Our own playbook · IT services, consultancies, and dev shops
We turned our delivery firm into a function you can rent.
This is how Antino runs itself. We encoded 240 operated functions into a Company Brain, then put two engines on top of it — one that wins and scopes work, one that ships it. You don't hire a team. You name the outcome, and the function ships it.
Below: the whole pipeline — playable
01 · The problem
A services firm is only as good as the last person who remembers how.
Wins depend on who scoped the deal. Delivery depends on who wrote the code. When that person is on another account — or gone — the proposal is generic, the estimate is a guess, and the new engineer reverse-engineers the repo for three weeks. The firm's real asset is locked in heads, not in a system that can run without them.
02 · How we'd run it
The delivery brain: every brief in, two ways out.
Intelligent decisions. Zero busywork. Every exception, owned.
Work in
Everything the firm already knows.
Inbound brief
Cold email, RFP, referral
Past-engagement graph
240 functions, rated & costed
Codebase & tickets
The live product graph
Rates & capacity
Who's free, what it costs
The delivery brain
Match. Scope. Ship.
- Capability match
- Proof assembly
- Scoping & estimation
- Outcome commitment
- Spec generation
- Delivery triage
every decision logged · every outcome written back
Proposal-ready
~80%Evidence-backed scope and commitment, drafted in days.
Judgment call
~20%Routed to a partner
Complex cases. Human judgment — with the case pre-packaged:
Grounded in real delivery
Every claim traces to a shipped engagement
Auditable estimates
Scope maps to comparable history
Continuous learning
Every win and loss sharpens the next scope
Client-isolated brains
Your graph stays yours
Scales without bench
More deals, same partners
Shares are illustrative of a typical mature engagement.
03 · The pipeline, end to end
The science of shipping, stage by stage.
This is the actual anatomy of a software engagement at Antino — ten stages, two engines. Drag the depth dial to see what each stage looks like as the agents take on more of the routine work, and hover any stage for a worked example. The ceilings are honest: some of this never stops being human.
Agentic depth — drag it
0%Win the work
Revenue OS · win & commit0%stage 01 · dossier
Brief intake
An RFP or email arrives and becomes structure: requirements, constraints, unknowns.
- Parses the brief into a structured requirement graph
- Flags ambiguities and missing decisions for the first call
- The partner reads what a parser can't — relationship, urgency, politics.
An EV-charging RFP lands at 4:00 pm
By 4:09 it's a graph: 14 requirements, 3 flagged unknowns (tariff model, OCPP version, tenancy). The first client call starts at the hard questions instead of discovering them.
Two days of reading and forwardingStructured by the same afternoon
click the stage to collapse
stage 02 · dossier
Capability match
Requirements are matched against everything the firm has actually delivered.
- Searches the 240-function graph for comparable engagements
- Returns named references with real hours, stacks and ratings
CSMS + OCPP + wallet → two named references, instantly
The match surfaces Enercent (13,567 hrs, multi-tenant EV platform) and Lioncharge (OCPP 1.6 CSMS). Not 'we have EV experience' — the exact projects, with receipts.
A week of asking aroundNamed references in minutes
stage 03 · dossier
Scoping & estimation
The work is broken into workstreams and sized from history, not optimism.
- Drafts workstreams from comparable delivered scopes
- Estimates from the hours those scopes actually took
- The partner adjusts for risk, client maturity, and what the data can't see.
"Host app + settlement engine" — sized by precedent
The estimate isn't a planning-poker guess: it's the delivered-hours envelope of the last two comparable builds, adjusted by a partner who knows where this client will be different.
Planning poker and optimismSized from delivered hours, in days
stage 04 · dossier
Outcome commitment
Before anything starts, the engagement is pinned to a named outcome — the metric it must move — backed by comparable history.
- Assembles the comparables dossier: what this shape took, end to end, the last three times
- The partner owns the commitment. Always.
The metric is named before kickoff
"Live on both stores, first cohort onboarded" — written into the engagement with three comparable deliveries attached. The partner signs a commitment the graph can defend.
Scope argued clause by clauseOne named metric, agreed up front
stage 05 · dossier
Proposal
An evidence-backed draft where every claim cites a real engagement.
- Drafts the proposal from the match — claims wired to case studies
- Assembles the proof pack: outcomes, timelines, named references
- The partner sharpens the narrative and sends it.
Claims with receipts, not adjectives
The draft cites Jobizo's marketplace build (128 weeks, live on both stores) and Revfin's co-lending rails — so 'we can build this' arrives pre-proven.
