Build the right thing.
Know if it worked.
DevKeel coaches your AI agent through what to build, how to validate it, and what to learn — so you stop shipping blind and start building with intention.
The fastest way to waste time is building the wrong thing faster
Speed without direction
AI coding tools made you 10x faster at building. But nobody made you better at deciding what's worth building. You ship more — and learn less.
A ship without a keel rolls over
A keel is the structural backbone of a ship. You never see it, but without it, the ship capsizes with the first wave. Your AI coding tool is a powerful engine — but an engine without structure goes everywhere.
Building is easy. Knowing what to build is the actual job.
The bottleneck has shifted. Writing code used to be the hard part. Now the hard part is deciding what's worth writing, knowing when to stop, and checking if any of it worked.
Three things your AI agent is missing
A coach, not just a tool
Your AI agent pushes back, asks “should we build this?”, and frames work as testable bets. Discuss ideas before committing code. Get a product lens on your terms.
Outcomes, not just output
Define what success looks like before you build. DevKeel tracks your signals and tells you whether what you shipped actually worked. Lost bets are wins — if you capture the learning.
Memory that compounds
Decisions, conventions, and rejected approaches persist across every session. Your agent starts informed — not from scratch. Memory is the floor, not the ceiling. What matters is what your agent does with it.
Without a keel
You open your AI tool. You build what feels right. You ship. You start the next thing. Three months later, you have six half-finished features, no validation, and you can't remember why you built half of it.
With a keel
You open your AI tool. It knows your active work, your past decisions, and the insight from last week's advisor call that challenges your direction. You build with purpose. You check if it worked. You learn. You evolve.
The keel doesn't slow you down. It keeps you from capsizing.
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Add one line to your MCP config
Point Claude Code at DevKeel with a single config entry. Works with any MCP-compatible agent.
Tell your AI: “Get my status”
Your agent discovers your project, sets up structured memory, and starts coaching. From here, every session begins with context.
{
"mcpServers": {
"devkeel": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://devkeel.com/mcp"
}
}
}“Developers' most-wanted improvement in AI coding tools: agents that adapt to their codebase and understand their project context.”
— State of AI Coding 2025, 195 developers surveyed
“I actually think the PR is an antiquated vehicle for communicating about features, and I even think ‘features’ is an antiquated way to look at what units of work are in coding.”
— Developer, MCP Predictions Thread
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DevKeel is in limited beta. We're onboarding developers in small waves to get the experience right.
Built and tested with Claude Code
Compatible with any AI coding tool that supports the MCP standard.
Claude Code
Tested
Codex
MCP compatible
Cursor
MCP compatible
VS Code
MCP compatible
Windsurf
MCP compatible
They remember what happened. DevKeel shapes what happens next.
We're in limited beta. Request access and tell us what you're building.