Not a dev tool — a governance layer that prevents the catastrophes AI development creates. Self-serve for your team, or matched with a trusted operator.
For scaling teams shipping production software who need governance, UAT, and evidence tracking.
For organizations with serious engineering budgets who need full governance, client portals, and CTO-grade oversight.
For companies spending $1M+ on engineering who need AI transformation with governance — not just tooling.
For agencies and dev shops running AI transformation pods across multiple clients. Your CTO in a box.
Whether you self-serve or use the marketplace, every action goes through the same production-grade governance stack.
Every MCP tool call is logged, attributed, and tracked against engagement milestones. Nothing happens in the dark.
Session artifacts automatically connect to acceptance criteria. Proof that what was built matches what was specified.
Deployments auto-generate client-facing test checklists. Your clients verify quality independently of who built it.
97% context preserved across sessions. New operators pick up exactly where the last one left off.
Operator compliance rates, UAT pass rates, and delivery metrics — all computed from real governance data, not self-reported.
Enterprise clients get cryptographic isolation. Your operator physically cannot access another client's code or data.
What your operator sees — with and without The Collective.
$ claude Claude: I don't have context about this project. Can you share the codebase structure and what you're working on? $ // 20 minutes later, still explaining $ // no governance, no audit trail $ // client asks "what did you ship?" $ // ...scrambles through git log
> collective_status ✓ TrueTime Health — 3 items ready P0 Fix auth middleware READY P1 Add regression tests READY P2 Update API docs BLOCKED Context: 97% preserved from last session Governance: CLAUDE.md loaded (35 rules) Evidence: auto-wiring to Milestone 3
Because it replaces one. A fractional CTO costs $15–25K/month. Enterprise governance platforms cost $10K+. The Collective encodes 25+ years of engineering leadership into governance rails that prevent production disasters, enforce quality standards, and provide audit trails. That's not a $50/seat dev tool — it's infrastructure that makes AI development trustworthy.
The platform is self-serve — your team uses The Collective's MCP tools directly in Claude Code. The marketplace matches you with vetted operators who use the platform on your behalf. Same governance stack, different operating model.
Hours where The Collective is actively governing a Claude Code session — enforcing CLAUDE.md rules, logging actions, tracking evidence, preserving context. When you exceed your included hours, overages are $25–35/hour depending on tier. Your cost to run ungoverned is $0, but the risk of a production database deletion or security breach is infinite.
You pay per active pod per month. A pod is typically a product manager and 1–2 AI engineers working on a client engagement. Each pod gets its own governance instance, client isolation, and reporting. Volume discounts kick in at 5+ pods. The founding partner rate of $5,000/pod locks for 12 months.
The Collective preserves 97% of session context, and governance rules live with the project — not the operator. A new operator connects to your project and picks up where the last one left off. No re-explaining, no lost work.
Yes. Growth tier works for teams of 2–3. As you add projects and operators, you'll naturally graduate to Scale. Partner customers can start with a single pod and add more as they win client engagements. We also offer 14-day trials on Growth and Scale.
Governance infrastructure (MCP server, session logging, CLAUDE.md enforcement), client matching, payment processing, trust verification, and dispute resolution. Operators keep 85% of what clients pay.
Not vibe coding. Not a freelancer marketplace. The infrastructure that makes AI development trustworthy.