Quote the engagement before you’ve read the code
Connect the client repo. Show a behavioural map on the first call — before you commit dates.
- Read-only PAT
- One sitting
- Client repo only
“Every new engagement starts with the same tax. Estimates are guesses. The first sprint is discovery in disguise.”
Free to connect · no client install
The story
The situation
You won a client engagement on a codebase you did not write. Before you can quote accurately or commit to a delivery date, someone has to spend one to three weeks reading unfamiliar code — unbillable, or billed at a discount the client resents.
What you feel
If the client’s own team cannot explain the system, the risk sits entirely with you. Discovery eats margin before you ship a single story.
If you wait
Every day spent reading code without a shared map is a day you cannot defend in the SOW — and a reason the client questions your rate.
How EasySpecs helps
Connect the client repo with a read-only PAT — no workflow change, no client-side install.
Get up to 98% LOC coverage: features, services, data models, and infrastructure without opening every file.
Turn discovery into a kickoff deliverable — a map grounded in what the code actually does.
Coverage you can show on the first call
The knowledge tree gives you a structured walkthrough of the real system — not slides about what someone remembers. Walk a prospect through it before you promise dates.
Start now — low effort
Read-only PAT. No migration. No team rollout. Connect the repo and get a behavioural map in one sitting — then decide if you want to quote.