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The Problem

Every startup needs a CTO. Most can't afford one. The alternatives are expensive, unreliable, or both.

$250,000+/year
Full-time CTO salary. Out of reach for pre-seed and seed-stage companies.
$10,000-20,000/month
Fractional CTO. Limited hours, split attention across clients, weeks-long waitlists.
Helmsman
Always on. Knows your entire codebase. Makes the same calls a veteran CTO would, every single day.

How It Works

Paste a URL. Get a CTO-grade assessment.

01

Paste

Drop any public GitHub repo URL. Helmsman reads your codebase, maps the file structure, and identifies your tech stack in seconds.

02

Analyze

AI reviews your architecture, dependencies, security posture, test coverage, CI/CD setup, documentation, and scalability patterns.

03

Report

Get a structured health report with scores, specific findings, and actionable recommendations. Share it with your team or investors.

What We Scan

8 dimensions of codebase health

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Architecture

File structure, separation of concerns, design patterns, and system design quality against best practices.

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Code Quality

Linting configuration, TypeScript adoption, code style consistency, and anti-pattern detection.

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Security

Dependency vulnerabilities, secret exposure risk, authentication patterns, and security best practices.

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Testing

Test framework setup, test coverage indicators, test quality patterns, and CI test integration.

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DevOps & CI/CD

Deployment configuration, continuous integration, containerization, and infrastructure as code.

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Documentation

README quality, inline documentation, API docs, and contribution guidelines.

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Dependencies

Dependency count, outdated packages, license compliance, and supply chain risk assessment.

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Scalability

Database patterns, caching strategies, async processing, and performance bottleneck detection.

Know your codebase health before your investors ask.

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