Depth D0 · Wellhead
Survey the stack first
For technical and marketing leads with systems already running and a problem they can name. Blueharbour finds how deep it runs in your search visibility, software or infrastructure, then works at that depth. We work with companies in Europe and worldwide.
- 02 surfaceHow search engines read you, and how you run day to day
- 10 processAutomation, AI systems and the products your customers use
- 20 systemsCloud platforms, data and the systems underneath
- 28 foundationsSecurity and compliance at the base of it all
Each service line sits in one of these zones.
The section through the stack
Six lines of work. Pick one to see what it delivers.
Search and AI visibility
Four sub-services, from crawl access at the surface down to measurement across classic search results and AI answers.
- 02.1Technical SEO foundation02.1.1Crawl and index audit
- 02.2Answer engine optimisation02.2.1Entity and schema map
- 02.3Content operations02.3.1Topic cluster plan
- 02.4Visibility measurement
Managed services
Three sub-services: monitoring and support, release operations and infrastructure care.
Open the lineAI engineering and automation
Four sub-services: assistants, process automation, model operations and governance readiness under the EU AI Act.
- 10.1Assistants and copilots10.1.1Retrieval assistant over internal docs
- 10.2Process automation10.2.1Back office workflow rebuild
- 10.3Model operations10.3.1Evaluation harness and regression set
- 10.4AI governance readiness10.4.1EU AI Act gap review
Web and product engineering
Four sub-services: marketing sites, product interfaces, integrations and performance engineering.
- 14.1Marketing sites14.1.1Multi level service architecture
- 14.2Product interfaces14.2.1Design system in code
- 14.3Integrations
- 14.4Performance engineering14.4.1Core Web Vitals remediation
Cloud, data and modernisation
Three sub-services: migration, data platform and legacy retirement.
Open the lineSecurity and compliance readiness
Three sub-services: NIS2 and DORA readiness, data protection contour and secure delivery.
Open the lineFour sub-services, from crawl access at the surface down to measurement across classic search results and AI answers.
- 02.1Technical SEO foundation02.1.1Crawl and index audit
- 02.2Answer engine optimisation02.2.1Entity and schema map
- 02.3Content operations02.3.1Topic cluster plan
- 02.4Visibility measurement
Three sub-services: monitoring and support, release operations and infrastructure care.
Open the lineFour sub-services: assistants, process automation, model operations and governance readiness under the EU AI Act.
- 10.1Assistants and copilots10.1.1Retrieval assistant over internal docs
- 10.2Process automation10.2.1Back office workflow rebuild
- 10.3Model operations10.3.1Evaluation harness and regression set
- 10.4AI governance readiness10.4.1EU AI Act gap review
Four sub-services: marketing sites, product interfaces, integrations and performance engineering.
- 14.1Marketing sites14.1.1Multi level service architecture
- 14.2Product interfaces14.2.1Design system in code
- 14.3Integrations
- 14.4Performance engineering14.4.1Core Web Vitals remediation
Three sub-services: migration, data platform and legacy retirement.
Open the lineThree sub-services: NIS2 and DORA readiness, data protection contour and secure delivery.
Open the line
How depth works
Every problem sits at a depth. We drill from the surface until we reach the layer that causes it, and the work happens there. Shallow layers are what visitors and machines see; deeper layers carry them.
- 02Surface: 02, 06How crawlers and assistants read you
- 10Process: 10, 14Workflows, models, products
- 20Systems: 20Platforms, data, migrations
- 28Foundations: 28Controls and evidence
Industries we work with
We are a new company. These are the sectors our methods and tooling are set up for, not a list of clients.
- Payments and fintech IND 01Audit trails, access control and change records that a regulator or a partner bank can follow, built into the delivery pipeline.
- B2B software IND 02Product interfaces, integrations with customer systems, and documentation that search engines and AI assistants can read and cite.
- Professional services IND 03Service sites with a clear structure per practice area, plus assistants that answer from the firm's own approved documents.
- Logistics IND 04Back office workflows rebuilt around the systems already in use, with alerts when an integration stops moving data.
- Ecommerce IND 05Category and product page structure, page speed work measured with field data, and feeds that stay in sync.
- All industries, and the regulation across themPreparation for NIS2, DORA, the EU AI Act and GDPR: requirement registers and evidence, for your counsel to review.
Technology we work with
We choose from this set for each engagement rather than selling one stack. When you already run a stack, we work inside it.
- Languages and runtimes
- TypeScript · JavaScript · Node · Python · Go · SQL · Bash
- Front end
- React · TanStack Start · Next.js · Astro · Vite · Tailwind
- Back end and APIs
- REST · GraphQL · webhooks · background workers · queues
- Data
- PostgreSQL · pgvector · Supabase · Redis · dbt · BigQuery
- AI
- Anthropic API · OpenAI API · open weight models on hosted inference · embeddings and vector search · retrieval over your own content · evaluation harnesses · prompt and model version control
- Content systems
- Strapi · Sanity · Contentful · WordPress for migrations · Notion as a source
- Commerce
- Shopify · WooCommerce · headless storefronts
- CRM and messaging
- HubSpot · Salesforce · transactional mail providers
- Automation
- n8n · scheduled jobs · event driven triggers
- Cloud and delivery
- Vercel · Cloudflare · AWS · Google Cloud · Docker · Terraform · GitHub Actions
- Quality and observability
- Playwright · Sentry · uptime monitoring · structured logging · error budgets
- Search and measurement
- Google Search Console · GA4 · Plausible · Umami · Looker Studio · Schema.org structured data · log file analysis
- Security and access
- SSO and SAML · secret managers · dependency scanning · SBOM · least privilege reviews
These are the tools we work with, not partnerships, certifications or resale agreements.
What a core sample contains
- Input
- We start from what you already have: repository access, the analytics account, the current architecture notes. If something we need is missing, the first finding says so.
- Method
- Each engagement follows a written plan with named checkpoints, agreed before work begins. The plan only changes when you approve the change.
- Deliverable
- Every piece of work ends in something you keep, such as a register, a codebase or a configured system. It is documented so your team can run it without us.
- Measured by
- We agree the measure at scoping, using figures your own tools already report. If a result cannot be measured that way, we tell you before the work starts.
How the work runs
No client case studies yet. Here is the method instead.
01
Scoping
We read the stack, write down what we found and price the work against that record. You get a fixed scope and a list of what we left out on purpose.
02
Building
Work happens in your repositories and accounts, in small changes your team can review. Each change points back to the scope item it serves.
03
Handover
You receive documentation, access and a recorded walkthrough for your team. Support after handover is a separate agreement, and it is optional.
What we will not do
- We do not certify. We prepare controls and evidence for an audit. Certification is done by an accredited body, and we are not one.
- We do not give legal advice. We work from the text of a law and say where your counsel needs to decide. Legal opinions and contracts come from your lawyers.
- We do not promise placement in AI answers. No one outside the companies that run AI assistants controls which sources they quote. We remove the reasons to skip you and record what changes.
- We do not take work we cannot staff. If we do not have the people with the right skills free when you need them, we say so before you sign, not after.
Start with one layer
Name the part of the stack you want examined. We reply with the questions we would ask before any work starts.
An email exchange first, no call needed.
Questions on pricing, ownership and access first? Read the answers.