Your team’s agentic development, done right.
CodeLantern is a software development consultancy that helps your team successfully adopt agentic workflows. We embed with your developers, bringing a proven methodology and knowledge base technology that makes agentic development predictable and auditable. Every session, smarter than the last.
The Challenge
Building software that works, not software that worked once.
AI coding agents can write a lot of code, fast. But without methodology and institutional context, they generate code that looks right but doesn’t fit: wrong conventions, stale patterns, decisions nobody remembers making.
The teams getting real value from AI aren’t just using better tools. They have structured, accurate context their agents can actually consume, and a human-centered methodology that keeps experienced engineers in control of architecture, quality, and every decision that matters.
Sound familiar?
Whether you’re rescuing a legacy codebase, trying to accelerate a team that already ships well, or standing up an AI strategy for the first time, we can help.
Our developers and agents are guessing
Your agents confidently call methods that don’t exist, duplicate logic from three directories over, and ignore the auth pattern your team standardized on last year. The code compiles. It breaks in production.
We’re good. We should be faster.
Multi-hour feature cycles should take minutes. The gap isn’t better tools. It’s structured methodology that makes AI-assisted development safe and repeatable.
Leadership wants an AI strategy yesterday
The mandate is clear. The playbook isn’t. You need governance, audit trails, and a process that delivers results, not another pilot that stalls.
Our competitors already moved
Other teams aren’t just shipping faster. They’re building a context asset: documented conventions and structured patterns that make their agents more reliable over time. Every quarter you wait, the gap widens.
Where We Come In
A consultancy purpose-built for the agentic era.
We’re senior engineers with 20 years of enterprise delivery who embed directly with your team to accelerate your success with AI-assisted development. We meet you where you are, help document your architectural context, and onboard you to a proven methodology backed by technology we built to make it work: a structured workflow, a knowledge base that learns from every session, and tooling that keeps it all accurate as your codebase evolves.
Map your codebase
We document your architecture, conventions, and hard-won decisions, then put them where your AI tools can actually consume them.
Accelerate your workflow
We install a structured development process with human gates at every critical transition, so your team ships faster without sacrificing quality.
Build on every session
Your knowledge base grows with every PR. Conventions stay current, lessons are captured, and your agents get smarter the longer you use them.
In Depth: Agent Context
Give your agents perpetual memory.
Every AI session in most organizations starts from zero: context lost, lessons forgotten, mistakes repeated. Our methodology installs a persistent knowledge layer in your repo that grows smarter with every PR. Your conventions, architecture decisions, and patterns feed into every AI interaction automatically, connected to the tools your team already uses.
What’s in our platform
A universal plugin, backed by a powerful platform, with a methodology that learns from every session.
Agent plugin
One plugin to scaffold a complete agentic development workflow into any repo. With our custom skills, MCP server, and persistent knowledge layer, your team can start building with structure in minutes.
In Depth: Human-Centered Workflow
Ship with confidence, not anxiety.
Every PR includes documentation updates alongside code changes. Human gates are enforced at every transition. Features are built with full audit trails. AI-generated code follows your standards, decisions are traceable, and nothing ships without human review.
Human gates
Humans at the centre of every decision. Our workflow moves through Spec → Size → Architect → Implement → Review, with human approval required at every important transition.
Audit trails
Every agent session is logged. Every decision is recorded. Six months from now, you’ll know exactly why something was built the way it was.
Patterns over defaults
Before each task, relevant conventions from past work surface: how your team names things, handles errors, structures tests. Output matches your codebase, not a generic average.
Our Approach
Start small. Prove value. Scale when ready.
Every engagement starts with a clear go/no-go. Begin with a Spark to prove the methodology on your codebase, with your team, in weeks. Scale to Ignite when you’re ready. Stay connected with Beacon.
Spark
2–4 weeksFirst win in weeks, not months
We map your architecture, install the Knowledge Base, configure your AI tooling, and deliver a real feature using the methodology. You see the compression firsthand. Clear ROI within weeks, not quarters, and a clear go/no-go before any larger commitment.
Ignite
1–3 monthsYour team runs it
Embedded coaching. We work alongside your team, building real features while transferring the methodology. By the end, your team owns the process, the knowledge base is rich, and your agents are producing consistently better output.
Beacon
OngoingYour knowledge layer matures
Priority support and quarterly reviews. We stay alongside as your methodology matures, your knowledge layer deepens, and your team scales. Six months in, your agents know your codebase better than any new hire would.
Who We Are
Built for AI, built on 20 years.
We didn’t bolt AI onto an existing practice. We built a new consultancy from the ground up. Founded by former members of one of Microsoft’s most trusted technical partners in Canada, we’ve guided organizations through three major industry transitions: Agile, DevOps, and Cloud-Native. Now we’re doing it again for the agentic era.
Our lineage means deep real-world experience building mission-critical software for fintech, engineering, healthcare, and government: industries that demand the highest standards. Safety, transparency, traceability, and maintainability aren’t features. They’re the foundation.
Leadership
David Judd
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Nick Van Exan
Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer
Jeff Zado
VP Sales and Partnerships
Peter van der Zouwe
VP Sales and Partnerships
Investors & Board
Michael J. Green
Investor and Board Member
Mike Wilson
Investor and Board Member
Let’s start with a conversation.
Tell us about your codebase, your team, and where you’re trying to go. We’ll tell you honestly whether we can help, and if a Spark engagement is the right first step.