THE STANDARD FOR AI-NATIVE DEVELOPMENT

Your team builds with AI. Govern it.

CRAFT is a structured method for AI-native software development — five practices, applied org-wide, scored 0–100. Published in full: free to read, free to run on your own team.

CURATE.REFINE.ARCHITECT.FORTIFY.TEST.
Read the standard Score your org — free
5 PRACTICES /25 SUB-PRACTICES /246 AUDIT CRITERIA /125 QUESTIONS /0–100 MATURITY SCORE
THE PROBLEM

The problem is not AI adoption. The problem is unstructured AI adoption.

Your org needs a method — not more tools.

~90%
of engineering teams use AI tools
CORTEX 2026
32%
of orgs have formal AI governance
CORTEX 2026
80%
of developers bypass AI code-security policies
SNYK 2025
45%
of AI-generated code fails security tests
VERACODE 2025
23.5%
more incidents per PR without governance
CORTEX 2026
Aug 2026
EU AI Act high-risk obligations enforceable
THE CATEGORY

Scrum structured agile. CRAFT Method structures AI-native development.

Layer
Example
What it structures
Agile delivery
ExampleScrum, Kanban
What it structureshow teams plan and ship
Lean / quality
ExampleSix Sigma
What it structureshow orgs reduce waste and defects
Engineering excellence
ExampleDORA, SPACE
What it structureshow orgs measure delivery
AI-native development
ExampleCRAFT Method
What it structureshow orgs use AI to build software
THE METHOD

Five practices.
One method.

25 sub-practices. A 125-question maturity scorecard. From individual chaos to organisational capability.

C
Curate
Curate the context AI agents consume.
R
Refine
Refine specs before AI generates code.
A
Architect
Architect within governed patterns.
F
Fortify
Fortify against AI-introduced risk.
T
Test
Test before AI ships.
THE MATURITY MODEL

From Ad-Hoc Org to AI-Native Org.

Every engineering org scores 0–100 across the five practices.

62
/ 100 · YOUR ARCHETYPE
The Structured Org
00–20
The Ad-Hoc Org
21–40
The Individual Champions
41–60
The Emerging Framework
61–80
The Structured Org
81–100
The AI-Native Org
WITH A METHOD, OR WITHOUT ONE

What changes when AI adoption gets a method.

Dimension
Without a method
With CRAFT Method
AI adoption
Without a methodevery developer does their own thing
With CRAFT Methodfive practices applied org-wide
Rework
Without a method70–80% of dev time wasted
With CRAFT Methodunder 20%
Security
Without a method45% of AI code fails security tests
With CRAFT Methodautomatic, continuous
Governance
Without a methodzero visibility for leadership
With CRAFT Methodmeasurable, auditable, board-reportable
Onboarding
Without a method91 days to 10th PR
With CRAFT Methoddays
Compliance
Without a methodEU AI Act / ISO 42001 unmet
With CRAFT Methodevidence on demand
THE STANDARD

Not a black box. Read it before you run it.

Most maturity assessments hide the questions and sell you the answer. CRAFT publishes all of it — every practice, every sub-practice, all 246 audit criteria and the bands they score into. You can see exactly what is being measured, disagree with it in public, and run it against your own organisation without speaking to anyone.

READ IT · RUN IT · CHECK OUR WORKING
▪▪▪  CRAFT MATURITY — SAMPLE OUTPUT
ORG MATURITY // AI-NATIVE DEVELOPMENT
SAMPLE RESULT
62 THE STRUCTURED ORG
/100EXAMPLE OUTPUT // NOT A CUSTOMER
C CURATE 71
R REFINE 64
A ARCHITECT 68
F FORTIFY 44
T TEST 58
HOW TO ADOPT IT

Read it. Run it. Fix what it finds.

01
Read the standard
Detailfive practices · 25 sub-practices · 246 criteria
FREE
02
Score your org
Detail25 questions · 5 minutes · know your archetype
FREE
03
Run the full diagnostic
Detail125 questions · all five practices · per-sub-practice gaps
FREE
04
Adopt in order
DetailCurate → Refine → Architect → Fortify → Test
FREE
05
Verify independently
Detailan accredited assessor attests the result
SOON

Find out where your engineering org actually stands.

25 questions. 5 minutes. No paywall, no upgrade step, and the questions are published before you answer them.

Score your org — free
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