Quality gates that survive AI-assisted delivery speed.
AI-assisted implementation only stays trustworthy when the surrounding test pyramid, review gates, and acceptance evidence keep up with the pace. We design quality strategy as part of the delivery system, not as a final pass.
For teams shipping AI-assisted product work that need verifiable quality without slowing the delivery loop down to manual-review speed.
When code generation speeds up but tests, types, and reviews do not, defects move downstream. The cost of fixing them grows, and trust in AI-assisted work erodes — usually right before the release that needed it most.
We define the test pyramid, type and contract checks, review gates, and acceptance criteria for each task. Quality runs inside the delivery loop so AI-assisted work has to pass through it, not skip it.
- 01
Test pyramid by intent
Unit, integration, contract, and end-to-end tests scoped to the system's real risk surface — not blanket coverage targets.
- 02
Contract and type gates
API and data contracts plus strict types catch a large class of AI-generated drift before runtime.
- 03
Reviewable acceptance
Every task has explicit acceptance criteria tied to documentation, so review is a check, not a debate.
- 04
Regression and change trails
Failing tests, fixes, and re-runs stay in the change history. Quality work is auditable, not invisible.
Quality surface mapped to delivery risk, not to coverage vanity.
- L1
Types + contracts
compile-time + schema checks
- L2
Unit tests
pure logic · fast feedback
- L3
Integration
modules · adapters · data
- L4
Contract tests
API + data shape boundaries
- L5
End-to-end
critical user journeys
- L6
Acceptance review
matches documented intent
- 01Quality strategy tied to the system's real risk surface
- 02Test plan and tooling decisions
- 03Review gate and acceptance criteria definitions
- 04Recommendations for CI feedback loops
Service areas that use this technical foundation
Background on this topic
- AI-Assisted Delivery
What to test in AI-assisted software delivery
A practical test pyramid for AI-assisted work — what to cover with types, contracts, unit, integration, and acceptance, and what is not worth automating.
- AI-Assisted Delivery
Faster code is not faster delivery
Why generating code faster does not shorten the delivery loop — and what the rest of the loop has to look like for AI-assisted work to actually pay off.
Discuss a Quality Strategy?
A short, structured intake. No pressure, no boilerplate.