Product family · three fixed lanes

For the AI system you already have. Especially when it is failing.

Dali packages three recovery lanes: rescue an agent that stalls in production, migrate off the OpenAI Assistants API before the August 26, 2026 shutdown, or harden a vibe-coded MVP before it costs trust or money. Each lane is fixed scope with a written triage and its own acceptance test.

Best fit for teams that already shipped something with AI - an agent, an integration, an MVP - and need it to survive production, not a pitch to start over.

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3 records	Source	Path	Owner signal	Last activity	Status
Existing agent codeRescue & migration	Failure-mode map	High-risk actions	Agents built on OpenAI, Ant…	Live	Live
Assistants API callsRescue & migration	Responses API int…	Behavior diffs	OpenAI Assistants API and t…	Queued	Idle
Repo or previewRescue & migration	Risk triage map	Critical severity	Lovable, v0, Cursor, Bolt,…	Queued	Idle

Pain versus outcome

Replace drag with one approved operating path.

What it replaces

An agent that demos well but hallucinates actions, times out silently, or drifts once real users arrive.
A production integration built on /v1/assistants, /v1/threads, and /v1/runs with a hard shutdown date attached.
A demo that works in preview while tokens, webhooks, or admin routes sit exposed in production.

What it creates

A severity-ordered map of real failure modes taken from production conversations, not from guesses.
Every Assistants API call mapped to its Responses API equivalent, with the gaps named in writing.
A severity-ordered triage of secrets, payments, admin, and outbound action paths.

Scope boundary

Fixed scope before expansion.

Family boundary before you pick a lane

One system under rescue, one fixed lane, one written triage or call mapping, one acceptance bar, and a handoff the team can own - not an open-ended retainer.

Included

Start with one lane: agent rescue, Assistants API migration, or vibe-code hardening
1 system or integration in scope, whoever built it
A written triage or call mapping before any fix
An agreed acceptance bar and a rollback path

Deliberately out of scope

Open-ended rebuilds of everything at once
New feature development disguised as rescue
Ongoing retainer work before the first lane passes

Choose a fixed lane

One system shell. Fixed lanes inside.

Start with this lane

Agent Rescue

A fixed-scope package for AI agents that pass the demo but fail in production: triage the real failure modes, build an eval suite on real conversations, add guardrails and monitoring, and cut back over with evidence.

One agent, one production workflow, a written failure-mode triage, an eval suite on representative conversations, guardrails and approval gates on high-risk actions, monitoring, and a production cutover in 2-4 weeks.

Fixed package: from $3,500 · Typical range $3,500-9,000

Included

1 existing agent or AI pilot, whoever built it: vendor, freelancer, or in-house
Triage of failure modes: hallucinated actions, silent timeouts, drift, cost spikes
Eval suite built from real conversations with an agreed pass threshold
Guardrails, approval gates for high-risk actions, and production monitoring
Production cutover with logs and a rollback path

Deliberately out of scope

A full rebuild from scratch when the existing agent can be repaired
New feature development beyond what the rescue itself needs
Rescuing a multi-agent portfolio inside one package

Lane acceptance test

Agree an eval pass rate on a representative set of real conversations. The rescue passes only when the agent meets that rate, high-risk actions stop at approval gates, and monitoring shows cost and latency inside the agreed budget.

Start with this lane

Assistants API Migration

A time-boxed migration off the OpenAI Assistants API before the August 26, 2026 shutdown: map every call, port state and thread handling, run side-by-side evals, and cut over with zero downtime.

One Assistants API integration mapped call by call, ported to the Responses API, verified with side-by-side eval runs, and cut over with zero downtime, with thread data exported before the shutdown.

Fixed package: from $1,900 · Typical range $1,900-4,500

Included

1 production integration on /v1/assistants, /v1/threads, or /v1/runs, OpenAI or Azure
Call-by-call mapping to the Responses API, including the parts without direct parity
State and thread handling ported to storage you control where the API no longer holds it
Side-by-side eval runs comparing old and new behavior on real cases
Zero-downtime cutover and thread-data export before the shutdown

Deliberately out of scope

New features beyond what the migration itself requires
Unrelated refactors of the surrounding codebase
A redesign of the assistant's behavior - parity first, improvements after

Lane acceptance test

Run the agreed case set through the old and new integrations side by side. The migration passes only when responses match on the agreed criteria, state survives the port, thread data is exported and verified, and production cuts over without downtime.

Start with this lane

Vibe-code Rescue

A fixed-scope package that triages secrets, payments, and admin paths on an AI-built MVP, decides patch vs rewrite per critical path, and leaves gates, a stop-switch, and a clean handoff package.

One product surface, triage of high-risk paths, patch or rewrite decisions for those paths, production gates and a stop-switch, and a handoff package with owners and residual risks.

