AI-Assisted Development
AI-Assisted Development compound.
Buying every engineer a Cursor seat doesn't make them faster. The compounding gains come from prompt patterns, context engineering, code-review discipline, and a clear policy on what AI can and can't generate. We help your engineering org go from "some people use it" to "velocity is up 30% measurably and security is down 0%."
- Tool selection — Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, Cline — picked by codebase + culture.
- Prompt + context-engineering playbook your team actually reuses.
- Code-review policy — what AI-generated code requires extra scrutiny.
- Productivity measurement that doesn't game itself (we don't trust LOC).
“Most teams running AI-assisted dev are running it like a benchmark. The compounding teams run it like a discipline.”
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PMI Gujarat · Keynote · Dec 2024
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Karnavati · AI Conclave 2025
Unlocking the Power of AI: it's all about the right prompt. At Karnavati University, I had the privilege of sharing a key insight…
Rajkot · Keynote · 2025
What happens when AI meets India's social and rural future? You get a room full of students, academics, and leaders in Rajkot asking the questions that actually matter.
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I walked into a room of 45+ project managers. No slides. No deck. No script.
- PMI Gujarat
- Karnavati University
- Atmiya AI Summit
- HP WeRise · Ahmedabad
- Project Managers' Forum
- NIFT Gandhinagar
- MeitY · Digital India
- UIT Karnavati
- Ahmedabad founder circle
- PMI Gujarat
- Karnavati University
- Atmiya AI Summit
- HP WeRise · Ahmedabad
- Project Managers' Forum
- NIFT Gandhinagar
- MeitY · Digital India
- UIT Karnavati
- Ahmedabad founder circle
What this means in practice
We start by reading how your team actually works — what slows them, what blocks them — then choose tools and patterns that solve those specific problems. The output is a playbook, not a webinar.
- 01
Tool selection memo — which AI dev tool to standardise on, with the trade-offs.
- 02
Prompt + context-engineering playbook — concrete patterns for the recurring jobs in your stack.
- 03
Code-review augmentation — checklist for AI-generated code, with false-positive examples.
- 04
Velocity dashboard — measurable, gameable-resistant indicators.
Engagement shapes
2 ways to engage on AI-Assisted Development. Pick the closest fit; we calibrate scope on the diagnostic call.
01
4 wk
Pilot rollout
One team, one tool, one playbook, one measurable outcome. Used to build the case for org-wide adoption.
02
8–12 wk
Org-wide enablement
Multi-team rollout. Tooling, training, governance, measurement. Hand-off includes the org's living playbook.
For
Who this fits
- Engineering orgs of 20–500 considering or already mid-rollout of AI dev tools.
- VPs of Engineering accountable for delivery velocity who need real data, not vendor case studies.
- Security / platform leads worried about AI-generated code in their codebase.
Not for
Honest gates
- Solo engineers — read our blog, don't hire us for this.
- Teams who've already standardised and just want a stamp of approval — we'll find friction you'd rather not see.
FAQ
About this service.
Which AI dev tool should we standardise on?
Depends on your codebase size + privacy posture + IDE preference. Cursor for VS-Code-heavy teams that want full agentic flow; Claude Code for terminal-first / multi-codebase work; Copilot for orgs that need Microsoft compliance + enterprise SSO; Cline as a free-tier starting point. The 4-week pilot tests two of these against your real backlog.Code-review concerns — how do you mitigate AI-generated code in production?
Three-part policy: (1) every AI-generated PR is labelled in CI; (2) reviewers run an additional checklist for AI-flagged PRs (test coverage, dependency check, magic-number detection); (3) random audit pulls 5% of merged AI PRs each sprint for deeper review. Velocity gain stays; security debt doesn't accumulate.How do you measure velocity without LOC games?
Lead-time-for-changes (commit → production) + change-failure-rate + time-to-restore. Industry-standard DORA metrics. Pre / post — usually a 30–50% improvement in lead-time after a clean rollout. We deliberately don't track LOC or commit count because they game themselves.Security implications of AI-generated code in our codebase?
Real and worth taking seriously. Common patterns we coach: explicit refusal of AI suggestions for auth code without senior review; SCA (Snyk / Dependabot) on every AI-generated PR; secret-scanning hooks on commit; threat-model for prompt-injection in CI tooling. None of this is unique to AI; AI just makes the existing security debt more visible.Onboarding new engineers — does this help or hurt?
Helps significantly when the playbook is in place. New engineers ramp 30–50% faster with AI-assisted dev because the tools encode "how things are done here." Hurts when the playbook isn't there — new engineers absorb whatever bad habits the senior engineers happen to have.Cost — Cursor vs Copilot vs Claude vs Cline?
Cursor: ~$20 / engineer / month (Pro tier); Copilot: ~$19 (Business); Claude Code: token-based ($30–$200 / engineer / month depending on usage); Cline: free + bring-your-own-API-key. The price difference is noise compared to the engineer's salary; pick on capability fit, not cost.
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