A week of deck-buildingEvidence-backed draft in a day
stage 01 · dossier
Brief intake
agenthumanAn RFP or email arrives and becomes structure: requirements, constraints, unknowns.
- Parses the brief into a structured requirement graph
- Flags ambiguities and missing decisions for the first call
- The partner reads what a parser can't — relationship, urgency, politics.
An EV-charging RFP lands at 4:00 pm
By 4:09 it's a graph: 14 requirements, 3 flagged unknowns (tariff model, OCPP version, tenancy). The first client call starts at the hard questions instead of discovering them.
Two days of reading and forwardingStructured by the same afternoon
click the stage to collapse
stage 02 · dossier
Capability match
agentRequirements are matched against everything the firm has actually delivered.
- Searches the 240-function graph for comparable engagements
- Returns named references with real hours, stacks and ratings
CSMS + OCPP + wallet → two named references, instantly
The match surfaces Enercent (13,567 hrs, multi-tenant EV platform) and Lioncharge (OCPP 1.6 CSMS). Not 'we have EV experience' — the exact projects, with receipts.
A week of asking aroundNamed references in minutes
stage 03 · dossier
Scoping & estimation
agenthumanThe work is broken into workstreams and sized from history, not optimism.
- Drafts workstreams from comparable delivered scopes
- Estimates from the hours those scopes actually took
- The partner adjusts for risk, client maturity, and what the data can't see.
"Host app + settlement engine" — sized by precedent
The estimate isn't a planning-poker guess: it's the delivered-hours envelope of the last two comparable builds, adjusted by a partner who knows where this client will be different.
Planning poker and optimismSized from delivered hours, in days
stage 04 · dossier
Outcome commitment
agenthuman ownsBefore anything starts, the engagement is pinned to a named outcome — the metric it must move — backed by comparable history.
- Assembles the comparables dossier: what this shape took, end to end, the last three times
- The partner owns the commitment. Always.
The metric is named before kickoff
"Live on both stores, first cohort onboarded" — written into the engagement with three comparable deliveries attached. The partner signs a commitment the graph can defend.
Scope argued clause by clauseOne named metric, agreed up front
stage 05 · dossier
Proposal
agenthumanAn evidence-backed draft where every claim cites a real engagement.
- Drafts the proposal from the match — claims wired to case studies
- Assembles the proof pack: outcomes, timelines, named references
- The partner sharpens the narrative and sends it.
Claims with receipts, not adjectives
The draft cites Jobizo's marketplace build (128 weeks, live on both stores) and Revfin's co-lending rails — so 'we can build this' arrives pre-proven.
A week of deck-buildingEvidence-backed draft in a day
Run the build
Delivery OS · run & ship0%stage 06 · dossier
Brain bootstrap
Repo, tickets, errors and analytics are indexed into one product graph.
- Builds the product graph from the client's real artifacts
- Answers any question about the system with citations
- Leads verify boundaries, access and what must stay out of scope.
Day 2: "where is payment retry handled?"
Answered with the file, the commit, and the ticket that explains why it works that way. Onboarding drops from weeks of archaeology to days.
4–6 weeks of onboardingProductive in days
stage 07 · dossier
Spec
Features become specs grounded in code that actually exists.
- Generates specs referencing the real modules and APIs they touch
- Attaches impact analysis — what breaks, what's affected
- The architect approves the shape before anything is built.
"Add UPI mandate" — spec'd against reality
The spec names the actual payment module and the three services the change touches. No fictional architecture, no surprise on day four.
Two weeks of workshopsA grounded spec in two days
stage 08 · dossier
Build
Agents handle the routine; engineers own the design.
- Scaffolding, boilerplate, routine implementation
- Tests written alongside; changes arrive PR-ready
- Engineers own design decisions; every merge is human-reviewed.
The PR that arrived in minutes
The agent opens a PR with tests for a routine endpoint. The engineer reviews it like any teammate's work — except it was ready before the standup ended.
Routine work eats the sprintRoutine work arrives PR-ready
stage 09 · dossier
QA & release
Regression at machine scale; judgment at the gate.
- Runs regression packs and visual diffs
- Pre-triages failures: flaky vs environment vs real
- The QA lead makes go / no-go. Always a person.
14 failures, pre-triaged
11 flaky, 2 environment, 1 real — the human starts at the one that matters instead of spending the morning finding it.
