Swifter turns your organization into an AI‑native engineering powerhouse, running Autonomous SDLC in your environment, customized to your governance and security policies, integrated with tools and coding agents you already have.
Up to 5x faster time‑to‑market for new software development.
Shorter time to releaseSpecs, design, code and tests run as one pipeline, with no hand-offs.
Higher velocityLarge changes split into tasks that agents build in parallel.
Lower costToken spend metered and capped for each work item.
2
Application maintenance
Brownfield changes in existing systems
Clear the backlog, technical and security debt, without adding headcount.
Shorter cycle timeFrom tracker item to reviewed pull request in one run.
Higher velocityMany changes at once, each on its own branch.
Lower costLess rework, because code follows your architecture and passes checks before review.
3
Application modernization
Reverse and forward engineering
Modernize legacy systems in weeks, instead of multi‑month rewrites.
Shorter time to understandAgents turn legacy code into specs and an app model.
Higher velocityFeatures rebuilt on a modern stack in parallel.
Lower costEach feature verified against the same specs, so less manual testing.
Standardize agentic engineering best practices across your entire organization
52 → 38−27%
Cost per change, reduction
Week 152 creditsWeek 1238 credits
Reduce your token costs
Make cost per change a managed number.
Meter every token, per work item, project and organization.
Route each task to the least expensive model that meets its quality bar.
Cap spend with allowances, and reuse the subscriptions you already have.
v3 approvedAudited
SpecsApproved
DesignApproved
VerifyChecked
MergeReviewed
Govern your Agentic SDLC
One governed agentic methodology for every team, agent and model.
One versioned method, approved before any team uses it.
Review points, verification gates and an audit log on every change.
Your SSO, roles, secrets and data stay in your environment.
Ad-hoc → Standardized
Agentic engineering maturity
IndividualBest agentic practices
TeamsConsistent, faster delivery
OrganizationPredictable quality & cost
Implement your Software Factory
Best practices standardized across the whole organization.
Start from a tested enterprise SDLC, and grow from one engineer to every team.
Capture your best practices once, as shared agents, skills, checks and pipelines.
Every team runs the same approved, versioned method, so results compare and improve together.
Customize your software factory
Define the pipelines, agents and verifications based on your methodology. Add your preferred skills, plugins and MCP servers, and let the factory optimize them from every run. Each work item ends as a reviewed, compliant pull request with evidence, in your own repository.
People command and make decisions. Agents execute the work.
Agents do the workEvery stage, in parallel where they can
People decideApprove, decide and merge
Work item
Swifter
Syncs the item from Jira, Azure DevOps or GitLab, with its link to the source.
OptionalWrite the request, or pick it from the backlog.
Requirements
Analyst agents
Write specs and acceptance criteria from the request and the Figma design.
Approve the specsReview, edit or send back.
Architecture
Architect agents
Write the architecture and the technical design: every file, type and test.
Approve the designBefore any code is written.
Code
Developer agents
Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot or Cursor build it in a cloud sandbox, on its own branch.
OptionalWatch the live preview, and step in at any time.
Acceptance tests
QA agent
Write Playwright tests and run them on the live preview, with a video of each test.
OptionalWatch the evidence when you want to.
Verification
Checks on the real diff
Run rubrics, type checks, lint and unit tests, and fix a failed check once, automatically.
Decide on a failed checkRetry, override or stop. The run waits.
Pull request
Swifter
Opens the pull request with the specs, the code and the test evidence.
Review and mergeUnder your Git host’s rules.
Along the whole run
MeteredTokens are priced by model and charged to the work item.
PinnedEach run uses the approved configuration version it started with.
RecoverableCheckpoints restore the code and the agent’s memory together.
AuditedEvery step, decision and change is recorded, so any run can be traced and reviewed later.
Review points are settings. Each step can run with no review, a manual review or an automated check, and teams move steps to automated as trust grows.
Agentic SDLC pipelines
A pipeline routes each work item through stages. A team of agents works each stage.
