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The 15 to 20 minute demo, in order

Name the eight steps from ticket to merge and the person or control each step addresses.

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One run can answer the main question for each person in the room:

  • The developer sees a ticket move into read-only exploration in Ask modeA read-only mode for asking questions about a codebase without changing files; the safe way to explore unfamiliar or legacy code. Press Enter for the full definition..
  • The staff engineer reviews the plan before a small change is made under Project RulesVersion-controlled instructions in the repo that every Cursor agent interaction inherits, so standards are encoded once. Press Enter for the full definition..
  • QA and security see a meaningful test, an auditable diff and attached evidence.
  • The auditor and release lead see automated review and a failing CI gate while a person keeps control of the merge.

Learn the order well enough to return to it after an interruption.

Take a real ticket to a reviewable pull request. At each step, explain the work, show the evidence and name the control. The figure gives the order. The table maps each step to the person it matters to and the control to mention.

The eight demo steps

Interactive diagram. Tab through its regions; each focused region shows its detail in the panel below.

diagram: demo-spine

Move from ticket to evidence and review in order. A human owns the merge at the final step.

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Advanced table

Eight steps and their controls

Step
Ticket intake
Lands on
PM / delivery lead
Control you name
Value-stream traceability
Step
Ask modeA read-only mode for asking questions about a codebase without changing files; the safe way to explore unfamiliar or legacy code. Press Enter for the full definition. explore
Lands on
Senior / staff eng
Control you name
Understand-before-touch review is a reviewer practice, not an access control
Step
Reviewable Plan
Lands on
Staff eng
Control you name
Separation of duties requires intent review before execution
Step
Change under Project RulesVersion-controlled instructions in the repo that every Cursor agent interaction inherits, so standards are encoded once. Press Enter for the full definition.
Lands on
Architect / security
Control you name
Policy-as-config guardrail
Step
Meaningful tests
Lands on
QA / senior eng
Control you name
Quality gate
Step
Diff → PR + evidence
Lands on
Auditor / compliance
Control you name
ITGCIT General Controls. The baseline IT controls auditors check: who can change what, how changes get approved and how systems are run. Press Enter for the full definition. evidence, AI-code tracking
Step
BugbotCursor's automated PR reviewer that posts inline findings and can push fix commits from isolated VMs. Press Enter for the full definition. under reviewers
Lands on
Security / eng lead
Control you name
Automated review, human approval
Step
Failing CI triage
Lands on
Release manager / auditor
Control you name
Merge gate, human holds the key