AI Code Trust Score: Automated Quality Assessment for AI-Generated Code¶
Developers are drowning in AI-generated code suggestions but lack tools to systematically evaluate whether that code is production-ready, introducing silent bugs and security vulnerabilities.
App Concept¶
- A CI/CD integrated platform that automatically scores AI-generated code (from Copilot, Cursor, Claude, etc.) on security, performance, maintainability, and correctness
- Real-time inline scoring during code review showing trust metrics for each AI-suggested block
- Historical tracking of AI code quality across your organization to identify patterns and risky AI behaviors
- Automated regression testing specifically designed to catch common AI hallucinations and edge case failures
Core Mechanism¶
- Hooks into Git commits and PR workflows to identify AI-generated code via metadata and pattern recognition
- Runs multi-dimensional analysis: static analysis, security scanning (OWASP), performance profiling, test coverage verification
- Machine learning model trained on millions of code reviews to predict human reviewer concerns
- Generates a "Trust Score" (0-100) with detailed breakdown of risk areas
- Slack/Teams integration for instant alerts when low-trust code is committed
- Gamification: team leaderboards for highest quality AI code integration
Monetization Strategy¶
- Freemium model: free for individual developers (10 analyses/month)
- Team plan: $49/developer/month for unlimited analyses and team dashboards
- Enterprise: Custom pricing for SOC2 compliance reports, custom rules, and dedicated support
- API access tier for integration with custom development tools
Viral Growth Angle¶
- Public "AI Code Quality Benchmark" where companies can opt-in to compare their scores (anonymized)
- Viral blog posts: "We analyzed 1M lines of Copilot code - here's what we found"
- GitHub Action that's free and shows badges on README files displaying code trust scores
- Developer advocates sharing shocking examples of AI-generated vulnerabilities caught by the platform
Existing projects¶
- SonarQube - General code quality platform, not AI-specific
- Snyk Code - Security scanning but doesn't differentiate AI-generated code
- DeepCode - AI-powered code review, doesn't focus on evaluating AI-generated output
- Codacy - Automated code review, no AI-generation detection
Evaluation Criteria¶
- Emotional Trigger: Limit risk (protect engineering reputation, prevent production incidents from AI mistakes)
- Idea Quality: Rank: 9/10 - High emotional intensity (fear of AI mistakes) + massive market (every company using AI coding tools)
- Need Category: Stability & Security Needs - Ensuring reliable, secure model deployment and predictable performance
- Market Size: $8B+ (entire DevSecOps market, subset focused on AI code quality ~$500M growing 40% YoY)
- Build Complexity: Medium-High - Requires static analysis engines, ML model training, Git integrations, but core tech exists
- Time to MVP: 3-4 months with AI coding agents (basic Git hook + scoring engine), 6-8 months without
- Key Differentiator: Only platform specifically designed to evaluate AI-generated code quality with historical tracking and organizational insights