Mon
Scope
Choose the production workstream, acceptance criteria, repo context, and review owner.
Shore AI Consulting1-week pilot brief
AI-native engineering that proves itself in production
A focused pilot for product teams under backlog pressure. We take a scoped feature, workflow, integration, or technical improvement through implementation, tests, review, documentation, and handoff inside your existing engineering process.
Monday-Friday delivery loop
A bounded production workstream moves through the same gates your team already trusts.
Scope to shipped evidence
Tue-Wed
Build
Implement the highest-value path using AI-assisted exploration, patches, and tests.
Thu
Verify
Run checks, harden edge cases, document tradeoffs, and capture QA notes.
Fri
Review
Prepare the PR context, respond to review, and keep normal quality gates intact.
Fri
Ship
Merge, stage, or demo the work, then hand off the repeatable workflow.
What gets delivered
The output is concrete enough for engineering to inspect and small enough for leadership to evaluate quickly.
Merged or merge-ready PR
Automated tests and QA notes
Deployment or staging support
Implementation docs and handoff
Reusable AI-native workflow playbook
Why this is different
This is not a workshop, broad AI transformation program, or extra pair of generic development hands. It is a controlled proof point for whether the team can use AI-assisted engineering to move faster without lowering standards.
Principal-led execution
Thomas Mancini does the work directly. No junior handoff, staffing bench, or strategy-only layer.
Repo-level proof
The pilot happens inside the existing codebase and process so the team can judge real output.
Works beside AI playbooks
Useful when investors or operators already have strategy and need a hands-on execution layer.
Boundaries that keep the pilot safe
Your code, your data
Work happens in your repos and environments. You retain all IP.
Least-privilege access
Scoped access, normal audit trails, and access removal after the pilot.
Transparent by default
Progress, decisions, tradeoffs, and changes are visible throughout.
Review stays intact
Production changes stay behind normal PR, QA, and release gates.
How to use this pilot
Use it when a founder, CTO, PM, board member, or investor needs evidence before asking the broader engineering team to change how it works.
Thomas Mancini | thomas@shoreaiconsulting.com | https://www.shoreaiconsulting.com/ai-native-engineering