Free AI app diagnostic — rescue or rewrite?
Stuck at the fork: rescue the Lovable, Bolt, or Cursor app, or start over? 30-minute diagnostic call plus a written rescue-vs-rewrite verdict in 24–48 hours. Zero cost, no credit card. You keep the report.
Free AI app diagnostic — a zero-cost 30-minute call plus a written rescue-vs-rewrite recommendation delivered within 24–48 hours. No credit card. We screen-share your Lovable audit, Bolt app review, Cursor app, or Replit project, diagnose the blockers across auth, data, Stripe, deploys, security, types, tests, and handoff, then tell you honestly whether it is worth saving. If a rewrite is cheaper we say so with reasons. Roughly 40% of diagnostics convert to a paid fix; the rest walk away with a report they can take anywhere.
Symptoms the free AI app diagnostic maps to an engagement.
Every Lovable audit, Bolt app review, and Cursor app review we run comes back to one of these six patterns. The written report tells you which one you are in and what the fixed-fee rescue costs.
| Symptom | Root cause | Where the report routes you |
|---|---|---|
| Asking the AI to fix the same bug 10+ times | Missing architecture + test boundaries; prompt-test-break loop | Break-the-Fix-Loop refactor recommended in the written report |
| Lovable/Bolt preview works, Vercel deploy 500s | Env variables absent in production, SSR path untested, build skips API routes | Deployment & Launch engagement or Integration Fix slot quoted |
| Burning credits without shipping a feature for a month | No module boundaries, every prompt touches unrelated files, tests absent | Finish My MVP with partial-rewrite scope, or rewrite verdict, depending on state |
| Users see each other’s data in a Supabase/Cursor app | RLS disabled or half-wired, anon key used server-side | Security Audit ($499) or included in Finish My MVP — written RLS gap list |
| Stripe Checkout completes, database never updates | Webhook without signature verify, missing idempotency, wrong endpoint URL | Integration Fix ($799) — Stripe slot — with runbook and Stripe CLI tests |
| Fired an agency that did not deliver; unsure what is actually done | Ambiguous scope vs ambiguous delivery; no test suite to verify claims | Written baseline: what is built, what is broken, what fair-price completion costs |
The 48-hour rescue-vs-rewrite schedule.
From booking to written verdict in 48 hours: one call, one drafted report, one fixed-fee proposal (or a rewrite recommendation if the codebase is past saving).
- H1hour 1
Book a 30-minute slot
Pick a time from the contact form. We confirm within one business day. You get a Google Meet link plus a short prep note (repo URL, preview URL, one-line problem statement).
- H24hour 24
Live screen-share diagnostic call
30 minutes. You show the repo, the preview URL, and the exact thing that is broken. We ask targeted questions and give a verbal verdict on severity, root cause, and rescue-vs-rewrite on the call.
- H36hour 36
Written diagnostic drafted
We draft the written report against the same 8-area rubric we use on every paid engagement: auth, data, Stripe, deploys, security, types, tests, handoff. Each area gets a red/amber/green plus a blocker list.
- H48hour 48
Report delivered + fixed-fee proposal
Emailed as a markdown document you can share with co-founders, investors, or a future developer. If a paid engagement fits, we include a fixed-fee proposal; if a rewrite is cheaper, we say so with reasons.
- H1hour 1
Book a 30-minute slot
Pick a time from the contact form. We confirm within one business day. You get a Google Meet link plus a short prep note (repo URL, preview URL, one-line problem statement).
- H24hour 24
Live screen-share diagnostic call
30 minutes. You show the repo, the preview URL, and the exact thing that is broken. We ask targeted questions and give a verbal verdict on severity, root cause, and rescue-vs-rewrite on the call.
- H36hour 36
Written diagnostic drafted
We draft the written report against the same 8-area rubric we use on every paid engagement: auth, data, Stripe, deploys, security, types, tests, handoff. Each area gets a red/amber/green plus a blocker list.
- H48hour 48
Report delivered + fixed-fee proposal
Emailed as a markdown document you can share with co-founders, investors, or a future developer. If a paid engagement fits, we include a fixed-fee proposal; if a rewrite is cheaper, we say so with reasons.
A sample excerpt from the written diagnostic report.
This is an actual excerpt (anonymized) from a Lovable rescue report we shipped last month. Verdict first, blocker list second, recommended engagement third, free same-day remediation fourth. The same shape lands in your inbox within 48 hours of the diagnostic call. For reference, see the OWASP Top 10 rubric we cross-check.
