For CTOs, founders, and teams who ship to production

The Ultimate CTO Checklist: 252 blind spots between you and production-ready.

The audit framework for CTOs, founders, and teams who ship to production. AI-powered. Ruthlessly comprehensive.

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How It Works

Ship it. Audit it. Fix what breaks.

Three commands between you and a full infrastructure audit. AI agents do the verification. You make the calls.

1

Clone and init

Add the checklist as a submodule, then run the interactive setup. It asks about your stack, cloud providers, and tooling, then generates your org config and registers projects.

# Create your audit workspace, then > git submodule add cto-checklist > claude > /audit-init # org config
2

Run the audit

AI agents check items in parallel, cloning your repo, inspecting configs, and calling GitHub APIs. You only review the items that need human judgment.

> /audit-start my-api Cloning repo... Auto-checking 42 sections... Review: 12 items need input
3

Track and improve

Get a structured report with scores by section. Run audits again to track improvements, compare over time, and close gaps.

> /audit-summary # full report > /audit-diff # vs last audit > /audit-fix # work failures
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Every production stack has gaps. Most teams find them during incidents.
This finds them before.

What's Inside

42 sections. Every blind spot covered.

From git setup to GDPR compliance. From secrets management to developer onboarding.

Git Repo Setup & Security
19 items
Repository configuration, branch strategy, CI/CD, and cleanliness standards
Authentication & Endpoints
10 items
Auth system simplicity, documentation, testing, and HTTP endpoint security
Database & Connections
9 items
Database configuration, migrations, users, and access controls
Monitoring
6 items
Audit checklist for monitoring infrastructure metrics, database performance, HTTP logging, alerting, log retention, and status pages.
Infrastructure Security
7 items
Verify all environments are protected behind Cloudflare, origin servers are not directly exposed, security headers are properly configured, and SSL certificate issuance is monitored.
Deployments
4 items
Deployment pipeline stability, notifications, build performance, and release tagging
Secrets Management
6 items
How secrets are stored, loaded, and protected across environments
Incident Response
7 items
On-call coverage, escalation procedures, runbooks, and post-mortem practices
Developer Onboarding
9 items
Audit developer onboarding experience - documentation, access, and day-one productivity
Cost Monitoring & Budget Alerts
5 items
Audit cloud budgets, tool costs, visibility, and governance practices
Load & Stress Testing
8 items
Performance baselines, capacity planning, load testing practices, and resilience under extreme conditions
GDPR & Privacy Compliance
11 items
User rights, consent management, and privacy documentation for regulatory compliance
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