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AI Can Build the Prototype. Production Is Still the Hard Part.

A developer built VibeRaven, an open-source tool that scans repositories to map production readiness gaps, addressing the challenge of moving AI-generated prototypes to reliable production systems.

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AI coding tools make it very easy to get an app running.

But getting from “it works locally” to “real users can depend on this” is still where things get messy:

I built VibeRaven as an open-source tool to help with that gap.

Instead of treating production readiness as a vague checklist, it scans the repo and creates a mission map of what exists, what is missing, what needs provider action, and what should be verified before launch.

GitHub:

https://github.com/ohad6k/VibeRaven

Run it with:

bash
npx -y viberaven
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