DraftApproved v3Pinned for 12 running work itemsReview mode ManualAutomatedNone
Routed by typeFeature, change request, defect or refactoring, each to its own pipeline.
Review mode for each stepNo review, a manual review or an automated check. Teams move steps to automated as trust grows.
VersionedEdited as a draft, approved before use and pinned for each run.
Work item treeLarge changes split into child items with predecessors, which start by themselves.
Custom agents
Pre-built SDLC agents for analysis, architecture, development and QA. Change them, or add your own.
Instructions and toolsEdit the instructions, skills, tools and MCP servers of each agent.
Agent teamsGroup agents into teams. A default agent hands each task to a specialist.
Extend, not forkAdd your own rules on top of the base agents, as versioned configuration.
Tested agentsOffline evals run in CI, and rubric checks grade each agent's output during a run.
Base agentBackend Developer from the Swifter pack
+
Apply your guidelinesYour architecture, coding rules and review checklist
Your Backend Developer
Instructions
Base, plus your rules
Skills
12, incl. 3 of your own
Tools
Git, Maven, test runner
MCP servers
Jira, Postgres read-only
Model
claude-sonnet-5
Evals 48 of 48 passed
Backend team
Swifter, the default agent
Backend Analyst
Backend Architect
Backend Developer
Verifications
A verification grades the agent's output against the spec, with clear evidence.
Kinds of checksLLM rubrics, scripts, type checks, lint, unit tests and acceptance tests.
Automatic fixWhen a check fails, the agent gets one attempt to fix it.
Stop on failureA failed gate stops the run. A person chooses retry, override or stop.
Your own checksAdd rubric, command and script checks for the organization or for one project.
feature/0142-2-card-api5 files · +214 −38
LLM rubric: spec-triad-backendPassed
Type checkPassed
LintFailedFixed on retry
Unit tests: 86 of 86Passed
Acceptance testsPassed
Ready for reviewAll checks passed on the first fix attempt. A failed check that cannot be fixed stops the run until a person decides.
Continuous factory learning and optimization
The method lives in the platform, so an improvement made once reaches every team. The factory improves it from its own runs.
ProfileEach run is profiled step by step: where agents wait, retry, fail checks or spend tokens.
LearnThe factory learns across runs and raises automation, consistency and quality.
OptimizePrompts, skills, checks and model choices are tuned where runs fail or cost the most.
Approve and roll outA factory operator agent proposes each change. It ships as approved, versioned configuration to every project.
ProfileWhere agents wait, retry or fail checks
LearnPatterns across all runs
Cost per change
52 → 38
credits, over 12 weeks
Approve and roll outA versioned change for every project
OptimizePrompts, skills, checks and models
Autonomous teams of agents
Teams of role agents take a work item from request to pull request on their own. People step in only at the review points they choose.
Engineer
“Add saved cards to checkout. Follow our PCI rules, reuse the payment API, and show me the design before you start coding.”
Commands and decisionsStatus and questions
Coordinator agentReads the work item and hands each task to a specialist team
Analyst agentsFrontend, backend and database specsDone
Architect agentsArchitecture guides and a technical designDone
Developer agentsThree agents in parallel, one branch eachWorking
QA agentAcceptance tests on the live previewWaiting
Each round ends as DoneInput requiredBlocked
Delegates by roleThe coordinator hands each task to the right specialist team.
Runs on its ownA run stops only on a question, a manual gate or a failed check.
Splits large itemsChild items start when their predecessors finish, many in parallel.
Multi-harness and multi-model support
Use the coding agents and models you already pay for. Swifter’s meta harness runs them all under one method, and its LLM gateway routes, meters and caps every model call.
Coding agents
Claude Code
OpenAI Codex
GitHub Copilot
Cursor
Custom and more
Swifter meta harnessThe same pipelines, tools, skills, hooks, metering and checks for every agent
LLM gatewayRouting, keys, metering and caps for every model call
Anthropic
OpenAI
AWS Bedrock
Microsoft Foundry
Google Vertex
Open-weight models
Model providers
Choose the agent per sessionThe organization turns on the agents it wants and sets a default.
