Do you work with agencies?

Yes, on a white-label or partner basis. Your client relationship stays yours. I work as a specialist behind the scenes or alongside your team, depending on what makes sense.

What CMS does UpAssist specialise in?

We specialise in Neos CMS and the Flow Framework. Both are mature, open-source PHP platforms ideal for complex content-driven websites.

Do you work outside the Netherlands?

Remote work is the norm. Most of my clients are distributed across Europe and I work entirely async or over video. Location rarely matters.

Do you work remotely?

Yes, we work fully remote with clients across Europe. We collaborate via video calls, Slack, and async communication.

What’s your typical availability?

I take a small number of focused engagements at a time to keep the work sharp. If you have a specific timeline in mind, reach out early — that’s the best way to make it work.

Can you help migrate from Neos 8 to Neos 9?

Absolutely. We have hands-on experience with the ES-CR migration and can guide your team through the process step by step.

Independent Neos CMS studio — Netherlands

Neos expertise,
amplified by AI.

NEOS CMS & Flow Framework — built with craft, extended with intelligence.

I’m Henjo Hoeksma, a specialist working at the intersection of Neos CMS, Flow Framework, and AI tooling. UpAssist is my independent practice — not a team of consultants, but a single focused expert who has spent years building with Neos.

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Areas of practice

What I bring to a project

Neos CMS architecture & custom developmentCore

Flow Framework & domain modellingCore

AI integration & MCP toolingEmerging

Content modelling & Editor UXCraft

Open-source package development29 packages

Migration & upgrade strategyComplex

Henjo Hoeksma

Neos CMS Specialist · UpAssist

AI + Neos bridge — one of my latest open-source contribution

neos-mcp — a Model Context Protocol server that gives AI assistants structured access to Neos content. Built, maintained, and used daily in my own workflow.

10+

Open-source packages

10+

Years with Neos & Flow

Integrated into daily practice

Specialist — fully focused

How I work

Where I can help

Neos CMS development & architecture

I know Neos — not just from documentation, but from years of real projects. Complex nodetype hierarchies, custom rendering pipelines, Fusion templating that editors actually enjoy. When Neos is the right tool, I make it sing.

Node modelling Fusion Editor UX Rendering

Flow Framework & backend engineering

Flow gives you the foundation to build serious PHP applications. I use it to build APIs, domain models, and integrations that hold up under real-world complexity — clean, testable, and maintainable years later.

Domain modelling Doctrine ORM APIs Testing

AI tooling & intelligent automation

The craft I’ve built over a decade meets a new layer of intelligence. Through neos-mcp and hands-on AI experimentation, I bring genuine capability to AI-enhanced CMS workflows — not hype, but working integrations that change what’s possible.

MCP protocol LLM integration Automation neos-mcp

Open-source work

Packages that
solve real problems

upassist/neos-mcp

Neos MCP Bridge

A Model Context Protocol bridge for Neos CMS. Lets AI assistants read, query, and interact with the content repository — built because I needed it in my own workflow and nothing comparable existed at the time.

PHP 8.2+ Neos 8.* Neos 9.* MCP

upassist/neos-editornotifications

Neos Editor Notifications

Admin-managed backend notifications for Neos CMS editors. Publish dismissible announcements, onboarding tips and release notes straight into the Neos backend — written in Markdown.

PHP 8.* Neos 8.* Neos 9.* Editor UX

upassist/neos-googlereviews

Neos Google Reviews

Google Reviews integration for Neos CMS. Fetch and display Google Place reviews directly in your site, with built-in caching so you stay well within API limits.

PHP 8.1+ Neos 8.* Neos 9.* Google Places API

10+ packages across Neos CMS, Flow Framework, and tooling — browse the full collection →

WHO I WORK WITH

Happy to help
where it's useful

FOR AGENCIES

A Neos specialist to support your team

You keep the client relationship — I help your team get the Neos and Flow work done. A second pair of hands on a complex migration, an extra opinion during an architecture review, or a specialist who joins the project to get things moving again.

I've worked alongside agency teams enough to know how to slot in without getting in the way: reliable output, honest timelines, and communication you don't have to manage.

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FOR Business

Direct access to the person doing the work

When you hire UpAssist, you work with me directly — not a project manager, not a junior developer assigned to your account. You get honest assessments, practical recommendations, and code that’s built to last beyond our engagement.

If your Neos installation is straining under growth, your editors are fighting the CMS, or you’re wondering whether AI tooling could change the way your team works — these are exactly the conversations I enjoy having.

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LET’S WORK TOGETHER

Good work starts
with an honest conversation.

Tell me what you’re building or where you’re stuck.

I’ll give you a straight answer about whether I can help, and if so,

how we’d approach it together.

No sales process.

No commitment required to start talking.

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Neos expertise, amplified by AI.