How I built an AI software factory
17 roles, quality gates and skills: how a small team ships at company quality.
The idea
AI doesn't remember between sessions, so the factory's real memory is files: the project status, the tasks, the contract and the architecture decisions.
The gates
No stage moves on until its checklist is complete with evidence: a file that exists, a passing test, or a link that responds.
<span class="c"># STATUS.md</span> <span class="k">phase</span>: design - [x] brief.md - [x] brd.md <span class="c"># scope approved</span> - [ ] prototypes
The main lesson
An independent reviewer that sees only the contract and the code catches what the author can't.