Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
Automation that mimics user actions in legacy software (clicking, typing, copying, pasting) when no API is available, used to integrate systems that cannot otherwise be connected.
How it works
RPA is the answer when the system you need to automate has no API and is not going to get one. Common in UK enterprise: 1990s-era ERP systems, government legacy portals, custom desktop applications, and supplier portals that only accept manual input. RPA tools (UiPath, Blue Prism, Automation Anywhere) record user actions and replay them, with logic and exception handling layered on top. Modern AI-augmented workflows often combine RPA at the legacy-system boundary with full code AI for the cognitive layer: the AI reads, classifies, and decides, then RPA enters the result into the legacy interface. Ayoob AI uses RPA where there is no realistic alternative for legacy integration, and avoids it everywhere there is.
Related terms
Workflow Automation
The use of software to execute a defined sequence of business operations (data extraction, validation, routing, action) end-to-end without human intervention except at designated review points.
Full Code AI Automation
AI automation built as custom software the client owns: code in the client's repository, deployment in the client's infrastructure, integrations against real APIs, with no per-seat licences and no third-party canvas in the data path.
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