Days of regression huntingPre-triaged in hours
stage 10 · dossier
Operate & improve
Incidents arrive pre-triaged; every event writes back to the graph.
- Matches incidents against error history with suggested, cited fixes
- Watches delivery health, adoption and drift continuously
- Sev-calls are owned by a named engineer.
The 2 a.m. incident that took 4 minutes
The error matches a 2024 Kafka-lag pattern; the suggested fix cites the commit that solved it last time. Forty minutes of Slack archaeology becomes four.
40-minute Slack archaeologyA cited fix in 4 minutes
stage 06 · dossier
Brain bootstrap
agenthumanRepo, tickets, errors and analytics are indexed into one product graph.
- Builds the product graph from the client's real artifacts
- Answers any question about the system with citations
- Leads verify boundaries, access and what must stay out of scope.
Day 2: "where is payment retry handled?"
Answered with the file, the commit, and the ticket that explains why it works that way. Onboarding drops from weeks of archaeology to days.
4–6 weeks of onboardingProductive in days
stage 07 · dossier
Spec
agenthumanFeatures become specs grounded in code that actually exists.
- Generates specs referencing the real modules and APIs they touch
- Attaches impact analysis — what breaks, what's affected
- The architect approves the shape before anything is built.
"Add UPI mandate" — spec'd against reality
The spec names the actual payment module and the three services the change touches. No fictional architecture, no surprise on day four.
Two weeks of workshopsA grounded spec in two days
stage 08 · dossier
Build
agenthumanAgents handle the routine; engineers own the design.
- Scaffolding, boilerplate, routine implementation
- Tests written alongside; changes arrive PR-ready
- Engineers own design decisions; every merge is human-reviewed.
The PR that arrived in minutes
The agent opens a PR with tests for a routine endpoint. The engineer reviews it like any teammate's work — except it was ready before the standup ended.
Routine work eats the sprintRoutine work arrives PR-ready
stage 09 · dossier
QA & release
agenthuman ownsRegression at machine scale; judgment at the gate.
- Runs regression packs and visual diffs
- Pre-triages failures: flaky vs environment vs real
- The QA lead makes go / no-go. Always a person.
14 failures, pre-triaged
11 flaky, 2 environment, 1 real — the human starts at the one that matters instead of spending the morning finding it.
Days of regression huntingPre-triaged in hours
stage 10 · dossier
Operate & improve
agenthumanIncidents arrive pre-triaged; every event writes back to the graph.
- Matches incidents against error history with suggested, cited fixes
- Watches delivery health, adoption and drift continuously
- Sev-calls are owned by a named engineer.
The 2 a.m. incident that took 4 minutes
The error matches a 2024 Kafka-lag pattern; the suggested fix cites the commit that solved it last time. Forty minutes of Slack archaeology becomes four.
40-minute Slack archaeologyA cited fix in 4 minutes
Depth bars show the agentic share of routine work at each stage — illustrative of a mature engagement. Design decisions, the outcome commitment and go/no-go calls are human gates, permanently.
04 · One brain, two engines
How the function runs on top of the brain.
Revenue OS
Win and commitWe match an incoming brief against the graph of everything we've already delivered, assemble the proof that closes it, scope it against real historical hours, and draft the proposal — committed to a named outcome, not a bench.
- Capability match: surface the past projects that prove we can ship this one
- Proof assembly: pull the architectures, accelerators, and named results that fit the brief
- Scoping grounded in real delivered hours, not optimistic guesses
- First-draft proposals generated from the graph, ready for a human to sharpen
Delivery OS
Run and shipWe run delivery on a live product graph of the codebase. Specs are grounded in the actual code, questions get cited answers, and incidents arrive pre-triaged with the likely cause attached.
- Cited answers from the codebase — no waiting on the one engineer who remembers
- Specs grounded in real code, not in a wiki that drifted six months ago
- Pre-triaged incidents: the error, the suspect commit, and the owner, on arrival
- Onboarding measured in days because the graph already knows the system
05 · What actually changes
The same function, before and after the brain.
06 · The outcome
Figures are illustrative unless tied to a named proof engagement.
07 · Live reference · Antino portfolio
240 functions, 221 clients, and roughly 434k hours of delivery — the graph this engine runs on.
More use cases
The same brain, a different function.
09 · Run a function
Stop renting hours. Start running functions.
Pick the function you want off your plate. We'll map the brain and name the outcome we'd commit to — before you do.
