For teams who've already shipped something that isn't producing the results it was built for. Not a retainer. Not an open-ended engagement. A clear sequence that ends when you want it to.
Five-stage engagement model
Diagnosis. Redesign. Build. Adoption. Evolution.
Five stages. Each independently valuable. Each with a clear entry and exit. You never commit to more than one stage at a time.
Stage 1
Diagnosis
2 weeks · Fixed price
The Clarity Sprint compresses weeks of ambiguity into a two-week engagement that locks scope, validates assumptions, and produces a build-ready plan. No code is written until decisions are made.
Not a workshop. Not discovery. A decision compression exercise that ends with locked scope and fixed pricing for execution.
What clarity means.
By the end of the sprint, these questions will have binding answers.
Problem
What specific problem are we solving, and for whom?
Scope
What are we building in this phase, and what are we explicitly not building?
Trade-offs
What are we optimizing for, and what are we willing to sacrifice?
Non-goals
What would be nice to have but will not be built?
Success
What does done look like, and how will we know we're there?
Constraints
What technical, budget, or timeline constraints shape decisions?
Outcomes, not activities.
You walk away with tangible deliverables, not a slide deck of possibilities.
At the end of the two-week sprint, you leave with six tangible deliverables — not a slide deck, not a strategy document, not recommendations. Concrete outputs your team can act on the same day.
Locked product scope
Clear boundaries on what will be built, with explicit non-goals documented
Trade-offs decided
Key decisions made and documented, with rationale for future reference
Build-ready architecture
Technical approach defined, stack decisions locked, integration points mapped
Fixed execution quote
Exact cost and timeline for the Defined-Scope Build, tied to locked scope
Decision log
Complete record of what was decided, what was rejected, and why
Risk register
Known constraints, dependencies, and potential blockers identified upfront
What comes after the Sprint.
Each stage is a separate commitment. You decide whether to continue.
Stage 2
Process Redesign
2–4 weeks
Before we write a line of code, we redesign the workflow the technology needs to support. Who does what. Where AI operates. Where humans stay in the loop. What measurably changes. This is the stage most studios skip, and the reason most implementations fail.
In practice this means: mapping who does what today, identifying where the technology is supposed to change that, and documenting the new operating model before a single line of code is written. The output is a workflow blueprint and a responsibility map — not a slide deck. This is the stage most studios skip, and the reason most implementations fail to change anything.
Future-state workflow blueprint
Human and AI responsibility map
Integration and dependency assessment
Measurable success criteria defined before build begins
What we don't do.
The constraints that protect both sides of the engagement.
No hourly billing.
We don't track time. We don't bill by the hour. Price is fixed upfront.
No scope changes during build.
What was locked is what gets built. Changes require a new scope exercise.
No agile theater.
No standups for the sake of standups. No velocity metrics. Just progress toward a defined outcome.
No open-ended retainers.
Every engagement has a defined scope, a defined deliverable, and a defined end.
Stage 3
Build
4–12 weeks
Build only begins after Stage 1 and Stage 2 are complete. Scope is locked. Price is fixed. No debates during execution.
Frozen scope
No scope changes during execution. What was locked in Clarity is what gets built.
Fixed price
The price quoted after Clarity is the price you pay. No overruns, no surprise invoices.
Predictable timeline
Clear milestones with weekly demos. You always know where we are.
Full ownership
Your IP transfers immediately. Portable architecture. No vendor lock-in.
Scope-based pricing.
No hourly billing. No time tracking. Price is locked after Clarity based on scope size.
Core Build
Single core flow with limited features. Ideal for validating a focused hypothesis.
Multi-Flow Build
Multiple flows and integrations. Suitable for products with broader initial scope.
Custom Build
Complex products requiring founder approval. Scope determines price.
Final pricing is determined during the Clarity Sprint based on actual scope complexity, not estimated hours.
Stage 4
Adoption
2–4 weeks
The technology works. The organisation has not changed yet. Most implementations fail here: not because the code broke, but because the team went back to the old way. We do not leave until the new way is working.
Working sessions with actual end users
Documented operating playbook
Edge case and exception handling guide
30-day post-launch check-in
Stage 5
Evolution
Quarterly
Each quarter we review what the system is actually producing, identify what needs to change next, and propose the next diagnostic. You do not go back to market. You already have a partner who knows your system.
Quarterly performance review against Stage 2 success criteria
Identification of next highest-value opportunity
Priority recommendation for next engagement
Access to Comet Studio team for escalations
You commit to one stage at a time. Every subsequent stage is a separate decision.
Clear ownership boundaries.
We own execution. You own the product.
What we own
- Execution quality and timeline
- Technical decisions within scope
- Weekly progress and transparency
- Production-ready, documented code
What you own
- All code and IP from day one
- Product decisions and priorities
- Go-to-market and launch
- Continuation or pivot decisions
How we actually work
Every engagement runs on a written decision log. Every meaningful call results in a documented decision, the rationale behind it, and what was explicitly ruled out. Six weeks into a build, you do not have to remember why we chose Postgres over DynamoDB or why a particular feature got cut — it is written down and shared with you.
Weekly demos are non-negotiable. Every Friday, the build team shows what shipped that week against the locked scope. No demo means no progress claim. You see the work as it is, not as a status report describes it.
Scope is locked before build begins, and we do not accept scope changes mid-engagement. If something genuinely needs to change, we pause, document the change, requote, and resume. This protects the timeline you were promised and the price you agreed to. It also means decisions get made deliberately, not in standup.
We operate on India Standard Time. Daily overlap with US East Coast is 3-4 hours, with UK and Western Europe 5-6 hours, and full overlap with Singapore, Australia, and the Middle East. Response times during overlap windows are within 4 working hours. For everything outside the overlap, async updates and the decision log carry the work forward.
The same team, start to finish.
Our delivery team is based in India and has been working together across 50+ engagements. You meet the team in week one — not a project manager who hands off to someone else. Senior, dedicated, and the same people from Clarity Sprint through Adoption. The India location is why fixed pricing works: it is not a cost-cutting measure, it is what allows us to charge for outcomes instead of hours.