What problem does it solve?
It helps teams reduce quality and safety regressions when AI agents generate a large share of implementation output, by replacing ad-hoc iteration with a consistent engineering and review operating model.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Process shifts for AI-heavy delivery: Prioritizes planning quality, measurable eval coverage, and behavior-focused review over pure typing speed.
- Architecture requirements for agent-friendly systems: Encourages explicit boundaries, stable contracts, typed interfaces, and deterministic tests while discouraging hidden conventions.
- Review and risk controls: Guides reviewers to focus on behavior regressions, security assumptions, data integrity, failure handling, and rollout safety, reducing wasted time on style churn.
- Testing standards for generated code: Raises expectations for regression coverage, edge-case assertions, and integration checks at interface boundaries.
Quick Start
Use ai-first-engineering when you are planning an AI-assisted feature delivery and want a structured checklist for architecture, evaluation, code review, and testing for generated changes.