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software factory

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.

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Swifter project overview for the Acme software factory, in dark mode: a system summary, factory facts, and productivity over 12 weeks. Velocity is up 38 percent, factory automation is up to 74 percent of pull request lines, quality is up to 92 percent of checks passed on the first run, and median cycle time is down 63 percent to 4.1 days. Below are quality scores and the top issues.

Use cases and benefits

New application
development

Greenfield applications and features

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

  1. 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.
  2. Requirements

    Analyst agents

    Write specs and acceptance criteria from the request and the Figma design.
    Approve the specsReview, edit or send back.
  3. Architecture

    Architect agents

    Write the architecture and the technical design: every file, type and test.
    Approve the designBefore any code is written.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.

  • 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.

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.

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.

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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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.

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 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.

  • 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

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.

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.

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
RequirementSpecCriteriaCodeTests
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.

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.

  • From Figma to specA Figma frame, an image or a text description becomes a component spec.
  • Your design system as a specColors for light and dark mode, type and tokens. Every screen uses them.
  • Your component library, in StorybookAgents build on your own component library. Every component shows in Storybook for review.
  • A designer agentDrafts screens and user flows from the requirements, for a person to review.

Skills, plugins marketplace and MCP support

Extend every agent with skills, plugins and MCP servers, from the marketplace or from your own sources. Each one is approved before agents use it.

  • Plugins and skillsA plugin bundles agents, commands, skills, hooks and MCP servers.
  • MCP serversHTTP, SSE or stdio. Agents call them through the proxy and never hold the credential.
  • Approved and auditedEach item stays a draft until an admin approves it.

Integrations

Swifter works with the tools your teams already use, in the cloud or self-hosted. Credentials stay in your secret store, never with the agents.

  • Work items and documentation

    Work items sync from your tracker, with links back to the source. Agents read your documentation as context.

    • Jira
    • Azure DevOps
    • GitHub
    • GitLab
    • Confluence
    • SharePoint
  • Design

    The frontend analyst agent turns Figma frames into component specs. Built components show in your Storybook.

    • Figma
    • Storybook
  • Git providers

    Clone, push, pull requests and webhooks. Merges follow the review policy of your Git host.

    • GitHub
    • Azure DevOps
    • GitLab
    • Bitbucket
    • Gitea
  • CI/CD

    Your pipelines build and check each change. Their results return to the work item.

    • GitHub Actions
    • Azure Pipelines
    • Jenkins
    • GitLab CI/CD
    • Bitbucket Pipelines
    • Gitea Actions

Security, compliance and deployment

  • SOC 2 Type II

  • ISO/IEC 27001

  • Self-hosted in your cloud

    The whole factory runs on Kubernetes in your own cloud account.

    • Azure
    • AWS
    • Google Cloud
  • Self-hosted on-premise

    The factory runs on your own Kubernetes or OpenShift, in your data center.

    • Kubernetes
    • Red Hat OpenShift
  • Self-hosted air-gapped

    For the most demanding environments. No outbound connection: the factory and the model endpoints run inside your network.

    • No internet access
  • Dedicated hosted instance

    A single-tenant instance that Swifter runs for you, in the region you choose.

    • US
    • EU
    • UK
    • Canada
    • Australia
    • India
    • Others on request
  • Only prompts leave, to the model endpoint you choose
  • Agents never hold secrets: credentials are injected in flight
  • Credentials stay in your own secret store
  • Agents reach only the domains on an allowlist
  • SAML and OIDC single sign-on, with SCIM directory sync
  • Merges follow your Git host’s review policy

Single sign-on and identity

People sign in with your identity provider. Their access comes from your directory.

  • SAML and OIDC single sign-onPeople sign in through your identity provider, with SAML 2.0 or OpenID Connect.
  • Identity providersMicrosoft Entra ID, Okta, Google Workspace, Ping Identity, OneLogin, JumpCloud, ADFS and Keycloak.
  • SCIM directory syncSCIM 2.0 adds, updates and removes users and groups as your directory changes.
  • Role mappingGroups from your identity provider map to roles in Swifter.
  • Multi-factor authenticationA second factor for every user who signs in without SSO.
  • Self-service setupYour IT team connects SSO and directory sync in a setup portal, with no support ticket.

Secrets vault

Credentials live in your own vault. Agents never see them.

  • Your vaultAzure Key Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Google Cloud Secret Manager or Kubernetes secrets.
  • Fetched at the last momentThe proxy gets each secret from the vault as a request leaves, and injects it in flight.
  • Never in the databaseIntegration credentials are stored in the vault, not in the Swifter database.
  • AuditedEvery vault call is recorded. Logs keep only a fingerprint of a secret, never its value.

Audit log

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.

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.

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