ERP integration

Your school’s systems,
finally something people
can just talk to.

Every school runs on a system of record somewhere — an ERP, a spreadsheet, a register, someone's memory. Jessica turns whatever you run into something a parent can simply ask a question to. And where you don't have a system worth talking to, we build you one.

School ERP WhatsApp integration connects a school’s system of record to WhatsApp through an AI agent, so parents and staff can query and update live data by chatting instead of logging into a portal. Jessica connects to the system you run — and where no suitable system exists, we build one, white-labelled to your school.

The problem isn’t data. It’s the login screen.

Schools rarely have a data problem. Attendance is being marked. Fees are being tracked. Grades exist somewhere. The failure is at the last mile: getting that information to the parent who wants it, at 9pm, without a phone call to the office in the morning.

Portals lose that battle to WhatsApp every time. So we stopped fighting it — and made the conversation the interface.

Two ways Jessica fits your school

Jessica needs a system of record to read from and write to. There are two honest paths to that, and we’ll tell you which one you’re on in the first conversation.

 You run a system we can connect toYou don’t — or it won’t open up
What we doConnect Jessica to it through its API or database connectorBuild you a custom ERP, white-labelled to your school, included with Jessica
Your dataStays exactly where it isWe bring it across and set it up for you
Your admin panelUnchanged — staff carry on as they areA new one, built around how your school actually works
What parents seeExactly the same Jessica. They never know the difference.
Cost of the ERPNothing — you keep what you haveIncluded. It isn’t a separate line item

Most schools assume they’re on the first path and turn out to be on the second. That’s normal. A great many school ERPs are closed systems with no usable API, or are so thinly used that the data inside them isn’t worth connecting to. If that’s you, it isn’t a problem to solve later — it’s the reason we build ERPs in the first place.

The ERP we build you

It isn’t a stripped-down freebie bolted on to close a deal. It’s a custom system of record, built around how your school actually runs, white-labelled to your name and branding, and it comes with Jessica rather than as an upsell.

Because we build it, it opens up completely to the agent — every field Jessica needs to read, every action she needs to take, with none of the guesswork that comes from reverse-engineering someone else’s closed product.

How the integration works

1. We map what you run today

Attendance, fees, grades, announcements, admissions. We find out where each one actually lives — which, in a lot of schools, turns out to be a spreadsheet and a WhatsApp group rather than the ERP anyone paid for.

2. The AI agent handles the conversations

Jessica interprets what someone actually means — “did she miss anything Tuesday?” is an attendance lookup plus a homework query — runs the reads and writes, and replies in plain language.

3. Everyone talks to one interface

Parents, teachers and admins all use WhatsApp. One agent, one thread, role-aware permissions underneath.

What Jessica can read and write

  • Attendance — daily status, patterns, leave requests logged back into the system
  • Fees — pending amounts, receipts, payment reminders
  • Grades and reports — results delivered to the right parent, scoped to their child
  • Announcements — smart broadcasts, auto-translated per recipient
  • Timetables and calendars — PTM dates, holidays, exam schedules

Permissions and audit

Every request is resolved against the asker’s role before any data is touched. Parents are scoped to their own child; teachers to their own classes; administrators get the control-room view. Every AI action is written to an audit log, so you can answer “who saw what, when” with a record rather than a guess.

What if we change systems later?

Then we re-point the connector. The conversational interface your parents have already learned doesn’t change when the system underneath it does — which is the whole reason the agent and the system of record are separate things.

Once Jessica is live, the same agent also runs admissions on your website and parent communication — one Jessica, every surface. Start with the WhatsApp AI overview, or watch her handle real school conversations.

FAQ

ERP integration questions

What is school ERP WhatsApp integration?

It connects a school's system of record to WhatsApp through an AI agent, so parents and staff can query and update live data by chatting instead of logging into a portal. Jessica connects to the system you run — and where no suitable system exists, we build one.

What if our ERP can't connect to Jessica?

Then we build you one that can. A lot of school ERPs are closed systems with no usable API, and that's common rather than unusual. In that case we build you a custom ERP, white-labelled to your school, and include it with Jessica — you're not buying two products.

Do we have to keep our existing ERP?

Not necessarily. If you run something we can connect to and you're happy with it, we connect to it and leave it alone. If it can't open up, or your school isn't really using it, we'll tell you straight and build you one that fits how you actually work.

Is the ERP you build a separate cost?

No. It comes with Jessica rather than as an upsell. It's a custom system of record built around your school and white-labelled to your name and branding — not a stripped-down freebie.

Which ERPs does Jessica connect to?

Jessica connects through APIs or database connectors, so she isn't tied to one vendor. Tell us what you run today and we'll tell you honestly in the first conversation whether we connect to it or build you something better.

Can Jessica write back, or only read?

Both. Jessica can run multi-step workflows — for example logging a leave request or recording an admission inquiry — not just read-only lookups.

How long does it take to go live?

Most schools go live in under a week when we're connecting to an existing system. Where we're building the ERP too, we'll give you a real timeline in the first conversation rather than a number that sounds good.

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