Contractors don't fail on skill, they fail on spec
Vague tickets, questions nobody answers, pull requests that sit for a week, and a client asking where things are. You end up being the project manager you hired them to avoid.
Without it
- Specs in a voice note The dev builds what they heard, not what the client bought.
- Reviews you never get to Pull requests sit for days, or you merge without reading them.
- Blockers you hear about late A dev waited four days on an answer you didn't know they needed.
- Handoffs nobody writes The build ships and nobody can explain how it works.
With it
- Build ready tickets Context, the task, numbered acceptance criteria and what's out of scope, from the client's own calls.
- Every pull request reviewed AI checks the code against the ticket and posts the verdict before you click merge.
- Blockers surfaced daily One list of who's waiting on whom, across every repo.
- Handoffs written for you An internal doc for you and a plain English guide for the client.
How it works
What lands in Slack
- Shipped today4 pull requests merged across 3 client builds.
- Reviewed2 pull requests passed review, 1 sent back with what's missing against the ticket.
- Waiting on youOne plan to approve and one question about a client's login.
- Waiting on themA dev hasn't replied on a review for two days.
- Handoff readyThe client guide for last week's build is published and linked.
Sample report, for illustration.
What you get
- The spec writerTurns a signed deal into a development brief and build ready tickets with acceptance criteria.
- The boardEvery ticket across every client on one GitHub board that moves itself as work lands.
- The AI reviewerReviews every pull request against its ticket, with merge rules you set per repo.
- The daily unblock sweepWho's waiting on whom, across every repo, in one message.
- Handoff docsAn internal doc and a client guide for every build, published to a link.
- A payment logEvery contractor payment logged with what it bought.
- A plain English guide and a walkthrough videoHow a deal becomes tickets, and how a pull request becomes a merge.
Who it's for
Agencies and founders who build for clients with freelance or offshore developers, and are tired of being the bottleneck.
- It fits if you have two or more developers working at once.
- It fits if your code lives on GitHub, or can.
- It fits if you run your team in Slack.
- It fits if builds slip because of unclear specs or slow reviews.
It's not for you if you have one in house developer who already runs the process. Running a lot of automations too? Add the Automation Watchdog so failures come with the fix.
Already running
- 438 tickets written for my developers
- 282 pull requests reviewed by AI
- 291 pull requests merged across our repos
This is how I run my own dev team across every client build. I stopped being the bottleneck the week every pull request started getting reviewed before I saw it.
Questions
What does it cost to run each month?
The monthly fee covers me running it, the AI reviews included. GitHub and Slack stay on your own plans.
How long does setup take?
About 21 days. The first week is your ticket format and merge rules, then we run your next real build through it.
Does it merge code on its own?
Only where you allow it. Anything that touches a client's money or production merges on your click, every time.
Does it replace my developers?
No. It manages them. Your developers still write the code, they just get clearer tickets and faster reviews.
What do you need from me?
Your GitHub organization, your Slack, your developers' GitHub handles, and one recent build to model the process on.
