Production readiness for AI-generated software
Your AI-built application works. But is it ready for production?
Bronkode helps founders, SMEs and investors evaluate whether AI-generated software is secure, maintainable and safe to launch, before it turns into an outage, a breach or a cloud bill you didn't expect.
- Security5/10
- Architecture6/10
- Reliability3/10
- Engineering2/10
- Operations3/10
Built with an AI coding tool? We review it.
- Cursor
- Claude Code
- GitHub Copilot
- Lovable
- Bolt
- Replit
The problem
Working is not the same as production-ready
AI tools have made building software dramatically cheaper. They don't guarantee security, scalability, maintainability or recovery when things go wrong, and most founders have no way to answer one simple question: can this system safely go live?
What AI tools deliver
- Working functionality
- A demo that impresses
- Fast iteration on features
What's usually missing
- Architecture documentation
- Git workflows
- CI/CD
- Secrets management
- Logging
- Monitoring
- Backup validation
- Disaster recovery
- Security review
- Operational ownership
Who it's for
Independent answers for the people carrying the risk
You built it in a weekend. Is it safe to charge money for?
A fast, plain-English Launch Check for AI-built MVPs before you take real customers and real data.
For founders → SMEsYour team built it with AI. Can you bet the business on it?
Production readiness and security reviews for internal systems and agency-built applications.
For SMEs → InvestorsDon't fund a demo that won't survive production.
Technical due diligence for AI-first startups, with an executive summary written for the investment committee.
For investors →What we check
Six pillars. One honest score.
Most firms ask "is it secure?" We ask whether it's deployable, supportable, maintainable and secure.
Security
Authentication, authorisation, secrets, dependencies and data protection.
Architecture
System design, service boundaries, data flow and scalability.
Reliability
Backups, recovery procedures, availability and failure handling.
Engineering Maturity
Git usage, branching, pull requests, CI/CD and automated testing.
Operational Readiness
Monitoring, logging, alerting, runbooks and documentation.
Cost & Vendor Risk
Cloud and AI API costs, dependency management and lock-in.
How it works
Three steps from "it works" to "we know where we stand"
Share your repo
Book a call, grant read-only repository access, and tell us how and where the application is deployed.
We review
We walk the architecture, read the code and check your setup against the six-pillar framework.
You get a scorecard + findings
A Production Readiness Score, prioritised risks and a clear launch recommendation in plain English.
Sample output
A score you can act on, not a vague opinion
Each pillar is scored out of 10 and rolled up into an overall Production Readiness Score out of 100, with a clear recommendation.
The example on the right is typical of an AI-built MVP: the features work and the architecture is reasonable, but there's no CI/CD, no tested backups and no monitoring. It works today and has no safety net for tomorrow.
Third-party and AI provider keys are present in source history. Rotate the keys and move them to a secrets manager.
Automated database snapshots exist, but no restore has been tested. Recovery time is unknown.
No CI pipeline, no automated tests and no review step before changes reach customers.
Failures are discovered by customers, not by the team.
Illustrative findings showing the format of a report.
Not a penetration test
Bronkode assessments are advisory reviews of security best practices, code-level vulnerabilities and production readiness. We don't do active exploitation or attack simulation. Read our scope & limitations.
Pricing
Start small. Go deeper when you need to.
Five fixed-price tiers, from a one-hour Launch Check to a full Production Hardening Roadmap.
| Tier | Best for | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 · Launch Check | Solo founders, MVPs, internal apps | R3,000 |
| 2 · Production Readiness Review | Products approaching launch | R5,000 |
| 3 · Security & Architecture Assessment | Systems handling customer data | R10,000 |
| 4 · Technical Due Diligence | Investors, acquirers, scale-ups | R15,000 |
| 5 · Production Hardening Roadmap | Businesses preparing for launch | R20,000 |
Know before you launch.
Book a Launch Check and get a Production Readiness Score, your top 10 launch risks and a clear recommendation, for R3,000.
Not ready to book?
Get the free AI Application Production Readiness Checklist and run a first pass yourself.