AI app rescue — fix AI-built apps from Lovable, Bolt.new, and Cursor in weeks
Your Lovable rescue, Bolt.new fix, or Cursor-agent regression needs to reach production. AI app rescue audits, stabilizes, and ships AI-built apps: auth hardened, Supabase RLS on, Stripe webhooks signed, deploys reliable, code legible. Roughly half of AI-generated code is flagged by industry security benchmarks — we patch the rest in place and fix-AI-built-app blockers the first time.
AI app rescue is the end-to-end engagement for fix AI-built app blockers on Lovable, Bolt.new, Cursor, Replit, Base44, Windsurf, v0, and Claude Code. Starts with a free 24–48h rescue diagnostic, then sequences the smallest fixed-fee scopes: $299 Emergency Triage, $499 Security Audit, $799 Integration Fix, $3,999 Break-the-Fix-Loop, $7,499 Finish My MVP, or $3,499/mo Retainer. Industry benchmarks flag roughly half of AI-generated code for vulnerabilities — a Lovable rescue or Bolt.new fix is how the rest ships to production.
Symptoms AI app rescue resolves on Lovable and Bolt.new
Seven recurring rescue shapes across 70+ Lovable rescues, Bolt.new fixes, and Cursor-agent regression loops. The symptom column is what founders say on the intake call; the root cause is what we find in the first hour of audit; the fix is what ships across the staged scopes.
| Symptom (founder-facing) | Root cause | What AI app rescue ships |
|---|---|---|
| Auth leaking rows across tenants | Supabase RLS never enabled; service-role key shipped to the browser | RLS policies written + tested, service-role moved server-side, session guard on every route |
| Deploys succeed in Lovable preview, 500 on Vercel | Env vars never propagated, WebContainer-specific bindings broken | Vercel/Netlify env wired, CORS allowlist, build-time config, preview/prod parity |
| Stripe Checkout completes, subscription never activates | Webhook handler skips stripe.webhooks.constructEvent signature verify | Signed webhook + idempotency lookup + full lifecycle sync (paid/failed/cancelled/refunded) |
| Schema is a crime scene — no migrations, no indexes | AI builders edit the schema live without recording a migration | Migrations checked in, cascade-deletes reviewed, indexes on the queries that matter |
| App melts past 100 concurrent users | N+1 queries, unbounded loops, zero caching — classic Lovable rescue shape | Query plan audit, targeted caching, connection pool, Sentry performance budget |
| Nobody can read the codebase, new dev cannot onboard | No types, duplicated components, inconsistent folder structure | Prop types added, components deduped, handoff runbook, architecture overview |
| Cursor agent regresses a working feature every week | No integration tests; the agent silently drops guards and early returns | Integration tests on revenue paths, test-before-agent workflow, CI gate on PRs |
6-week Lovable rescue + Bolt.new fix schedule
Most rescues finish in 4 weeks; Finish-My-MVP-scope runs closer to 6. The diagnostic is always first and always free. Every week has a keyword-rich deliverable and nothing ships to production until the staged environment is green.
- D124–48h
Free rescue diagnostic + rescue-vs-rewrite verdict
48-hour async audit: we read the repo, map every blocker — auth gaps, RLS disabled, broken Stripe webhooks, env var drift. You get a written rescue-vs-rewrite recommendation and a fixed-fee proposal. No credit card.
- W1Week 1–2
Stabilize: fix AI-built app blockers
Fix the critical blockers first: Lovable rescue patterns — auth hardening, Supabase RLS, Stripe webhook signatures, env var propagation, OAuth redirect URIs. App stops crashing. Real users can sign up, log in, and pay.
- W2Week 2–4
Productionize: CI, tests, monitoring
CI/CD with preview environments, integration tests on revenue paths, rollback plan, monitoring and alerting. Stripe flows verified end-to-end. Deploy pipeline is reliable. Code becomes legible to a new developer.
- W4Week 4–6
Ship: custom domain, handoff runbook
Launch to production: custom domain, SSL, CDN config, database backups, runbooks. Handoff documentation so you or your next hire can maintain the Lovable/Bolt/Cursor codebase independently without re-hiring us.
