[Placeholder body] The opening explains why the answer is usually “ready-made first”, and when it isn’t.

The questions we ask

[Placeholder body] How standard the workflow is, what it connects to, who will maintain it, and what it costs to bend a packaged tool versus building the missing piece.

When custom wins

[Placeholder body] The patterns that usually point to a custom build, with the warning signs that a build is being chosen for the wrong reasons.