Fixed package: from $2,500 · Typical range $2,500-6,000

Included

1 product surface or deployable app (site, MVP, or admin-backed flow)
Triage of secrets, payments, admin access, and high-impact outbound actions
Patch vs rewrite decision notes for each critical path in scope
Production gates, logging expectations, and an explicit stop-switch
Handoff package: residual risk list, owners, and next engineering steps

Deliberately out of scope

Full rewrite of every feature or screen
Open-ended product redesign or rebrand
Multi-product portfolio rescue inside one package
Shaming the team for using AI builders

Lane acceptance test

Pass only if high-severity secret and payment findings are closed or explicitly accepted in writing, every in-scope critical path has a patch-or-rewrite decision, a stop-switch exists for high-impact actions, and the handoff package names residual risks plus owners.

System surfaces

Integrations, examples, and control points.

Integrations and examples

One recovery shell for AI systems under pressure: rescue an agent that fails in production, migrate off the Assistants API before shutdown, or harden a vibe-coded MVP - each as a fixed lane with its own acceptance bar.

Agents built on OpenAI, Anthropic, LangChain, LangGraph, or custom stacks
OpenAI Assistants API and the Azure OpenAI Assistants mirror
Lovable, v0, Cursor, Bolt, or mixed AI-assisted codebases
The CRM, helpdesk, or internal tools the agent already touches
Responses API as the target, with conversation state moved to storage you control

Guardrails and approval

A rescued agent earns trust by failing visibly and cheaply before it is allowed to act alone again.

High-risk actions go behind approval gates until the eval suite says otherwise.
No cutover before the side-by-side eval run matches on the agreed cases.
Secrets and payment paths are treated as stop-the-bleeding work before cosmetic cleanup.
Every agent action is logged with the context that produced it.

Acceptance test

Know what counts as working.

Pass condition

Pick one lane. Each lane has its own pass condition: an agreed eval pass rate for agent rescue, a matching side-by-side run with zero-downtime cutover for the migration, closed high-severity findings for vibe-code rescue. The family passes when the chosen lane does.

The audit fixes the failure modes, the eval set, and the pass threshold. Dali then quotes one fixed-scope, fixed-price rescue. Build starts after approval, and a wider agent roadmap is a separate decision.

If the acceptance test does not pass, you do not pay.

Measures reviewed with the team

Eval pass rate on the representative conversation set
Side-by-side eval match rate on the agreed cases
High-severity findings closed or owner-accepted
Hallucinated or unauthorized action rate
Downtime during cutover, target zero
Stop-switch and gate coverage on high-impact actions

Three-step delivery

One practical rollout path.

Step 01

Triage the failure modes

We read real production conversations and logs, name the actual failure modes - hallucinated actions, silent timeouts, drift, cost spikes - and rank them by damage.

Step 02

Build the eval suite and fix

We turn representative conversations into a rerunnable eval suite, then fix guardrails, prompts, tools, and state handling until the suite passes the agreed threshold.

Step 03

Cut over with monitoring

The agent returns to production behind approval gates, with monitoring, budgets, and a rollback path, within 2-4 weeks of the start.

Fit check

Strong fit, weak fit, and what not to force.

Good fit

An agent or AI pilot already exists and worked well enough in the demo to be worth saving.
You run a production integration on the Assistants API, direct or through Azure.
You shipped an MVP with AI builders or heavy AI-assisted coding and real users or payments are close.
You have real conversations or logs the eval suite can be built from.

Not a fit yet

There is no working prototype yet - that is a build, not a rescue.
The integration is a prototype nobody depends on - deleting it may be cheaper.
You need a complete product rewrite of every screen in one engagement.
The workflow changed so much that the agent's job no longer exists.

FAQ

Practical questions before work starts.

The agent was built by another vendor. Is that a problem?

No. Most rescues start exactly there. We read the code and the conversations, keep what works, and change what fails. Blame is not part of the package.

Is this just swapping endpoints?

No. The Responses API changes how conversation state is managed and how costs accrue, and it does not have full feature parity. That is exactly why a planned migration takes 1-2 weeks and an emergency one mid-outage costs 3-5x.

Do we have to throw away the vibe-coded app?

Usually no. Most rescues keep the working surface and only rewrite paths that are unsafe or unmaintainable. Patch vs rewrite is decided per critical path. See rewrite-vs-patch-vibe-code on the Dali blog for the decision frame.

Call to action

Start with the narrowest useful package.

What to send Dali

Tell us which system is under pressure: a failing agent, an Assistants API integration, or a vibe-coded MVP. Dali will reply with the lane boundary, the triage plan, and the acceptance bar.

Starting lane: agent rescue, Assistants API migration, or vibe-code hardening
Who built the system and what stack it runs on
Where it fails or what deadline it faces
Owner who can approve scope and accept residual risk

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Commercial model

Fixed package

from $1,900

Typical range: $1,900-9,000 · Per starting lane.

If the acceptance test does not pass, you do not pay.

Dali does not ask you to buy a broad automation program upfront. We define one acceptance test, quote one fixed package, build after agreement, and widen scope only if the first workflow passes.

Founding client rate: first 5 clients get 25% off in exchange for a public case study with metrics.

After launch, every package hands off into Agent Care - monitoring, eval regressions, and one measured improvement per month.