I build and operate these platforms against my own contractor business as the first client environment. Each tool is designed around a real workflow, deployed as a governed production system, and used to improve how I work rather than existing only as a technical demo.
Tools overview
The tools remain separate applications with their own repositories, deployments, data stores and operational controls. They are brought together through one secured launcher so the experience is consistent without forcing unrelated systems into one codebase.
Greg Staunton -> Contractor Tools -> SEO Command Center
A technical SEO analysis and monitoring tool that combines website crawl data with Google Search Console performance data to identify and prioritise SEO improvements.
Google Search Console access is read only and cannot be used to modify Search Console properties or data.
A controlled workflow for planning, reviewing, approving and scheduling professional social content.
A review and control layer for suspicious marketing-form submissions before accepted records are forwarded into downstream systems.
A governed translation workflow combining source control, protected terminology, quality evidence and operator review.
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Public product evidence and contractor portfolio
seo.greg-staunton.com
SEO Command Center application with read-only Google Search Console access
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Protected tool launcher and shared login
Individual product applications
Separate deployments, repositories, bindings and operational controls
GitHub and Cloudflare
Versioned delivery and automated production deployment
Why I build this way
A Forward Deployed Engineer does not only build a feature and hand it over. The work includes understanding the operating problem, shaping the workflow, making sensible architecture decisions, securing the application, deploying it, observing how it behaves and improving it from real usage.
Using my own contractor business as the first client gives these builds a real operating context. I have to make decisions about access, data, deployment, failure handling, usability and ongoing ownership rather than stopping when a prototype looks convincing.
Security and governance
Current estate
Status: Live SEO analysis and monitoring application with read-only Google Search Console OAuth integration
Status: Production deployment and access configuration
Status: Existing Worker being integrated into the shared tool estate
Status: Governed build progressing through controlled backend and operator stages
SEO Command Center has a public overview before the application URL. Other operational platforms remain available only to authorised users through the shared Cloudflare Zero Trust login.