One method for every agentPipelines, hooks, tools and checks stay the same when the agent changes.
Your keys and subscriptionsUse your own keys or subscriptions. Each call records who paid.
The right model per taskEach task goes to the least expensive model that meets its quality bar.
Software delivery analytics: productivity, automation, quality and cost
Leadership reports on automation and cost per change. Swifter measures every work item, meters every token and feeds what it learns back into the method.
Software factoryAll projects · last 12 weeks · measured from Git and the work items
Delivery velocity
2.1xpoints per week
+111%62 → 131 points a week
Week 1Week 12
Factory automation
74%of PR lines by agents
+36 ptsfrom 38% in week 1
Week 1Week 12
Quality
92%checks passed first run
+21 ptsfrom 71% in week 1
Week 1Week 12
Cycle time
4.1 daysrequest to merged PR
−63%from 11.2 days in week 1
Week 1Week 12
Quality scorecard
Checks passed on the first run92%
Acceptance tests passed98%
Pull requests merged after review95%
Code changed again within two weeks6%
The last signal is better when it is lower.
Cost per change
52 → 38credits
−27%as routing moves tasks to the right model
Week 1Week 12
Agentic Engineering Intelligence
Each work item carries its specs, sessions, evidence, grades, usage and audit events. Metrics come from actual Git commits. Teams share one method, so they compare on the same terms.
Automation ratioThe share of each pull request written by agents.
Manual-intervention rateExtra prompts people had to write, per work item.
Verification pass rateHow often checks and tests pass on the first run.
ChurnCode that changed again soon after it was written.
Lead timeFrom ticket to reviewed pull request.
Cost per changeCredits per work item and per project, priced by model.
Pull request #418412 lines · measured line by line from Git
74%agents26%people
1.0prompts per work item
92%first-run pass rate
6%churn
2.1 dayslead time
Automation by team, one agentic engineering methodology
Checkout78%
Payments74%
Customer portal69%
Legacy billing52%
Agentic FinOps
Tokens are the largest variable cost in agentic delivery. Today they sit on seats and sessions, where finance cannot see them. Swifter makes cost per change a managed number.
Token consumptionInput, output and cache tokens for each turn, priced by model and charged to the work item, the project and the organization.
CapAn organization allowance stops new work before spend runs away, with warnings at 75 and 90 percent.
RouteOne LLM gateway for every call. Spend moves between providers, and existing subscriptions are reused.
OptimizeEach task goes to the least expensive agent and model that meets its quality bar, so cost per change falls over time.
48,920 creditsthis month, attributed to every change
By work item
Feature0142 Saved cards412
Change0139 Invoice PDF296
Defect0151 Tax rounding88
By team member
JSJames Smith1,840
MCMaria Chen1,420
APArjun Patel1,110
By team
Checkout9,860
Payments8,420
Customer portal6,110
By org unit
Retail banking21,300
Corporate banking15,900
Shared platforms11,720
Organization allowance
75%90%Stop
48,920 of 65,000 credits used · warning sent at 75%
Cloud agents and cloud sandboxes
One engineer runs dozens of agents in parallel, in the cloud, not on a laptop. Each agent works in its own secure sandbox, on its own branch.
One engineer
Steers dozens of agents at once and steps in only where needed.
6working
2need attention
2done
Secure cloud sandboxesIsolated pod · own branch · credential proxy
Needs attention
Needs attention
Frontend, backend and database
VS Code in the browser
Live preview
Its own database
No secrets in the agent
One sandbox per sessionEach session runs in its own isolated pod, with every module of the project.
A branch for every attemptFork, abandon or restore any attempt. Many changes run at once.
CheckpointsOne action rolls back the code and the agent’s memory to the same commit.
Manage cloud environments
Base images and commands.Choose the sandbox image, and set the start command for each module.
