Day-rate pod
Embedded Pod
A senior expert and orchestrated agent capacity, embedded in your team for a fixed term — priced per pod-day, with a minimum commitment.
- Duration
- 2–12 weeks
- Pod
- 1–3 senior experts + orchestrated agents
- Price guide
- from $2,000
- Billing
- day rate advance
What you get
- 1–3 senior experts embedded in your team for the agreed term
- Orchestrated agent capacity that multiplies their output
- Daily accountability in your planning and review processes
- Code and documentation produced to your team's standards
- Exit brief on Day N covering what was shipped and what comes next
How it runs
- 01Day 1: onboarding to your codebase, rituals, and priorities
- 02Day 2 onwards: active delivery inside your sprint cadence
- 03Final 2 days: exit brief, documentation handover, and transition planning
Outcomes
- Agreed slice of work shipped to your team's standard
- Team with higher throughput for the engagement duration
- Clear handover so velocity is maintained after the pod exits
How it works
## What is it?
Some work does not fit a fixed scope. You need an experienced engineer embedded in your team for a sprint, a quarter, or a release cycle — someone who is present in your planning, accountable for a slice of the work, and brings AI-augmented capacity that your team does not have in-house.
An Embedded Pod is 1–3 senior experts plus orchestrated agent capacity. Priced per pod-day, billed in advance. No retainer risk: you commit to a minimum, and we show up ready to move on Day 1.
The pod joins your existing rituals — standups, sprint planning, code review. It does not set up its own process. The goal is to increase your team's output, not add coordination overhead.
Related accelerators
Often paired with this engagement.
Outcome pod
Codebase Audit
A 5-day deep audit of an existing codebase: architecture, technical debt, AI-readiness, and modernisation paths.
Outcome pod
AI Feature Build
A 5–10 day build of a production-ready AI feature inside your existing product — from spec to shipped, with tests and observability included.
Discovery pod
Discovery
A 3–5 day scoping engagement for work where the shape and cost are not yet clear. You leave with a fixed-price proposal ready to sign, or a clear picture of why the work is not ready to start.
Begin
Start the engagement. Or ask a question first.
Selecting Start creates a pre-scoped project with the plan and deliverables already populated. Your expert reviews and personalises it with you in the first session. No commitment until you sign.