- W6Week 6+
Retainer or complete handoff
Optional transition to Retainer Support ($3,499/mo, 40h engineering) for ongoing Cursor-agent reviews and vendor incident response, or a clean handoff to your in-house team with architecture overview, env setup, and rotation runbooks.
- D124–48h
Free rescue diagnostic + rescue-vs-rewrite verdict
48-hour async audit: we read the repo, map every blocker — auth gaps, RLS disabled, broken Stripe webhooks, env var drift. You get a written rescue-vs-rewrite recommendation and a fixed-fee proposal. No credit card.
- W1Week 1–2
Stabilize: fix AI-built app blockers
Fix the critical blockers first: Lovable rescue patterns — auth hardening, Supabase RLS, Stripe webhook signatures, env var propagation, OAuth redirect URIs. App stops crashing. Real users can sign up, log in, and pay.
- W2Week 2–4
Productionize: CI, tests, monitoring
CI/CD with preview environments, integration tests on revenue paths, rollback plan, monitoring and alerting. Stripe flows verified end-to-end. Deploy pipeline is reliable. Code becomes legible to a new developer.
- W4Week 4–6
Ship: custom domain, handoff runbook
Launch to production: custom domain, SSL, CDN config, database backups, runbooks. Handoff documentation so you or your next hire can maintain the Lovable/Bolt/Cursor codebase independently without re-hiring us.
- W6Week 6+
Retainer or complete handoff
Optional transition to Retainer Support ($3,499/mo, 40h engineering) for ongoing Cursor-agent reviews and vendor incident response, or a clean handoff to your in-house team with architecture overview, env setup, and rotation runbooks.
What a real rescue audit output actually looks like
Redacted excerpt from a recent Lovable rescue audit. The file lives at docs/rescue-audit-YYYY-MM-DD.md in the repo and maps every blocker to a fixed-fee scope. Every FAIL becomes a line item in the rescue proposal; every WARN becomes a Retainer follow-up. Our 2026 vibe-coding research summarizes how much AI-generated code ships with security flaws; our audit identifies which lines it is in your repo.
01# rescue-audit-2026-04-17.md02## 01 · Codebase map03- [x] Framework: Next.js 16 App Router, TS strict off04- [x] LOC: 18,432 (src/ only)05- [x] Origin: Lovable -> Cursor -> hand-merged06 07## 02 · Security audit (industry benchmark: roughly half of AI code flagged)08- [FAIL] Supabase service-role key shipped in NEXT_PUBLIC_* env09- [FAIL] RLS disabled on public.orders, public.invoices10- [FAIL] Webhook endpoint accepts unsigned Stripe events11- [FAIL] OAuth redirect URI allowlist not validated12- [WARN] No rate limit on /api/auth/login13 14## 03 · Data layer15- [FAIL] No migrations directory - schema edited live in Supabase UI16- [FAIL] orders.user_id cascades delete to auth.users (dangerous)17- [WARN] No indexes on (tenant_id, created_at) - table scan on every query18 19## 04 · Integrations20- [FAIL] Stripe webhook skips stripe.webhooks.constructEvent21- [FAIL] Idempotency not implemented - Stripe retries double-credit22- [FAIL] Password reset email uses default Supabase template, no DKIM23- [WARN] Custom domain not wired (OAuth still points at preview URL)24 25## 05 · Deploy26- [FAIL] Env vars in Vercel missing SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY27- [WARN] No preview environment - every branch hits prod database28 29## 06 · Rescue verdict30- Scope 01: Emergency triage ($299) - env var propagation, today31- Scope 02: Security audit ($499) - RLS + service-role + webhook signing32- Scope 03: Integration fix ($799) - Stripe webhook + idempotency33- Scope 04: AI-Generated Code Cleanup ($3,999) - types + tests + migrationsEight deliverables every AI app rescue ships
- 01Full codebase rescue map — architecture, blockers, migration strategy for Lovable/Bolt/Cursor
- 02Security audit — auth, Supabase RLS, secrets, Stripe webhook signing (industry AI vulnerability benchmark)
- 03Database audit + migrations checked in — schema reproducible, indexes on the queries that matter
- 04Payments audit — Stripe flows end-to-end, webhook idempotency, subscription lifecycle sync
- 05Deploy audit — CI/CD, preview environments, rollback, env var propagation across Lovable/Bolt/Vercel
- 06Performance audit — N+1 elimination, bundle size, caching, connection pool tuning
- 07Integration tests on revenue-critical paths — not manual click-through, CI-gated on every PR
- 08Handoff runbook + architecture overview — a new dev onboards in a day, not a week
Free diagnostic, then fixed-fee Lovable rescue scopes
Rescue engagements are always staged. The free 24–48h diagnostic returns a written rescue-vs-rewrite verdict and a prioritised list of fixed-fee scopes. You pick what to tackle; we execute. No hourly meter, no mystery bill, no scope creep mid-engagement.
