Rails Baseline Client Launch Sprint (7-10 days)
A fixed-scope sprint that takes a client from a $129 Rails Baseline licence to a deployed Rails 8 SaaS with authentication, Stripe billing, multi-tenant accounts, and Pundit authorization wired to their use case. Time: 7-10 days.
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Rails Baseline Client Launch Sprint (7-10 days)
A fixed-scope sprint that takes a client from a $129 Rails Baseline licence to a deployed Rails 8 SaaS with authentication, Stripe billing, multi-tenant accounts, and Pundit authorization wired to their use case.
- Client has a cloud account (or you have delegated access) able to run PostgreSQL and a container host
- Stripe account in the client's name, with test and live API keys available before billing configuration starts
- Written scope naming the tenant model (single account, multi-account, or per-seat) and the entitlement or limit rules the app must enforce
- A Git host organisation where the agency and client both hold repository access
- One named client-side reviewer who can approve architecture decisions inside the sprint window
- 1.Purchase the Rails Baseline founding release at $129 one-time and clone the source into a fresh client repository
- 2.Run the documented setup against PostgreSQL and confirm the stack matches the published development environment
- 3.Record the licence terms: use for products the client owns, current 1.x updates included
- 1.Walk the client through AGENTS.md and ARCHITECTURE.md so both sides share the same contracts for tenancy, entitlements, and limits
- 2.Map the client's account model onto the multi-tenant account management already in the kit
- 3.Decide which optional capabilities (React islands, API keys) stay out of scope for launch
- 1.Configure authentication for the client's sign-in method and seed the first admin user
- 2.Set up Pundit policies so each role sees only the records it should
- 3.Write the first extension recipe for a client-specific model so the pattern is documented before more features land
- 1.Connect Stripe billing in test mode and map the client's plans to the kit's billing integration
- 2.Define entitlements and limits per plan, then verify a downgrade path behaves correctly
- 3.Confirm webhook handling survives a failed payment event
- 1.Stand up staging and production environments with environment variables separated per stage
- 2.Add a CI/CD pipeline that runs the test suite before any deploy
- 3.Point a coding agent at AGENTS.md and have it implement one small feature to prove the contracts hold
- 1.Build the client's first real feature on top of the baseline, using background jobs where the work is slow
- 2.Review the agent-assisted diff against the architectural documentation and correct drift
- 3.Load test the tenancy boundaries with two accounts that must never see each other's data
- 1.Move Stripe to live keys and run a real transaction end to end
- 2.Deploy the production build and verify authentication, billing, and authorization after release
- 3.Write the handoff guide covering extension patterns, deployment steps, and where to add new models
- 1.Run a client walkthrough of the admin surfaces they will touch day to day
- 2.Log every deviation from the baseline as a candidate extension recipe
- 3.Close the sprint with a written list of what the next retainer block would cover
The tool cost is a single $129 payment that covers the client's product, so the licence never eats into the delivery fee the way a per-seat subscription would. A sprint billed at $2,500 or more against that $129 outlay leaves the margin almost entirely in the agency's configuration and deployment hours, and the AGENTS.md and ARCHITECTURE.md contracts cut the rework that usually appears when an agent extends an unfamiliar codebase. The catch is that $129 is one-time, so recurring revenue has to come from the retainer that follows the launch, not from reselling the kit.
- Deployed Rails 8 application running the Rails Baseline codebase in the client's own cloud environment
- Configured authentication, multi-tenant accounts, Stripe billing, and Pundit authorization matched to the client's plans and roles
- CI/CD pipeline with staging and production stages plus environment variable separation
- Handoff guide documenting extension patterns, deployment steps, and the client-specific recipes written during the sprint
- Written backlog for the follow-on retainer, listing features deferred from the launch scope
The client's production URL accepts a real signup, charges a real card through Stripe, and enforces tenant and role boundaries correctly, with the repository carrying at least one documented extension recipe beyond the stock Rails Baseline code.
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