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Rootshift Teams, by Rootstrap

A senior-led engineering team for your next release.

A Rootstrap engineer leads AI coding agents in your repository. Start with one critical feature and a two-week pilot. We’ll quote a weekly rate for the whole team.

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Archivo, in production. A Rootstrap case that used Ground Truth and the Rootshift delivery system.

What is Rootshift?

Rootshift

Rootstrap’s AI-native delivery system. It is how we plan, build, review and ship software.

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One person leading three AI developer bots

What are Rootshift Teams?

Rootshift Teams

Hybrid teams of people and AI developers (bots): a Rootstrap engineer leads AI coding agents in your repository.

Case study · Archivo, a Rootstrap case that used Ground Truth and the Rootshift delivery system

From an AI-built prototype to production.

Rootstrap took an AI-built prototype into production, adding staging, CI/CD and tests for critical workflows. In the first two weeks after launch, over 99% of receipts were processed successfully.

Starting point
A founder-built AI prototype that worked in a demo: no staging environment, deploys run by hand, and effectively no automated tests.
Result
In production, with staging, a CI/CD pipeline and tests on the critical paths.
Outcome
99%+ of receipts processed successfully in the first two weeks after launch.

Delivered by Rootstrap on a client engagement, using Ground Truth and the Rootshift delivery system. It is not a Rootshift Teams pilot.

Read the full Archivo case on rootstrap.com ↗︎
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The pilot

Two weeks. One critical feature. A release.

Start with one piece of work you need shipped. A Rootstrap senior engineer and AI coding agents take it from scope to release in your repository.

  1. What you get

    A Rootstrap senior engineer who owns the work, AI coding agents working in your repository, and a release at the end of the two weeks.

  2. What we agree before work starts

    One critical feature, its acceptance criteria, and what done means, agreed with you before the team starts.

  3. What you review at close

    The release: the change running in your product, the pull requests behind it, and the record of what was checked. Then you decide whether the team continues week to week, and at what size.

Good first scopes

  • A feature you keep postponing
  • A bounded integration
  • A prototype flow that needs to reach production
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After the pilot the team continues week to week, at one weekly rate for the whole team.

How it works

Who does the work.

Your senior engineer owns architecture and delivery. AI coding agents open pull requests. Independent reviewers and automated tests check each change.

How the team is sized

For example, 1 + 3: one senior engineer leading three AI coding agents. The composition follows the work and can change as it changes.

Collaboration

We work in your repository, issue tracker and Slack.

Issues, pull requests and releases in your GitHub. Tasks in the tracker you already use. Write to the team any time, in Slack, a ticket or email. They reply, and they keep delivering.

  • Slack
  • Jira
  • GitHub
  • Gmail
  • Trello
  • Linear
  • Google Drive
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Pricing

One weekly rate for the whole team.

We quote it for the team your work needs. AI models are included.

Security & control

What a vendor review needs to know.

How the team gets access, what happens to your code, and who checks what.

Certification
Rootstrap is SOC 2 certified. Details are in the Rootstrap Trust Center ↗︎.
Your code and data
Code and data stay in your repositories and accounts. They are never used to train AI models.
Access
The team works in the repository, tracker and Slack you add it to, inside your security and access rules.
Review of every change
Independent reviewer agents and automated tests check each change before you see it. Gates stop work that has no evidence behind it.
Sign-off on critical work
Human review is scaled to the risk, and you set the bar. Critical work gets a senior engineer’s sign-off.
Regulated environments
Rootstrap builds HIPAA- and GDPR-aware software. Every delivery is logged: what was built, what was caught, who approved it.

Every team works on Rootshift, the delivery system that defines, checks and records the work. Read our method ↗︎

FAQ

Questions buyers ask.

What are AI coding agents?

Software agents that take a scoped task, change the code in your repository and open pull requests. On a Rootshift team a senior engineer leads them, and independent reviewers and automated tests check each change.

What does the pilot deliver?

A release. The pilot starts with one critical feature and ends with that work released, with the pull requests and checks behind it for you to review.

Who is accountable?

A named senior engineer from Rootstrap leads the team and owns architecture and delivery. Rootstrap is the vendor on your contract.

Can we talk to the team directly?

Yes. The senior engineer and the AI coding agents work in your Slack, issue tracker, GitHub and email. Write any time and they reply.

Do we pay extra for AI models?

No. Models and tokens are fully managed and included in the weekly rate.

Does a person review everything?

As much as the risk calls for, and you set the bar. Reviewer agents and automated tests check every change; critical work gets a senior engineer’s sign-off.

Another question? Add it to your pilot request, or contact Rootstrap.

Contact

Scope your two-week pilot.

Rootshift Teams is delivered by Rootstrap. Tell us the work you want to start with; a principal engineer follows up by email to size your team and plan the pilot.

  • One critical feature, scoped with you.
  • A team sized to the work.
  • A weekly rate for the whole team.

Request a two-week pilot

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