John Alewine, Kansas City

Kansas City's AI and business automation expert. Call the proof.

I build AI agents, voice receptionists, and Stripe and email automation for Kansas City businesses, and I run my own businesses on the same systems. You can call the receptionist, use the API, and read the house rules before we ever talk.

Check it yourself: Nora, an AI voice receptionist on a live line at (816) 683-2229; ContactLint, a paid email and phone validation API with an MCP endpoint; Stripe checkout, billing, and automated system emails running in production; and the agent pipeline that built this page under written house rules. Awarded a $5,000 Anthropic API credit grant.

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Also open to AI implementation and forward-deployed engineer roles, full-time or contract.

John Alewine

In the review below, pencil is the agents. Red ink is mine.

Run sheet

Four systems, live now.

What runs, what I built, how to check it. The red text under each name is my part, not the vendor's.

Nora

Mine: the call flows and the Twilio spam screen in front of them.

An AI voice receptionist on business phone lines. She answers in the business's name, asks one question at a time, and takes down the caller's name, number, job, need and a good time to call back.

Under the hood
  • Runs on ElevenLabs Agents: ElevenLabs voice, with gpt-4o as the language model.
  • A Twilio worker screens spam before the call is answered, and she screens sales calls and robocalls.
  • She reads the number back and sends a post-call summary. Booking is set up per client; the demo line does not book.

ContactLint

Mine: the API design and the MCP endpoint.

An email and phone validation API, callable by agents. It runs on Cloudflare Workers with D1.

Under the hood
  • 100 free checks a month, then Stripe credit packs at $9, $35 or $99.
  • An MCP endpoint at /mcp so AI agents can call it directly.
  • Opt-in auto-reload on a saved card, and referral credits.

Stripe billing

Mine: the Stripe checkout, the webhooks and the system emails.

Checkout and billing for ContactLint and Email Marketing KC, plus the automated system emails behind KC Roofing Directory.

Under the hood
  • ContactLint: Stripe checkout and webhooks for credit packs and auto-reload.
  • Email Marketing KC: plans billed on Stripe, every price published on its pricing page.
  • System emails such as the homeowner confirmation and the paid roofer lead email send on their own.

Agent pipeline

Mine: the rules the agents run under and the review before anything ships.

Named agents that build sites, deploy them and fulfill client work. They also write SEO and answer-engine content, prep sales and warm up email.

Under the hood
  • Website Bot, SEO & AEO Desk, Sales Bot, Fulfillment.
  • House rules: my approval before anything goes out under my name, a spend log for every model call, a privacy check before every deploy.
  • Sites are static on Cloudflare Pages, with schema, sitemaps and IndexNow.

The review step

Agents write in pencil. I write in red.

Nothing with my name on it ships without the red. Here is that step on real copy.

An earlier version of this page, with my edits. Pencil: the agents. Red: me.

Availability lineOpen to full-time AI implementation and forward-deployed engineer roles, and to contract work. Full-time or contract.

Main buttonHire me for a role or contract Send me the role

KC SEO Services lineMap pack work for Gets Kansas City businesses into the Google map pack.

Agent pipeline, "Check it"No public URL. Email me for a walkthrough. This page and every site in the ledger

Privacy checkEvery deploy runs a privacy check. This slot stands in for any personal address it would block: privacy check: pass

House rules

Approved by John Alewine.

The initials only go on after the privacy check. Tap the boxed address to fail the check. The initials come off.

Ledger

Businesses and sites on these systems.

Every price below is published on the live site. Each ticked price checked against the live site. Visit any site.
BusinessWhat it isPriceSite
Blur AI SolutionsSells Nora, the receptionist above, to local business phone lines.$297 a month; $897 setup month to month, or $0 setup on a 12-month planbluraisolutions.com
Blur AgenticCustom agent builds. Starts with a Growth Assessment, credited toward the build within 30 days.Assessment $1,500. Builds $5,000 to $10,000bluragentic.com
KC SEO ServicesMap pack work for Kansas City businesses. Free Map Pack Check to start.Listing Fix $795, Map Pack $1,150 a monthkansascityseoservices.com
Email Marketing KCEmail campaigns to your past customers.4-email pilot: 10% of coded orders, $600 to $1,200 minimumemailmarketingkc.com
ContactLintEmail and phone validation API with an MCP endpoint.Credit packs $9, $35, $99contactlint.com
KC Roofing DirectoryFree, unranked roofer directory. A bid request goes to one named contractor.Freekcroofingdirectory.com
Crypto Guidanceseparate companyPractical crypto help. No token picks. Run by Crypto Guidance Inc., a separate company.See sitecryptoguidance.org

Hire

Tell me what you want automated, or send me the role. I'll tell you what I'd ship first.

Answer what you know and skip the rest.

What the button opens

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