Product and creator

Built to make AI-assisted work easier to trust.

Nick Roth is a product manager, systems engineer, and AI developer. He created Assura after seeing coding agents move faster than repository-level conventions, review workflows, and late validation gates could keep up.

assura product principles
local first         project evidence stays close
top down            language-agnostic before specific
truthful state      unchecked is not passing
bounded output      point to the next useful detail
measured speed      publish current evidence

Product judgment

Turn scattered conventions and checks into one understandable workflow for people and coding agents.

Systems discipline

Keep validation deterministic, local, composable, and explicit about what was and was not checked.

Open evidence

Publish the commands, fixtures, benchmark methodology, and product boundaries behind public claims.

01

Why Assura exists

AI agents can create a large patch before a human sees the first structural problem. Earlier project signals keep repairs smaller and more deliberate.

02

Top-down validation

Assura begins with language-agnostic repository health, then leaves clear extension points for runtime, framework, content, and domain policy.

03

Performance with context

Speed matters because the signal must fit the working loop. Claims remain tied to current release evidence and clearly separated benchmark paths.

04

Roadmap philosophy

Pre-1.0 development favors direct, testable product contracts over compatibility layers or speculative surface area.

Agent setup

Start with one agent instruction.

Give this prompt to the coding agent already working in your project. It installs Assura, establishes a broad baseline, verifies the setup, and leaves unresolved project decisions visible.

Recommended Agent prompt
Install Assura in this repository and set it up for agent-ready checks.
If assura is not installed, run:
ASSURA_INSTALL=https://assura.dev/install.sh
curl -fsSL "$ASSURA_INSTALL" | sh

Then run:
assura agent onboard . --agent auto --format json
assura check --format json .

Read .assura/onboarding/agent-next.md, summarize what is active, what is inactive, and what questions need human answers before adding project-specific rules.
Manual install curl -fsSL https://assura.dev/install.sh | sh