AI Engineering Resilience

Here’s a concrete, ready-to-implement system for your team of 8 based on AI Engineering Resilience.

1. Critical AI Validation Process (start this week)

Mandatory for every AI-assisted PR:

1. Intent Check — Does this solve the actual ticket?
2. Correctness Pass — Logic + edge cases
3. Security & Safety Scan
4. Complexity & Maintainability Check
5. Test & Observability Reality
6. Cost of Ownership (will the next engineer understand this in 6 months?)

PR Rules (enforce immediately):

• Max 300 lines of AI-generated code per PR
• Human-written “Why this approach” note required at the top of the PR description
• Automated first-pass (linter + security scanner) before human review
• Review queue cap: no reviewer holds more than 3 AI-heavy PRs at once

2. Complexity Gate (add to definition of done)

Before merging, the author must answer:

• Does this reduce total system complexity or only local complexity?
• What is the ongoing cognitive + operational cost?
• Can we get 80% of the value with a simpler existing pattern?
• Who owns this in 12 months?

3. Sustainable Work Design for 8 people

Review Rotation

• Pair seniors with mid-levels for AI review duty (2-week rotation)
• Protected deep-work blocks: every engineer gets 2 × 90-minute no-AI focus blocks per week

Team AI Standards (adopt this week)

• Primary tool: [choose one]
• Evaluation window for new tools: every 6 weeks only
• Weekly 15-minute “AI overhead” check in standup (how much time was spent prompting + reviewing)

Personal Resilience Habit (optional but recommended)

• One pure-manual coding/debugging session per week (no AI)

Immediate Next Steps (this week)

1. Share the 6-step validation checklist in your team channel today
2. Update PR template with the “Why this approach” field
3. Set review queue limit in your project board
4. Schedule the first review rotation starting Monday

Would you like me to generate the exact PR template text, the Notion/Linear checklist, or a short Slack announcement for the team?