About — AppHandoff

About AppHandoff — The Team Behind the Coordination Layer

AppHandoff was built by developers who experienced the AI prototype-to-production gap firsthand. After watching multiple teams struggle to ship Lovable and Bolt prototypes to real backends, we built the coordination layer that was missing: automated scanning, shared context via MCP, and a Kanban board where agents and humans work side by side.

The product is built on a conviction that AI coding agents are most valuable when they operate within guardrails. Agents should not commit directly to production branches. They should draft plans, open pull requests, and wait for human approval. AppHandoff enforces this workflow while making agents dramatically more productive.

We are based in the Netherlands and operate as part of Team K2K. The platform is used by solo developers, agencies managing multiple client projects, and engineering teams integrating AI tools into their existing workflows.

AppHandoff — Lovable to Production Bridge

AppHandoff is the MCP-powered bridge between Lovable prototypes and production engineering. It provides shared contracts, automatic mismatch detection, and a Kanban board where humans review and bots build — ensuring AI-generated prototypes become production-ready applications.

How It Works

Connect repos — Link your Lovable prototype repo and your production backend repo.
Automatic scanning — AppHandoff MCP scans both for API specs, database schemas, and frontend usage patterns.
Mismatch detection — Differences between frontend expectations and backend reality are flagged automatically as handoff tickets.
AI planning — AI agents generate implementation plans for each ticket.
Human review — Your team reviews, approves, or requests changes to plans.
Bot build — Approved plans are built by AI agents and submitted as GitHub pull requests.
Ship — Merge the PR and the ticket is complete. Continuous production pipeline.

Core Features

MCP Contracts — Versioned API specs, DB schemas, and frontend usage maps shared between repos. The Model Context Protocol ensures both sides speak the same language.
Mismatch Detection — Frontend vs backend diffs are flagged automatically. Missing endpoints, schema mismatches, and unused routes are caught before they cause bugs.
Shared Kanban — A 5-lane board (Inbox → Bot Plan → Human Review → Bot Build → Complete) where AI agents and humans collaborate on tickets in real-time.
Multi-Role Tickets — Assign frontend, backend, design, and QA roles to tickets with per-role status tracking. Every team member sees exactly what they need to do.
Production Pipeline — Continuous prototype-to-production conversion. Every change ships as a clean GitHub pull request with diff summary and CI checks.
Protected Paths — Auth routes, server actions, and API routes are marked production-owned and never touched by AI agents.

Why AppHandoff?

AI prototyping tools like Lovable generate beautiful UIs fast, but the gap between prototype and production is where projects stall. AppHandoff bridges that gap with structured contracts, automated mismatch detection, and a workflow that keeps humans in control while leveraging AI speed.

Pricing

Free ($0/mo, 1 project) · Solo ($39/mo, unlimited projects) · Team ($129/mo, collaboration features) · Agency ($299/mo, multi-team support)