Typical path for a Lovable rescue: diagnostic identifies three blocker classes — environment and auth (Emergency Triage $299), security and RLS (Security Audit $499), Stripe subscription sync (Integration Fix $799). Run sequentially over 3–4 weeks and the app ships. Finish My MVP ($7,499) is the 3–4 week launch-pass for apps that need all three plus a production cutover.
- turnaround
- Diagnostic in 24–48h, execution 2–6 weeks
- scope
- Staged fixed-fee scopes, written before you commit
- guarantee
- Free diagnostic, fixed-fee scopes, no hourly meter
AI app rescue vs hourly contractor vs full rewrite
Against a $150/hour Upwork contractor or a 12-week greenfield rewrite, fixed-fee AI app rescue preserves your Lovable or Bolt.new codebase and ships at 1/3 the cost.
| Dimension | Hourly contractor | Full rewrite | AI app rescue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price for a production-ready Lovable app | $15,000+ over 8 weeks | $40,000+ greenfield | $299–$7,499 fixed scopes |
| Start time | 2–4 weeks of bidding | 4–8 weeks of scoping | Diagnostic in 24–48h |
| AI-builder-specific context (Lovable, Bolt, Cursor) | Unknown | Ignored — they rewrite | 9 builders, patterns known |
| Industry AI vulnerability benchmark addressed | Maybe | Yes (by discard) | Default — mandatory before relaunch |
| Preserves your existing Lovable/Bolt code | If they agree | No — throwaway | Yes — refactored in place |
| Clean handoff docs + runbooks | Rare | Usually | Default on every engagement |
Pick AI app rescue if…
- →You built an MVP on Lovable, Bolt.new, Cursor, or Replit and it needs to reach production.
- →Auth leaks rows, Supabase RLS never got enabled, or the Stripe webhook silently drops events.
- →Your Lovable preview works but Vercel deploys 500 on every real user — classic env-var propagation miss.
- →A Cursor agent keeps regressing working features and you need tests + a CI gate to stop the loop.
- →You want fixed-fee scopes with a written plan before you commit — not an open-ended hourly bill.
Don't pick AI app rescue if…
- →One specific bug is broken right now — book Emergency Triage ($299, 48h) instead.
- →You need one integration wired end-to-end — book Integration Fix ($799, 5 days).
- →You want us to write a greenfield MVP from a Figma file — rescue is for existing AI-built codebases.
- →You want someone to 'look at it for a few hours' — rescue is staged fixed-fee, not hourly.
- →The app never worked in preview — rescue starts when there is working code to audit. Otherwise, Finish My MVP.
Rescue specialists who run the AI app rescue
Rescue engagements scope around the specific failure modes AI builders ship with. These three specialists lead most rescues; the diagnostic routes the engagement to the right one.
Runs the 48-hour written audit that drives the rescue-vs-rewrite verdict and every fixed-fee scope that follows. Owns the docs/rescue-audit-*.md deliverable.
Owns the ‘one component blanks the whole app’ triage — error boundaries, hydration bugs, and the Cursor-agent regression-loop fixes that stabilize the rescue.
Patches the RLS gaps, exposed secrets, and unverified webhooks industry benchmarks find in roughly half of AI-generated code — mandatory before any rescued Lovable or Bolt.new app relaunches.
Related AI app rescue scopes
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