FIX IT WITH SHIPBUILDER
AI Writes Fast. It Doesn't Ship Clean.
Every AI coding tool — Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT, Lovable, Bolt, whatever you're using — is great at producing code and mediocre at knowing when to stop. It duplicates functions, half-finishes error handling, skips tests, and occasionally ships a secret straight into your repo. It looks done. It usually isn't.
We built ShipDoctor to audit our own client intakes, then opened it up so anyone can run the same scan on their own codebase. Scan for free, unlock your report with repair prompts for a fee, or lets us handle it from start to finish.
What Shows Up in an Audit
Most of what we find isn't dramatic. It's the stuff that quietly costs you later.
Security Gaps
Secrets committed to history, unvalidated inputs, injection risks, dependencies with known CVEs nobody patched and more
AI Slop
Redundant comments, hallucinated APIs, three versions of the same helper function scattered across the repo. You get the idea.
Performance Debt
N+1 queries, bloated bundles, missing caching. None of it breaks anything until real traffic shows up.
Missed Opportunities
No CI, no tests, no monitoring, no security headers. Nobody wrote these because nobody asked the AI to.
DIY or Handled. You Choose
Start with a free audit. Fix issues on your own, or contract us to help.
A one-time audit, plus a call to walk through it with you.
- Full ShipDoctor scan across all eight audit categories
- A senior developer reads the report and separates signal from noise
- Prioritized punch list of what to fix first
- 45-minute walkthrough call
- Repair prompts for every finding, ready to hand to your AI tool
- Just want the scan? Use ShipDoctor for just $59.
We fix the findings alongside you, every month.
- Everything in Ship Shape Check
- 4 paired coding sessions per month with a senior developer
- We fix priority findings with you, not just point at them
- Monthly re-scan so you can watch your grade move
- Direct Slack or email access between sessions
An outsourced CTO for the codebase you're actively shipping.
- Everything in Ship Shape Build
- 4 additional paired sessions per month (8 total)
- Monthly code reviews on new work as you ship it
- Deployment, CI/CD, and infrastructure guidance
- We're on call for whatever comes up between sessions
Pricing assumes a codebase of reasonable size on a single primary stack. Larger monorepos or multiple repos get a custom quote after we see the scan.
Ship Shape FAQ
What's the difference between this and just running ShipDoctor myself?
ShipDoctor gives you a graded report and repair prompts. You can unlock your report for as little as $59. Our service offerings go further, using additional tools and adding a person who has read hundreds of these reports, knows which findings actually matter for your stack, and can either hand you a punch list or sit down and fix it with you. The self-serve option is there for people who just want the scan.
Do I need to already be a Bowtie client?
No. We work with you whether you built your app with an AI tool, hired another shop, or inherited it from someone who left. We run the same scan and read it with fresh eyes either way.
What stacks does this cover?
Pretty much anything: JS/TS, Python, PHP/WordPress, Ruby, Go, Java, .NET, static sites, and mixed monorepos. If ShipDoctor can scan it, we can review it. If you can't get a good scan, we can look at your codebase manually.
Can I upgrade or downgrade later?
Yes. Most clients start with a Vibe Check to see what the audit actually finds, then consider additional services once they know what they are working with.
Still have questions? Contact Us