Agentic AI workflows
Human-in-the-loop AI workflows for the survey lifecycle: questionnaire review, fieldwork quality control, cleaning logs, callback sheets, open-end coding, reproducible scripts, and plain-language review outputs for managers.
National statistics | Development data | Agentic AI
Specialist AI consulting for global development data and national statistics
We help organisations use AI across the full data lifecycle, from field collection and cleaning to analysis, statistics, and reporting.
Survey quality control Survey data cleaning Official statistics workflows Responsible AI implementation
What we do
Consulting that moves from advice into working systems.
We work where AI meets the practical realities of development and statistical production: CAPI platforms, messy datasets, fieldwork pressure, sensitive microdata, reproducible scripts, and reviewable outputs.
Bespoke application development
Custom AI applications for teams that need more than a generic chatbot: RAG knowledge systems, specialist assistants, data tools, dashboards, secure internal workflows, and narrow apps built around the way your organisation actually works.
Training and capability building
Remote and in-person training for organisations adopting AI. Sessions can cover prompt engineering, safe and responsible use, model choice, workflow design, data privacy, team governance, and hands-on implementation using the systems your organisation already uses.
Open source tools:
- Survey Solutions MCP Server: An open-source Model Context Protocol server that gives AI agents a safer, more structured way to work with Survey Solutions Headquarters.
- Simple BYOK: A lightweight bring-your-own-key chat application for teams that want more control over AI model choice, cost, governance, and data retention.
- Survey Solutions AI: A specialised assistant for Survey Solutions Designer that understands the constrained C# environment, validation rules, roster logic, and platform-specific patterns.
- Survey Solutions Universal Dashboard: A prototype universal dashboard for connecting to Survey Solutions servers and presenting interim project results in a more stakeholder-friendly format.
Latest thinking
Check out our blog, where we share practical insights on applying AI to surveys and statistics.
AI agents
Building Better Bridges Between AI Agents and Survey Systems
AI agents are becoming genuinely useful collaborators for technical teams. Tools like Codex, Claude Code, and other agentic development environments can read documentation, inspect files, write code, and work through multi-step tasks. But t [...]
Survey cleaningAI Agents for Survey Data Cleaning
The Concept Survey data cleaning is one of those jobs that matter enormously yet remains largely manual, and often a little messy! By the time a project reaches cleaning, teams are under pressure, fieldwork has moved on, and nobody wants to spend days buried in spreadsheets working out which cases to keep, which values to [...]
Fieldwork QCAI Agents for Survey Quality Control: More Than a Dashboard, More Than a Chatbot
High-quality data collection sits at the heart of good statistics. Many survey teams recognize the importance of conducting thorough Quality Control (QC) from the outset of fieldwork, but time constraints and competing priorities often prevent it from receiving the necessary attention. That is the gap I have been exploring at Impact Engines, particularly the potential [...]
Our Team
Impact Engines brings together statisticians, development practitioners, and AI specialists. We combine deep sector expertise with a practical understanding of emerging AI capabilities and extensive experience in training delivery.