01# Diagnostic Report · example-saas (Lovable)02> Delivered 2026-04-18 · 31 hours after call · Afterbuild Labs03 04## 1. Verdict05Rescue — with Break-the-Fix-Loop refactor first, then Finish My MVP.06Full rewrite is NOT recommended. Data model is sound, ~1,800 LoC, test debt is the blocker, not the architecture.07 08## 2. Blocker list (by area)09 10| Area | State | Priority | Evidence |11| ----------- | ----- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |12| Auth | red | P0 | Supabase anon key exposed in client; RLS off on 3 of 5 tables |13| Stripe | red | P0 | Webhook endpoint points to preview URL; no signature verify |14| Data | amber | P1 | No migrations; schema lives only in the Supabase dashboard |15| Deploys | amber | P1 | Vercel env vars not set; build runs with placeholder keys |16| Types | amber | P2 | TS strict off; 47 implicit-any warnings in touched files |17| Tests | red | P1 | 0 integration tests; 0 unit tests; no CI |18| Security | amber | P2 | No CORS policy; no rate limits; secrets in git history |19| Handoff | red | P2 | No README; no env.example; no architecture doc |20 21## 3. Recommended engagement22- Week 1–2: Break-the-Fix-Loop ($3,999) — architecture, tests, CI gate, TS strict23- Week 3–6: Finish My MVP ($7,499) — auth + Stripe + domain + launch24- Total: $11,498 fixed, ~6 weeks end-to-end, launched-or-partial-refund.25 26## 4. What you can do yourself today (free)271. Rotate the exposed Supabase anon key (dashboard → settings → API).282. Enable RLS on the three missing tables — policies in appendix A.293. Move the webhook endpoint from the preview URL to a production route.What the free AI app diagnostic delivers.
Six deliverables. No credit card to access any of them. The report is yours regardless of whether you hire us afterwards.
- 0130-minute live diagnostic call — we screen-share your Lovable, Bolt, Cursor, or Replit project
- 02Honest rescue-vs-rewrite verdict — we will tell you on the call if the codebase is not worth saving
- 03Written diagnostic report emailed within 24–48 hours of the call
- 04Prioritized blocker list: what is broken, what is risky, what is fine as-is
- 05Fixed-fee proposal for the rescue, if one exists — or a no, with reasons
- 06Yours to keep forever — take the Lovable audit or Bolt app review to any developer, not just us
Zero cost. Zero upsell on the diagnostic call.
One diagnostic per project. If you come back after a rewrite or a rebuild we run another. No upsell on the call — only in the written report, and only if a paid engagement is the right next move.
- turnaround
- 24–48h
- scope
- 30-min call · 8-area written audit · rescue-vs-rewrite verdict
- guarantee
- No credit card · no upsell on the call · report is yours to keep
Free AI app diagnostic vs Upwork vs paid audit agencies.
Four dimensions. The lime column is what you get when you pick an AI-builder-aware diagnostic over a generic contractor match or a generic paid audit.
| Dimension | Upwork / Toptal intake | Paid audit agency | Afterbuild Labs diagnostic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 (Upwork bid / Toptal intake) | $199–$499 (paid audit agencies) | $0 free AI app diagnostic · no credit card |
| Turnaround | 3–5 days just to match a contractor | 5–10 business days after payment | 24–48 hours after the call |
| Deliverable | Hourly rate quote, no written assessment | Generic checklist, not AI-builder aware | Written report · rescue-vs-rewrite · fixed-fee proposal |
| Ownership | No ownership of matching output | Often locked behind NDA | Yours to keep — take it to any developer |
Who should book the free AI app diagnostic (and who should skip it).
Book the free diagnostic if…
- →You have been stuck on the same AI-builder bug for a week and do not know if it is fixable.
- →Your AI tool keeps quoting ‘just a few more credits’ but the app still does not ship.
- →An investor or waitlisted customer is asking when you will launch and you cannot give a date.
- →You suspect the data model is wrong, the auth is exposed, or the codebase is past saving.
- →You are considering firing an agency and want a neutral baseline on what is actually built.
Do not book the free diagnostic if…
- →Production is down right now — buy Emergency Triage ($299) for a paid 48-hour SLA instead.
- →You need the written verdict in under 24 hours — the diagnostic clock is 24–48h.
- →You already know you want Break-the-Fix-Loop or Finish My MVP — book the engagement direct.
- →You are shopping for the cheapest contractor — we do not quote hourly, only fixed-fee.
- →The app is a toy or a hobby project with no plan to take real users or real money.
Engineers who run the rescue diagnostic.
The diagnostic maps blockers and routes to the right specialist. Most diagnostics end with one of these two running the paid engagement that follows.
Runs the 8-area written audit in 24–48 hours — the rescue-vs-rewrite verdict comes from this pass. Red/amber/green per area, blocker list, recommended engagement.
02 · Security passFlags RLS gaps, exposed secrets, and OWASP issues during the diagnostic so nothing ships unpatched. Gives you a free list of same-day fixes you can apply yourself.
03 · Regression traceTraces the 'fix A and break B' regressions on the call — if the pattern is Break-the-Fix-Loop, this is the engineer who runs the follow-on engagement.
Free AI app diagnostic — your questions, answered.
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