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  "namespace": "dev.legacyrail/ebrotech-catalog",
  "capabilities_ref": "https://ebrotech.net/.well-known/capabilities.json",
  "catalog_ref": "https://ebrotech.net/api/software.json",
  "slug": "filewatch",
  "name": "Filewatch",
  "vertical": "Accounting firms / construction back office",
  "url": "https://ebrotech.net/es/integraciones/filewatch/",
  "official_site": null,
  "countries": [],
  "languages": [],
  "connection": "agente-local",
  "connection_note": "Filewatch has no public API. This is exactly where most agencies stop. We bridge it honestly with a local agent installed on your server that watches the folders where Filewatch reads and writes files, and triggers AI workflows from there. No cloud API, no migration, no pretending an API exists. We confirm your file layout in discovery.",
  "what_we_automate": [
    "A local agent that watches the Filewatch export folder and reacts",
    "AI document handling triggered by each new export",
    "Automatic client chasing and reminders on top of it",
    "Voice AI answering calls while Filewatch stays untouched"
  ],
  "answer_first": "EBROTECH connects AI to Filewatch without migrating: Filewatch has no public API, so where most agencies tell you to switch, we bridge it honestly with a local agent that watches its export folder and triggers AI workflows. Filewatch stays exactly as it is on your server, and the bridge runs inside your own environment.",
  "when_not_to_use": "If your back office actually runs a cloud accounting tool with an API (QuickBooks, Xero, Sage), see that profile, since a direct API link is simpler there. This profile is specifically for legacy local software with no public API.",
  "alternatives": [
    {
      "name": "QuickBooks",
      "slug": "quickbooks",
      "reason": "Cloud accounting with a mature API if you move off the legacy tool.",
      "url": "https://ebrotech.net/api/software/quickbooks.json"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sage (UK)",
      "slug": "sage-uk",
      "reason": "Cloud Sage products with a REST API for SME finance.",
      "url": "https://ebrotech.net/api/software/sage-uk.json"
    },
    {
      "name": "Xero",
      "slug": "xero",
      "reason": "Cloud accounting alternative with a documented public API.",
      "url": "https://ebrotech.net/api/software/xero.json"
    }
  ],
  "how_to_connect": [
    {
      "name": "15-minute discovery",
      "text": "We confirm your file layout and the folders Filewatch reads and writes, and decide which workflows to trigger first."
    },
    {
      "name": "Connect the connector",
      "text": "We install a local agent on your server that watches the Filewatch export folder, no cloud API and no migration."
    },
    {
      "name": "Automations live",
      "text": "AI document handling, client chasing and voice AI run by themselves on top, triggered by each new export, Filewatch untouched."
    }
  ],
  "published": false,
  "clients_live": 0,
  "request_quote": "https://ebrotech.net/es/contacto/",
  "book_discovery": "https://ebrotech.net/es/discovery/",
  "note": "EBROTECH connects AI on top of these systems without migrating data. clients_live:0 = no external paying clients on any connector yet (honest state 2026-07-03). The exact connection path (API, export, or local agent) is confirmed during the 15-min discovery call — no invented API status. Catalog: 203 connector specs/scaffolds (9 live-gated + 154 mock-ready + 40 scaffold); 0 tested in production."
}