module · buildCAP-01
Build
Production-ready code in weeks. We architect, generate, review, ship. MVPs, internal tools, customer-facing products.
0→1 product MVPs
Internal & ops tooling
Web & mobile apps
AI-NATIVE·engineer augmentationShip in weeks,
Ship in weeks,
not months.
Senior engineers, embedded with your team, augmented with AI at every step. We compress quarters of work into weeks — without bloat, theatre, or hallucinated production code.
deploy.ts×
pipeline.yml×
review.md×
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// terminus / co-pilot · senior eng review enabled
import { deploy, verify } from "@terminus/core";
export async function ship(brief: Brief) {
const scope = await scopeWith(brief); // week 1 · human
const build = await aiAugmented(scope); // 2–4 · ai+human
const audit = await verify(build, { reviewer: "senior" });
if (!audit.ok) throw new Error("halt: human review failed");
return deploy(build, { env: "prod", audit });
}
terminal · build_412live
14:23:01scope3 engineers · 4 weeks · architecture mapped
14:23:08buildgenerating · 12,847 LOC · 412 tests
14:23:14reviewsenior eng · 847/847 passed
14:23:21deployshipped to prod · 3w 2d cycle
cycle time▼ 78%
3.2w
review pass100%
847/847
trusted by teams shipping at
[ 01 ] capabilities.json
We solve business problems
by shipping systems that work.
No bloated proposals. No status meetings about status meetings. Just three things, done at AI speed.
./scope-engagement→
module · automateCAP-02
Automate
We find work nobody should be doing and engineer it away. Agentic flows, intelligent pipelines, integrations that compound.
Multi-step agent flows
Document & data pipelines
Cross-system integrations
module · scaleCAP-03
Scale
Fractional AI-native teams that flex with your roadmap. Performance work, architecture upgrades, infra that holds up.
Performance & cost opt.
Architecture audits
Embedded fractional teams
[ 02 ] pipeline.yml
Process,
not magic.
Humans architect. AI accelerates. Humans verify. Same loop, every engagement.
STEP / 01Human
Discovery & Architecture
Engineers — not account managers — define requirements, map architecture, set guardrails. The AI doesn't decide what gets built.
artifacts
scope.md · arch.dot · guardrails.ymlSTEP / 02AI + Human
AI-Accelerated Build
AI generates code at speed. Senior engineers steer, prompt, refine. Every commit reviewed before merge.
artifacts
feature/* · 412 tests · 0 untestedSTEP / 03Human
QA & Review
Every line read by a senior engineer. Hallucinations caught. Edge cases hammered. No AI ships unattended.
artifacts
audit.log · risk-register.mdSTEP / 04Human + AI
Ship & Iterate
Deploy fast. Measure. Improve. CI/CD, instrumentation, runbooks — built in from day one.
artifacts
v1.0 prod · dashboards · runbook[ 03 ] diff.log
Traditional / AI-native.
What changes when senior engineers run AI-native workflows end to end.
DIMENSION
- TRADITIONAL AGENCY
+ TERMINUS
timeline
3–6 months
3–6 weeks 6× faster
team size
8–12 engineers + PMs
3–4 AI-augmented engineers leaner
cost
Large upfront
Fraction of the cost
code review
Manual, slow cycles
AI-assisted + senior human
iteration
Weeks per cycle
Days per cycle 10× faster
engagement
Vendor / SOW
Embedded · co-founder mode
[ 04 ] principles.md
Engineering, reimagined.
The speed of AI. The judgment of senior engineers. The commitment of a co-founder.
// principle 01
Senior-level talent, full stop.
Engineers who've shipped at scale and earned the right to push back. The people who scope your work ship your work — no juniors learning on your timeline.
12+ yrs avg.0 staff augdirect slack
// principle 02
AI accelerates. Humans decide.
AI is in every loop — generation, review, testing — but never the last word. Each commit gates on a senior engineer.
10× iteration100% reviewed
// principle 03
Product before code.
If a feature doesn't earn its place, we'll say so — before we build it, not after. Strategy in week one.
strategy ≠ optionpushback in writing
// principle 04
Co-founder, not contractor.
We embed in your stand-ups, your slack, your roadmap. We learn the business until we can argue both sides — then we build.
embedded dailyyours by week 2honest by week 3
[ 06 ] faq.md
Questions, answered.
Senior engineers using AI throughout the workflow — code generation, testing, review, deployment. Result: 3–5× faster delivery than a traditional agency, with human judgment at every checkpoint. The AI is a power tool, not a replacement.
Production-ready MVPs in 3–6 weeks. We compress the typical 3–6 month cycle by leveraging AI for generation, testing, and rapid iteration — with senior engineers providing architectural oversight and QA.
Agencies are vendors. We embed. AI-native workflows make us 10× faster, our teams are 3–4 engineers instead of 8–12, and we operate as partners with skin in the game — not transactional service providers.
MVPs, internal tools, customer products, AI integrations, agentic flows, automation pipelines, performance work, architecture upgrades. Full-stack, biased toward projects that need to ship fast without sacrificing quality.
A fraction of a full-time hire or traditional agency. Teams of 3–4 scale up and down with your roadmap — you only pay for the capacity you use. Custom quote per engagement, sent within 48 hours of brief.
[ 07 ] start.sh
Ready to ship
at AI speed?
Tell us what you're building. We'll send back a scoped plan, a timeline, and a team — usually within 48 hours.