🚗 Automotive · Richmond, Melbourne
A Mechanic You Can Trust
Research Phase
Before writing a single line of code, our research agent studied Richmond Auto Service Centre — their current website, social presence, reviews, team, and services. Here's what stood out.
26 years in business on Elizabeth Street, Richmond — one of the longest-running independent mechanics in the area
Holds four industry certifications: ARC, IAME, VACC, and VASA — covering refrigeration, mechanical engineering, and air conditioning specialties
Licensed Vehicle Tester for RWC (Roadworthy Certificates) — a critical service for anyone buying or selling a car
Design Phase
Every design decision was intentional — informed by the research, not pulled from a template library.
Visual Direction
Professional automotive palette with service-specific iconography (CarFront, Wrench, Gauge, Disc3, Snowflake), clean layout, and trust-building certification display.
Design Rationale
Trust is everything for a mechanic — 'A Mechanic You Can Trust' is literally the tagline. The design leads with 26 years of experience and four industry certifications, while service-specific icons make it easy to find exactly what you need without reading paragraphs.
Build Phase
Site Architecture
// Next.js App Router
Methodology
Spark (research agent) scraped Richmond Auto Service Centre's current website, Google reviews, social media, and business listings. Every piece of real data — team names, service pricing, business hours, unique details — was extracted into a structured profile.
Based on the research, a bespoke design direction was created specifically for Richmond Auto Service Centre. No templates — the typography, color palette, layout patterns, and visual effects were all chosen to match this business's personality and industry.
Pixel (design agent) built the entire 6-page Next.js application from scratch — 2 custom components, real content from the research phase, App Router with proper routing, and production-grade code.
Sentinel (QA agent) verified the build compiles cleanly, checked for placeholder content, validated all routes render correctly, and confirmed the design is unique (not recycled from another demo).
Additional Notes
Research sourced from richmondauto.com.au, Google reviews, and social media profiles. All business data — services, team, pricing, hours — extracted and verified from public sources.
More from the experiment
This case study is part of the AI Web Lab — a 30-day experiment where AI agents build bespoke websites for real Melbourne businesses. Every site is researched, designed, and built from scratch by a team of five specialist AI agents. The full methodology, code, and results are documented transparently.
This study is being prepared for publication as part of a research paper on AI-assisted web development at scale.
We built Richmond Auto Service Centre's site in 4 minutes. Same process, same quality — a custom website built for you, not a template.