LOCAL-FIRST AI DEVELOPMENT CONTROL

Keep AI
on track.

AI can write thousands of lines of code. NoCascade keeps human intent, project scope and AI changes aligned — before small deviations become a cascade of wrong decisions.

Designed for the AI coding workflow
Cursor·VS Code·Copilot·MCP
nocascade — project guardLIVE
$ nocascade observe
Scanning current work context...
✓ Project intent verified
✓ Protected surfaces loaded
✓ Repository state observed
! AI attempted change outside task scope
SCOPE VIOLATION auth/middleware.ts
THE PROBLEM

AI is fast.
Projects are not.

AI agents can inspect a repository, modify dozens of files, add dependencies and make decisions across an entire codebase in minutes.

The dangerous part is not one bad line of code. It is the chain reaction that follows when an agent quietly leaves the original goal.

“The code works” is not the same as “the project is still on course.”
THE NO CASCADE METHOD

Control the process.
Verify the result.

NoCascade does not replace your coding agent. It adds a layer of project awareness, observation and verification around it.

01

UNDERSTAND

Build a grounded picture of the project before AI starts changing it.

02

SPECIFY

Turn human intent into explicit goals, constraints and protected areas.

03

PLAN

Keep implementation aligned with the requested outcome and the project itself.

04

OBSERVE

See what AI actually changes instead of relying on what it says it changed.

05

VERIFY

Check results against requirements, evidence and the current repository state.

06

GUARD

Detect drift before one uncontrolled change cascades through the project.

A REAL DEVELOPMENT MOMENT

“Add Stripe payments.
Do not touch auth.”

The instruction is clear. The agent starts working. NoCascade watches the actual change, not just the conversation.

TASK INTENT
Add Stripe payments to checkout. Keep authentication unchanged.
PROTECTED auth/*   ·   database schema
AI CHANGE OBSERVEDREVIEW REQUIRED
01+ checkout/stripe.ts
02+ checkout/payment.ts
03+ checkout/webhook.ts
04! auth/middleware.ts
Scope violation detectedProtected surface changed outside the task.
PROJECT DRIFT

Your project changes.
Does your architecture know?

NoCascade keeps a grounded record of what the project is, what you intended to change and what actually changed.

ORIGINAL PROJECT
Next.js
PostgreSQL
Prisma
Stripe
AI development
CURRENT PROJECT
Next.js
PostgreSQL
Prisma
Stripe
MongoDB
Firebase
Supabase
Redis
ARCHITECTURE DRIFT DETECTED
THE ECOSYSTEM

Build the protection
you need.

NoCascade will be extensible by design. Developers can create rules, checks and specialist plugins for the technologies they know best.

N

NEXT.JS GUARDIAN

Architecture, routing, server/client boundaries and framework rules.

Coming to Marketplace
S

SECURITY GUARDIAN

Detect risky changes, protected surfaces and security-sensitive drift.

Coming to Marketplace
P

POSTGRES GUARDIAN

Keep database changes explicit, reviewable and consistent.

Coming to Marketplace
D

DOCKER GUARDIAN

Watch containers, deployment configuration and infrastructure changes.

Coming to Marketplace
A

API GUARDIAN

Protect contracts, endpoints and changes that ripple across clients.

Coming to Marketplace

YOUR PLUGIN

Build rules and checks for the technologies you know best.

Plugin SDK — coming soon
BUILD WITH NOCASCADE

Don’t just use the platform.
Extend it.

Create plugins. Share rules. Solve a problem once and let other developers reuse it. As the ecosystem grows, developers will be able to publish specialist extensions and distribute them through the NoCascade Marketplace.

PRICING

Start free.
Grow when you need to.

FREE$0

Essential local-first control for individual developers getting started with AI-assisted projects.

Up to 2 projects
Understand, Specify & Plan
Basic Observe & Verify
Local project data
GitHub integration
Community plugins
Get NoCascade
TEAMComing later

Governance, shared controls and visibility for teams building software with AI.

Everything in Pro
Shared specifications & policies
Permissions & audit trail
Architecture baselines
Team plugin management
CI/CD & security controls
Coming later
GET STARTED

Put NoCascade
around your next project.

Start locally. Keep your project data close. Add the integrations and plugins you need as the ecosystem grows.

QUICK START
$ npm install -g ./nocascade-1.0.2.tgz
V1.0.2 · packed tarball release · npm-ready