Packaged pilot

Harden the AI-built MVP before it costs you trust or money.

Dali runs a fixed-scope rescue on one product surface: find the bleeding paths (secrets, payments, admin, outbound actions), stop the worst risks, decide patch vs rewrite for each critical path, and ship gates, monitoring, and a stop-switch with a handoff the team can run.

Start the vibe-code rescue audit

Best fit for founders and operators who shipped with Lovable, Cursor, v0, or similar builders and now need production honesty without a shame lecture or a full rewrite of everything.

Vibe-code Rescue Pilot System surfaces

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3 records	Source	Path	Owner signal	Last activity	Status
Repo or previewRescue and harden pilot	Risk triage map	Critical severity	Lovable, v0, Cursor, Bolt,…	Live	Live
Payment & admin pathsRescue and harden pilot	Hardened paths	Patch vs rewrite	Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare…	Queued	Idle
Secret surfacesRescue and harden pilot	Handoff package	Owner sign-off	Stripe, payment webhooks, p…	Queued	Idle

Pain versus outcome

Replace drag with one approved operating path.

What it replaces

A demo that works in preview while tokens, webhooks, or admin routes sit exposed in production.
Endless chat-driven patches with no severity order, no stop-switch, and no clear ownership after the sprint.
A binary choice between 'ship as-is' and 'throw everything away' when only a few paths actually need engineering depth.

What it creates

A severity-ordered triage of secrets, payments, admin, and outbound action paths.
A written patch vs rewrite decision for each critical path, not a vague rewrite mandate.
Gates, monitoring, and a stop-switch plus a handoff package the team can operate without Dali in the room.

Pilot boundary

Fixed scope before expansion.

Exact fixed pilot boundary

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.

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 pilot
Shaming the team for using AI builders

System surfaces

Integrations, examples, and control points.

Integrations and examples

The pilot works on the stack you already shipped. We meet the product where it is: builder output, custom code, payments, and host - then harden the paths that can actually hurt you.

Lovable, v0, Cursor, Bolt, or mixed AI-assisted codebases
Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare, or similar preview-to-prod hosts
Stripe, payment webhooks, promo codes, and checkout callbacks
Supabase, Firebase, custom admin, or shared service-role keys
Related reading on the Dali blog: how-we-rescue-vibe-coded-mvps, vibe-coded-site-hardening-checklist, security-audit-for-vibe-coded-websites, rewrite-vs-patch-vibe-code

Guardrails and approval

Rescue is not a silent rewrite. Severity, decisions, and residual risk stay visible to the owner before anything is treated as done.

Secrets and payment paths are treated as stop-the-bleeding work before cosmetic cleanup.
Every critical path gets an explicit patch or rewrite call with a reason, not a vibe.
A stop-switch and human gate stay in place for high-impact actions after the pilot.
Residual risks that remain out of scope are written down with owners, not buried in chat.

Acceptance test

Know what counts as working.

Pilot pass condition

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.

The audit fixes the product surface, risk priorities, and acceptance bar. Dali then quotes one fixed-scope, fixed-price rescue pilot. Broader rewrite or multi-surface work is a separate decision after handoff.

Measures reviewed with the team

High-severity findings closed or owner-accepted
Critical paths with written patch vs rewrite decisions
Stop-switch and gate coverage on high-impact actions
Handoff completeness: residual risks, owners, next steps

Three-step delivery

One practical rollout path.

Step 01

Triage the bleeding paths

We map secrets, payments, admin, and outbound action surfaces, rank severity, and freeze the pilot boundary so work starts where damage is real.

Step 02

Patch, rewrite, and gate

We harden or rewrite each critical path in scope, add production gates and a stop-switch, and keep cosmetic debt out of the first package unless it blocks safety.

Step 03

Hand off ownership

You get a package with decisions, residual risks, owners, and next engineering steps so the team can run the product without treating Dali as permanent on-call.

Fit check

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

Good fit

You shipped an MVP with AI builders or heavy AI-assisted coding and real users or payments are close.
You can name one product surface and the paths that touch money, access, or outbound side effects.
You want an honest patch vs rewrite map more than a full rebuild slogan.

Not a fit yet

You need a complete product rewrite of every screen in one engagement.
There is no owner who can accept residual risk or prioritize severity.
The product is still a pure prototype with no production host, users, or payment path.

FAQ

Practical questions before a pilot starts.

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.

Is this a full security audit?

It is a production-hardening pilot with a security-minded triage, not an enterprise pen-test theater. We focus on secrets, payments, admin, and high-impact actions first. Deeper audit notes live in security-audit-for-vibe-coded-websites and the vibe-coded-site-hardening-checklist on the blog.

Will you shame us for shipping with AI tools?

No. Speed was rational. The pilot assumes builders helped you learn; the job now is production honesty. Our process notes are public in how-we-rescue-vibe-coded-mvps.

What do we get at the end?

A severity-ordered triage, hardened or rewritten critical paths in scope, gates and a stop-switch, plus a handoff package with residual risks, owners, and next steps. Not a vague 'we improved the code' summary.

Call to action

Start with the narrowest useful pilot.

What to send Dali

If the MVP is live or about to take money, send the product URL or repo context and the paths that worry you most. Dali will reply with the fixed rescue boundary and acceptance bar.

Product URL, preview, or repo context for one surface
Payment, admin, auth, or outbound paths that already exist
Where secrets, webhooks, or service keys currently live
Owner who can accept residual risk and prioritize severity

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Commercial model

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