Vibe coding governance
A structured technical assessment for products built primarily through AI prompting. We tell you what you have, what the risks are, and what to fix before the stakes get higher.
Vibe coding — building software primarily through AI prompting without structured engineering process — gets products to demo fast. It does not automatically produce production-ready systems. Maxiom's vibe coding governance service gives founders and product leaders an independent technical assessment before fundraise due diligence, enterprise security review, or first real users. Senior engineers evaluate whether your AI-built codebase can hold weight under load, withstand security scrutiny, stay reliable in production, and support a team that will inherit it. If you still lack written rules for Copilot or Cursor, draft a one-pager with the AI coding policy generator before the assessment.
The problem
A codebase that passes a demo can still have no authentication model, no error handling, no validation, and security vulnerabilities findable in under an hour.
Every feature gets generated in isolation. Nobody decided how data flows, how errors propagate, or whether this scales to 10x current load.
Fundraising due diligence. An enterprise security review. Your first real engineering hire. Someone is going to look at this code.
What we look at
These are the questions that determine whether a product can carry weight in the real world. We assess each one and give you a written answer.
Architecture and scalability: does this break at 10x current load?
Security: are there obvious attack surfaces, exposed credentials, unvalidated inputs?
Reliability: is there error handling, logging, retry logic, or does it silently fail?
Maintainability: is there enough structure for an engineering team to build on this?
Your Series A due diligence is 60 days away. You built the MVP with Claude and Cursor. You need to know what they will find.
You are about to go live with a product that handles user data. You are not a developer. You need an independent set of senior eyes before real users rely on this.
Your incoming CTO has seen the codebase for the first time and is asking questions. You need an independent assessment before that conversation gets harder.
Kickoff
We discuss what was built, which tools were used, what the stakes are, and what you need to know before someone else looks.
You get: a scoped assessment
Read-only access, NDA signed, scope confirmed before inspection starts.
You get: access without a fishing expedition
A senior engineer evaluates against the four dimensions and documents findings with severity ratings.
You get: a severity-ranked scorecard
Written scorecard, remediation roadmap, and a live walkthrough — assessment-only or with Maxiom closing critical findings.
You get: a report you can take to a buyer
You receive the written findings report and remediation roadmap. You take it from there. Best for teams with internal engineering capacity.
Maxiom conducts the assessment and then fixes the critical findings. Best for founders without a full-time engineering team.
Vibe coding governance is a structured technical assessment of products built primarily through AI prompting tools such as Cursor, Claude, and GitHub Copilot. Senior engineers evaluate architecture, security, reliability, and maintainability — not whether the demo works, but whether the codebase is production-ready.
Before a Series A due diligence process, before going live with user data, before your first engineering hire reviews the codebase, or whenever an investor, customer, or incoming CTO will ask hard questions about what was built and how.
A written scorecard across four dimensions — scalability, security, reliability, and maintainability — with severity-rated findings, a prioritized remediation roadmap, and a live debrief walkthrough with a senior engineer.
Founders and product leaders who built an MVP primarily through AI prompting, companies approaching fundraise or enterprise security review, and teams about to hand an AI-built codebase to a first engineering hire or incoming CTO.
Yes. You can engage for assessment only, or assessment plus remediation where Maxiom fixes critical findings — useful when you do not yet have a full-time engineering team.
Vibe coding governance evaluates products built primarily through AI prompting for production readiness. AI code oversight reviews AI-assisted code inside established engineering teams that already ship with Copilot, Cursor, or similar tools. For a one-time findings report before a deadline, see AI Code Audit.
No. Assessment uses read-only repository access and direct senior engineer inspection. Proprietary source is not run through third-party AI tools.
You receive a live debrief, a prioritized remediation roadmap, and clear options: remediate internally, engage Maxiom for fixes, or combine remediation with ongoing oversight as the product matures.
Most assessments complete within days to a few weeks after scoping and repository access, depending on codebase size, stack complexity, and whether remediation is included in the engagement.
Scoping
Response within 1 business day
