Learning to build bots yourselves

- Stacks outside JavaScript and TypeScript *A developer of that stack*

## How It Works

A simple, predictable and transparent process that eliminates development headaches.

1. **Subscribe** — After subscribing, you get a dedicated task board. It becomes your bot roadmap.
2. **Setup** — You share the client's ask: channel, questions, tools. I scope it and flag what the bot must not do.
3. **Plan & Develop** — You set the order. A prototype on the client's real questions first, then integrations and the hand-off.
4. **Review & Refine** — You review each task before your client sees it. I revise until you're satisfied.
5. **Progress** — You approve finished work. I take the next task for the client you ranked first.
6. **Maintain** — Live on your client's accounts, monitored. API changes and model updates go first.

## Pricing — Retainer

One fixed weekly price for all your client bots. Pause between projects.

- **Price:** $997 / week
- **Plan:** Your bot developer behind the brand: scoped, built and kept running.
- **Includes:**
  - 🧑‍💻 10+ years shipping software
  - 🗣️ Direct access to developer
  - 🗂️ Dedicated task board
  - 📦 1 task at a time, unlimited revisions
  - ⚡ Each task in ~72 hours on average
  - 🪪 Full code & assets ownership
  - 🩹 Bug fixes & ongoing maintenance
  - 🎁 Free week 0: onboarding and setup
  - 🛑 Pause or cancel anytime
- **CTA:** [Get Started](https://varstatt.com/start?cta=agent)
- **Questions:** jurij@varstatt.com

## FAQ

### What is AI integration?

Connecting an AI model to a site or app and the systems behind it: content, CRM, booking tool, shop. The integration decides what it may read and do, and when a person takes over.

### How do I add AI for a client?

Start with one job customers repeat daily: a website assistant that answers from the client's pages, a Telegram bot for orders and bookings, or a Slack command for a manual process.

### How much does AI integration cost?

The build is $997/week. Model usage and hosting are billed by the providers to your client's accounts, and I estimate the cost per conversation so you can price it.

### Does every client need a chatbot?

No. My 404 page's AI chat [opened 272 times](/jurij/p/404-pages-as-lead-magnets): six people typed, none left an email, and I removed it. When a clearer FAQ or a booking form does the job, I say so.

### Will my client know you built it?

Not from me: no Varstatt name in the code or commits, and I don't talk to your client. [White label](/x/agencies/white-label-development) works that way here.

### Who owns the bot and keys?

You or your client, from day one: the repo, hosting, bot accounts and model keys. [None of it sits on mine](/principles/philosophy/client-owns-everything).

### What's the tech stack?

JavaScript and TypeScript on the [default stack](/principles/delivery/default-stack). Bots run in Node.js, or on n8n when the client's team edits the workflow.

### How do I get started?

Fill in the [project form](/start?cta=bot-development-faq), about a minute. I reply the next working day; if it fits, with a first plan and a call invite.

## Testimonials

> "Jurij understand the core problem, insists on building the right experiences for the customers."
> — [Kunal Modi, Founder @ SOAPNoteAI](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jurijtokarski/details/recommendations/)

> "Working with Jurij is an absolute joy, consistently exceeds expectations."
> — [Janis Ozolins, Content Creator](https://x.com/OzolinsJanis/status/1875168034249146609)

> "Consistently delivered quality code in great time, very hard working & precise."
> — [Bartosz Poźniak, CEO @ MyCointainer](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jurijtokarski/details/recommendations/)

> "The kind of engineer that every company on the planet would be lucky to have."
> — [Hosam Mazawi, COO @ LemonUnit](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jurijtokarski/details/recommendations/)

## [Agencies × Varstatt](https://varstatt.com/x/agencies)

Bot Development fits agencies best: studios that sell work with a build behind it, under their own brand.

- **[White Label Websites](https://varstatt.com/x/agencies/web-development)** "Our campaign needs a site to land on." Sites, landing pages and care plans, WordPress included.

- **[White Label Development](https://varstatt.com/x/agencies/white-label-development)** "Our design needs building." The prototype, MVP, app or integration behind it.

- **[Technical SEO](https://varstatt.com/x/agencies/technical-seo)** "Our audits flag fixes nobody ships." A one-week fix list for $997, then the fixes.

- **[No-Code Automations](https://varstatt.com/x/agencies/no-code-automations)** "Our leads should reach the CRM on their own." n8n, Make or Zapier flows, plus conversion tracking.

- **Bot Development (this page)** "Our clients ask for AI and we can't build it." Chatbots on the site, WhatsApp, Telegram or Slack.

- **[Tech Consulting](https://varstatt.com/x/agencies/tech-consulting)** "Our client asked what an app would take." A written plan under your brand, in one paid week.

Not an agency? [See what Varstatt offers you](https://varstatt.com/x).

## About

Varstatt is run by [Jurij Tokarski](https://varstatt.com/jurij), product engineer since 2011.

Contact: [jurij@varstatt.com](mailto:jurij@varstatt.com) / [X](https://x.com/jurijtokarski) / [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jurijtokarski/)

Sole proprietorship headquartered in Rzeszów, Poland. VAT ID: PL8133854722.