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# Overview

Coding agents brought into a large bank's software lifecycle behind one governed platform: curated context, maker/checker controls and a single gateway for every model call.[^s1]

Organization: Wells Fargo. Period: 2024 – present.

# Read the original

The case study is on muthub.org: [AI-Augmented Software Development Lifecycle](https://muthub.org/initiatives/ai-augmented-sdlc).

[^s1]: AI-Augmented Software Development Lifecycle, muthub.org case study, revised 2026-10-16.

# See also

* [The AI-native SDLC: when typing code stops being the bottleneck](the-ai-native-sdlc-when-typing-code-stops-being-the.md) - AI has made writing code cheap. Verification, trusted context and human judgment are now the scarce resources, and teams that redesign their lifecycle around them will pull away from teams that only add assistants.
* [Model is a tool, harness is the strategy](../governed-ai/model-is-a-tool-harness-is-the-strategy.md) - Handing an AI agent a production codebase without a harness is like putting a teenager in a sports car with no dual brakes. Deterministic guardrails and sensors, owned as a platform, are what make agents safe to scale.