Developer CLI · Understand → Confirm → Execute → Verify · V1 Early Access
A perfectly executed plan is still wrong if the system misunderstood the request.
Review understanding. Confirm the plan. Approve execution. Verify the outcome.
understand · confirm · execute · verify
V1 Early Access · Selecting the first cohort
Describe what you want to do…
Why understanding comes first
Most tools focus on running the work. UseSteady focuses on getting the request right first. You review the system's understanding before execution, approve the plan before changes occur, and verify outcomes afterward.
Understand → Confirm → Execute → Verify
Understand
Review the system's interpretation of your request.
Confirm
See the exact plan before any change occurs.
Execute
The runtime runs only what you approved.
Verify
Review the recorded evidence afterward.
Go deeper
The hero shows a preview. This is the full flow — your input, your approval, your result. Nothing executes on this page, but everything here is exactly how the real app works.
⌘ Enter to prepare · Nothing executes on this page
Pick an example or type your own request
That's exactly what UseSteady does on your real codebase.
Every run recorded, replayable, and verifiable. We're selecting the first cohort now.
Review before execute
UseSteady compiles your words into a reviewable request and shows it to you first. If it misread what you wanted, you catch it here — before execution, not after. The runtime then runs only what you approved.
“Run the tests. If everything passes, commit.”
No command syntax
No flags to remember
No script to maintain
Classifies intent
Resolves scope + policy
Builds exact action plan
step 1 test.run_all
scope = src/
policy = read-only
step 2 git.commit ← only if step 1 passes
message = auto
policy = no-force-pushExact — no runtime interpretation
Policy-checked at compile time
Mutations require your sign-off
“Run the tests. If everything passes, commit.”
step 1 test.run_all
scope = src/
policy = read-only
step 2 git.commit ← if step 1 passes
policy = no-force-pushThe governed request is the contract. The runtime executes exactly what is in it — nothing more, nothing less.
See the full flow →Demo
Nothing executes until you see the exact request — every step, every tool call, every mutation. Walk through the full flow below.
Run the tests. If everything passes, commit.
Plain language. No syntax. No commands. Just what you want done.
understand
confirm
execute
verify
How it works
Every request follows the same path: describe it, review what the system understood, approve the plan, then verify the outcome.
Describe
Tell the system what you want in plain language. No commands, no flags, no scripts.
Understand
Review the system's understanding before work begins. If it misread your request, you catch it here.
Approve
See the exact plan before execution. Mutations require your explicit sign-off.
Verify
Review evidence and outcomes afterward. Every step is recorded and replayable.
The problem it solves
Most tools execute. They don't explain what actually ran.
Three patterns that quietly cause outages, drift, and lost trust — and what UseSteady does instead.
Before
Scripts you didn't verify
They ran. Something changed. You're not sure what. There's no trace.
Automation you can't audit
Schedulers and CI jobs mutate state with no record of what they decided.
AI that runs without review
Models that interpret broadly and act immediately — no gate, no approval.
Commands executed before you see them
You see the output. You never confirmed what ran to produce it.
With UseSteady
Every action is explicit
Governed requests only. Typed, auditable, policy-checked before planning.
Full audit trail
Append-only timeline. Every step recorded, exportable, and replayable.
Policy gate before every mutation
Inspect every step. Approve before it runs. Timeline and history stay auditable.
Nothing runs without your confirmation
You reviewed exactly what will execute — before it executes.
The model
This is the order UseSteady enforces. Understanding comes first — the rest only matter once the system has the request right.
See what the system understood before anything runs.
Review what the system believes you want — before it acts.
UseSteady shows its interpretation of your request first. A misread surfaces before execution, not after — because a correct plan built on the wrong understanding is still the wrong change.
Nothing runs without passing the approval gate.
Mutations are deny-by-default. Every file write, test run, and commit requires either a policy allowance or an explicit human approval before the runtime touches anything.
The runtime runs exactly the approved plan — nothing more.
There is no runtime interpretation step. The runtime executes only what you approved, recording every action as it happens. Replaying a recorded run reproduces the same sequence.
Every step is recorded. Replay it and verify the outcome.
Execution artifacts are written to an append-only log. Export the full trace as JSON, replay the exact sequence, and check that no step deviated from what was recorded.
The four steps
understand
confirm
execute
verify
Who it's for
If you've ever shipped something and thought "wait — did that really run correctly?", UseSteady is for you.
You automate infrastructure. You need to know exactly what changed, what ran, and why — with a record you can replay.
You write scripts and push changes. You want a safety net that shows you what will run before it touches anything.
You need an immutable audit trail. Every action, every approval, every outcome — recorded and exportable.
You're building fast but not blindly. You want control and verifiability without enterprise overhead.
Not for: teams that want AI to act autonomously without oversight, or workflows where speed matters more than correctness. UseSteady adds a gate — that is the point.
Scope
No capability is implied. If it's not in this list, it does not exist in this build.
In scope today
Local codebase
Read and analyse files in a local repo
Apply targeted patches to specific files
Run test suites and surface results
Commit with a structured, reviewable message
Audit & verification
Export the full execution log as JSON
Replay any past run and verify it against the recorded artifact
Every mutation requires your explicit approval before it touches anything
Runtime
Runs locally with Ollama — no data leaves your machine
Works on macOS, Windows, and Linux
Not yet
We add capabilities when they can be fully governed.
Deploy to production or managed cloud environments
Remote execution needs a different governance model — not ready.
Manage cloud resources (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Cloud ops cannot be fully audited in this version.
Operate across multiple repositories
Cross-repo scope resolution is not yet implemented.
Integrate into CI/CD pipelines as a step
Headless mode requires an unattended approval model.
Team workflows and role-based approval routing
Multi-user policy routing is in design.
Run headlessly without human oversight
The gate requires a human in the loop. That is the point.
Early access users shape what gets built next.
Follow @UseSteady →Limitations are a design decision, not a roadmap gap. Every boundary exists because the capability cannot yet be executed under full governance. When it can, it ships.
Early Access
UseSteady is in early access. We're onboarding a first cohort of developers and teams. There is no checkout on this page — just guided onboarding while we expand.
Solo
Install the developer CLI and run controlled workflows from your terminal — describe, review the understanding, approve, and verify.
Local runtime + Control Surface
Review understanding before execution
Approve every mutation explicitly
Timeline, export, and replay
For teams
Early AccessUse AI without losing control of your team's work.
Every request has a clear owner
Complete decision history
Nothing falls through the cracks
Team workload visibility
Workflow bottlenecks surfaced
Human approval stays in control
Guided onboarding while Team Governance expands. No checkout, no payment.
Ownership
Every request has an accountable owner
History
Every decision and communication stays visible
Attention
Stalled work surfaces automatically
Verification
Workflow behavior is continuously verifiable
Ready?
Review what the system understood, confirm the plan, approve the work, and verify the outcome. Nothing runs silently.
Review the system's understanding before work begins
Mutations require your explicit approval before anything runs
Every run is replayable and verifiable against recorded evidence
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