AI Governance for Developers
Your AI agent has amnesia every session.
Every time you start a new chat with Copilot, Cursor, or Claude — it starts from zero. No memory of your architecture decisions. No idea what patterns are locked. No clue where you left off.
AppShield gives your repo the 7 governance files your AI agent reads before touching a single line of code. We score how healthy those files are — and tell you exactly what to fix.
Free scan · No credit card · You own every file you commit.
The 7 files that orient your AI agent
The AppShield governance template creates these files in your docs/ folder. Your AI agent reads them before every session. AppShield scores each one for presence, completeness, and freshness.
docs/session-handoff.md7-day freshnessWhere the project stands right now. Updated every session. Goes stale after 7 days — the heartbeat of your governance score.
docs/agent-workflow.mdHow AI agents should operate in this codebase — what to read first, what to never touch, when to ask for human approval.
docs/locked-patterns.mdPatterns that must never be changed without explicit human sign-off. Auth, schema, API contracts.
docs/decision-log.mdA running log of every major architectural decision and its rationale. AI references this before proposing changes.
docs/conventions.mdNaming standards, code style, folder structure. One source of truth for how this codebase is organized.
docs/knowledge-base.mdProject overview, architecture decisions, known issues, and key dependencies — the context an AI needs to not hallucinate.
docs/update-process.mdWhen and how documentation is updated, by whom, and how updates are reviewed before committing.
From zero to a scored repo in one session
The template does the heavy lifting. You fill in the details. Your AI agent does the rest.
Download the template
Get the 7 governance files pre-structured with placeholder sections. Commit them to your repo's docs/ folder. You own every file — AppShield never installs anything.
Ask your AI agent to fill it in
Open a session and tell your agent: "Read SETUP_GUIDE.md and interview me to fill in all 7 docs/ files." It asks the right questions. You answer. Done in minutes.
Scan, score, repeat
Paste your repo into AppShield. See your score. Quick Wins tell you exactly which placeholders remain or which files are going stale. Update session-handoff.md every session to keep the heartbeat alive.
How the score is calculated
Each of the 7 docs is scored 0–100 on three factors. Your overall AppShield score is the average across all 7.
“We took a real repo from a score of 11 to 85 in one session. The AI in the next session needed half as many clarifications.”
— TraghmTech, building with AI daily
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