Ready on start.The environment is prepared when work starts, so ready items can start unattended.
Isolated builds.Each build runs as its own Kubernetes job and stops at the first failed command.
Shut down when idle.Previews stop when nobody uses them, and start again on request.
Live application preview and cloud testing
Long-running agents need a reliable loop: the actual application, running live, and realistic tests they can run again and again.
Write the codeOn its own branch
Build and runThe whole app, live
Live preview · checkoutRunning
Read the evidenceVideo, trace, logs
Test the real appPlaywright on the preview
Test, fix, test againOn the live app, until every test passes
1
A test fails on the live app
Apply a discount codeFailed at step 3
Expected total $76.00, got $84.00
2
The agent reads the evidence
ScreenshotTraceConsole
POST /api/discounts → 400: field "code" is required
3
It fixes the code− body: { discount }+ body: { code: discount }
4
The test runs again and passes
Apply a discount codePassed, with video
Its own database
Service mocks
Test sign-ins, SSO included
Chrome, Firefox and Safari
A full agentic loop on your applicationsAgents build, run and test the actual app in their sandbox, again and again, until it works.
Live, realistic automated testsPlaywright tests run against the live preview, with its own database, test sign-ins and service mocks.
Evidence the agent can readVideo, trace, screenshot and logs feed the next iteration, and arrive with the pull request.
Entire systems, live
Preview one module, a Docker Compose stack or a whole Kubernetes cluster of services, for every session. Each preview gets its own databases, queues and mocks, and its own URL.
Docker
Docker Compose
Kubernetes
Helm
OpenShift
Preview clusternamespace preview-0142-18 of 8 running
https://preview.acme.dev/0142-1
Frontendweb · 3000
API gatewaygateway · 8080
Card serviceapi · 8081
Workerworker
Postgresdb · 5432
Rediscache · 6379
Kafkaevents · 9092
Payment mockstub · 9000
Requirements, business and solution architecture
Analyst and architect agents turn a business request into requirements, an architecture and specs, and a person approves each one. Every business capability traces to its modules, requirements, acceptance criteria and tests.
TraceabilityPayments capability · Acme Checkout100% covered1 link to re-check
Business capability
Payments
Customer accounts
Orders
Solution modules
Checkout webReact
Card serviceSpring Boot
Cards databasePostgreSQL
Order serviceSpring Boot
Requirements in specs
Pay with a saved cardREQ-12
Remove a saved cardREQ-13
Block expired cardsREQ-14
Acceptance criteria
Saved cards are listedAC-12.1
Default card preselectedAC-12.2
Expired card rejectedAC-12.3
Tests
List saved cardsPassed
Preselect default cardPassed
Reject expired cardRe-check
Traced path
Re-check: the requirement changed after the test was written
Other links
From business request to technical design
Analyst and architect agents write each artifact in turn. A person approves the requirements and the architecture before coding starts.
Requirements from your trackerWork items sync from Jira, Azure DevOps or GitLab, with links back to the source.
Architects before codeBusiness and solution architects write the architecture for each module first.
Specs beside the codeEvery spec is a YAML or Markdown file on the session branch.
Spec-driven developmentWorks with spec-driven development (SDD) frameworks such as Spec Kit and OpenSpec, as well as Swifter’s own specs.
Technical design firstThe implementation designer names every file, type and test before the developer agents write code.
3 approvals before any codeAgents write every artifact. A person approves the ones that set direction.
1Work item
ACME-412 · Feature
Checkout with saved cards
From Jira, with attachments
Written by your tracker
2Business requirements
BR-03Pay with a saved card
BR-05Remove a saved card
BR-07Card data stays tokenized
Approved · James Smith
3Business architecture
PaymentsCheckoutCard wallet
Capability, process and the systems it touches
Approved · James Smith
4Solution architecture
Checkout webCard serviceCards DB
Interfaces, technologies and non-functional needs
Approved · James Smith
5Specs and acceptance criteria
Saved cards are listed
Default card preselected
Expired card rejected
Written by analyst agents
6Technical design
SavedCards.tsx
CardController.java
V12__cards.sql
Written by the implementation designer
System knowledge graph
One graph of the system: its modules, interfaces, data and dependencies, across frontend, backend and database.
