Stephen Meister / AI Systems
Independent consultant · Chicago, Illinois

AI that actually runs in the building you're standing in.

I design and implement AI systems, automation workflows, security installations, and connected-home integrations — then stay long enough to make sure they hold up without me watching them.

Fig. 01 — Typical integration path Signal → decision → action
SENSORS cameras · locks · climate AUTOMATION rules · schedules · events AI AGENT context · judgment YOU alerts · reports · control
Sheet 01

Services

01

AI system implementation

Assistants and agents built on your own material — documents, records, procedures — so answers are grounded in what your organization actually has, not in a model's guesswork.

02

Workflow automation

The repetitive work that eats your week: intake, routing, reporting, follow-up. Mapped, automated, and monitored so you find out when something breaks instead of discovering it in a month.

03

Home & business security

Camera systems, access control, sensors, and recording — specified, installed, and configured, with remote access that works reliably rather than only on the day it's set up.

04

Smart home integration

Lighting, climate, locks, media, and voice control unified into one system that behaves predictably — including the hard part, which is making equipment from different manufacturers cooperate.

Sheet 02

How I work

STEP 01

Walk the site

In person where it matters, on a call where it doesn't. I want to see the actual setup, the actual constraints, and what you've already tried.

STEP 02

Scope it in writing

What gets built, what it costs, what it won't do, and what happens if the scope changes. You approve it before anything is ordered or installed.

STEP 03

Build and install

Hardware mounted and configured, software deployed and tested against real use — not a demo path that only works when handled carefully.

STEP 04

Hand it over properly

Documentation, credentials in your name, and a walkthrough so you can operate it yourself. Ongoing support if you want it, not because you're locked in.

Sheet 03

Selected work

AD IPSUM

501(c)(3) · Founder & President

A Chicago public charity teaching practical AI literacy in underserved communities through parish-based programs, reaching people who are otherwise left out of the technology conversation entirely. adipsum.org

Theology AI

Built & operated

A retrieval-grounded assistant answering questions of Catholic doctrine and practice from primary sources — Scripture, the Catechism, the Church Fathers — with citations, and a hard rule that it says so when it doesn't know.

Hermes Agent

Automation platform

A self-hosted assistant running scheduled jobs, build and deployment monitoring, and operational alerting, with notifications delivered by SMS and a persistent memory layer across sessions.

Tell me what you're trying to get working.

smeister78@gmail.com
SMS notifications

Hermes Agent sends automated notifications — reminders, alerts, build and deployment status, and scheduled task updates — by text message to a registered mobile number. Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to cancel, HELP for help.