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Cursor App Rescue

Get your Cursor-built app production ready

You built it in Cursor and it works on your machine. We review the whole codebase, fix the structure and security, add the tests that matter and ship it, without taking the code away from you.

Get your Cursor-built app production ready

Cursor is different from the hosted builders. It is an editor, so the code is already in your repository and on your machine, which is a good place to start. The risk is a different one. An app written across hundreds of AI sessions often has nobody holding the architecture in their head, including the person who prompted it.

So we find the same things: three different ways of doing one job, logic copied rather than shared, dependencies added and never used, error handling on the paths that were tested and nowhere else, and no tests at all. The app works today. Nobody can say with confidence what will break when it changes tomorrow.

Our take: AI-written code is not the problem, unread code is. The fix is an experienced engineer reading all of it once, setting the rules, and adding tests, so you can keep building in Cursor without gambling on every change.
What's included

Cursor App Rescue, end to end

Full codebase review

An engineer reads the whole project and reports on structure, duplication, dead code and risk, in plain language.

Architecture cleanup

One way of doing each job, shared logic in one place, and clear boundaries between parts of the app.

Security pass

Authorization checks, input validation, rate limiting and secrets handled properly.

Tests where they matter

Coverage on the flows that carry money and data, so a change cannot silently break them.

Pipeline and deployment

Automated checks and a repeatable deploy, so shipping is routine rather than risky.

Rules for AI coding

Project rules and a review step, so the code your tools write next matches the structure we put in place.

How we work

From stuck prototype to shipped product

1

Review

We read the code and give you a written report: keep, fix or rebuild, with a fixed scope.

2

Restructure

Duplication removed and boundaries set, without changing how the product behaves.

3

Secure and test

Security gaps closed and tests added around the flows that matter most.

4

Ship

Pipeline, monitoring and launch, under your accounts.

What to watch for

Where this quietly goes wrong

The mistakes we see most often, so you can avoid paying for them.

Code nobody has read

If it was accepted without being read, it is unreviewed code in production. That is a risk whoever or whatever wrote it.

Three ways to do the same thing

Each session solves the problem fresh. Over months that produces parallel patterns that all have to be maintained.

Works locally, fails in production

Local runs hide missing environment settings, build differences and concurrency problems that only appear under real use.

No tests, so every change is a gamble

Without tests you find out what broke from your users. A small, well-chosen test suite changes that.

Why appico

Made by the team founders re-hire

A senior engineer reads every file, not a sample
Structure fixed without rewriting what works
Tests on the flows that carry money and data
You keep building in Cursor afterwards, safely
The repository and every account stay yours
Common questions

Cursor App Rescue, asked and answered

Can you review and ship an app I built with Cursor?

Yes. We review the full codebase, fix structural and security problems, add tests and a deployment pipeline, and launch it under your accounts. The repository stays yours throughout.

Is AI-written code bad code?

No. Much of it is perfectly good. The risk is code that nobody has read, because problems hide in it until real users find them. A review by an experienced engineer is what turns generated code into dependable code.

Can I keep building in Cursor afterwards?

Yes, and we expect you to. We leave project rules, tests and an automated check in place so new AI-written changes follow the structure and cannot quietly break what works.

Is it cheaper to fix the code or rebuild it?

Usually to fix it. A Cursor project tends to be real, working software that needs structure rather than replacement. Where a part is beyond saving, the review says so before you commit budget.

How long does a review take?

The review itself is short. The work that follows depends on what it finds, and you get a fixed scope and timeline before it starts.

Do you need access to my repository?

Yes, read access for the review. Everything stays in your repository and your accounts. We do not move your code anywhere you do not control.

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appico is an independent software studio. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or a partner of Cursor or Anysphere. Product names belong to their owners and are used here only to describe the work we do on apps built with them.

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