One linked modelRequirements, specs, modules, code and tests are nodes in one graph.
Overview and explorerSee the whole system, or open one module and follow its dependencies.
Context for agentsArchitect agents query the graph before they design a change.
System knowledge graph3 repositories · 148 nodes · updated on every merge
Traceability
Every requirement links to the specs, code and tests that cover it.
Traceability matrixRequirements against specs, code and tests in one view, with CSV export.
Links to re-checkWhen a requirement changes, the links to its specs, code and tests are flagged for a re-check.
Dangling linksLinks that point to nothing, and items that no requirement covers, are flagged.
Traceability matrix, Acme Checkout
Requirement
Spec
Criteria
Code
Tests
REQ-12 Pay with a saved card
REQ-13 Remove a saved card
REQ-14 Block expired cards
REQ-15 Card nickname
LinkedRe-checkNot covered yetExport CSV
Change impact analysis
See what a change touches before work starts, inside the application and across your application portfolio.
Impact of a changeArchitect agents list the modules, interfaces and tests that a change touches, before they design it.
Across modulesFrontend, backend and database are in one graph, so effects across modules show.
Across the portfolioSee the downstream applications that call the changed APIs, consume its events or read its data, before the change ships.
Trace a requirementFollow one requirement from the business request to its code and tests.
ChangeREQ-12 Pay with a saved card
3ModulesFrontend · backend · database
2API endpointsGET /cards · POST /payments
6Existing tests4 frontend · 2 backend
1Database tablecards
Across the application portfolio: downstream systems
Data warehouseReads the cards table through CDCSchema notice
Support portalReads saved cardsNo breaking change
Known before the design startsThe solution architect plans the change, and the owners of affected systems are told, before work starts.
UI design and design system
Agents turn Figma designs, images or text into specs for pages and components. They build every screen on your design system and your own component library, with Storybook stories for review.
1 · Figma frame
Checkout / Payment
Or an image, or a text description
2 · Component spec
SavedCardList.yaml
component: SavedCardListprops: cards, selectedIdlayout: stack, gap space.3card.border:color.borderselected:color.primarybutton:button.primarystates: loading, empty, error
Every significant action is recorded, with who did it, what changed and when.
Every actionEach event names the actor, the action, the target and the time.
Stored onceEach event is stored exactly once, so the log has no gaps and no duplicates.
ExportA CSV export of any period, with the event details when you need them.
Access controlOnly users with the audit permission can read the log.
Stream to your SIEMEvents stream to Splunk, Datadog or your own endpoint as they happen.
Audit logEach event stored exactly once
13:07:23config.version_approvedjames.smith
13:06:10secret.readcredentials-proxy
13:02:17verification.failedbackend-developer
12:58:40user.signed_inmaria.chen
12:55:02egress.blockedcredentials-proxy
Export CSV
Splunk
Datadog
Your SIEM endpoint
Observability
The platform reports its metrics in an open standard, to the observability tools you already run.
OpenTelemetryMetrics export over OpenTelemetry, including token use and cost for each agent.
Your observability stackSend the metrics to Grafana, Datadog, Splunk or any OpenTelemetry collector.
Usage recordsEvery model call records the organization, project, work item, session and agent.
Monitoring includedSelf-hosted installs include a monitoring stack with dashboards and alerts.
swifter_agent.token.usageTokens per agent
swifter_agent.cost.usdCost per agent
verification.pass_rateFirst-run pass rate
OpenTelemetry
Grafana
Datadog
Splunk
Prometheus
Any OTel collector
Start building your software factory
Move from ad hoc usage of coding agents and uncontrolled token spend to one governed software factory, with improved delivery speed, quality and cost you can measure.