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Manage the build, not the chat.

Bennch is the workspace for software built with AI. It turns your build into a clear plan your coding agent works from, so you can see what’s planned, what’s being built, what needs your decision and what’s actually been checked.

Live now with Claude Code. Codex and more coming soon.

Works with
Claude Code
Codex (soon)
GitHub
GitLab (soon)
Sentry (soon)
Bennch Overview for the example project Ledgerly

Ledgerly, an example project in Bennch: the next step, what needs you and where the build stands.

AI writes the code. Bennch keeps the project on track.

Building fast is the easy part now. Knowing where the project stands is what gets hard.

01 — Lost context

The whole project, every session.

The plan, your decisions and design links live with the project, so a new session never starts from zero.

02 — Assumptions

Your AI builds what you approved.

Extra ideas come back as proposals. Choices that are yours come back as questions.

03 — “Done”

Done means you’ve checked it.

Not when the AI says so. Each card shows its commits and tests, and only you can accept it.

How it works

Press Build once. Claude works through the list.

Every piece of work is a card. Claude takes them in order, in the same Claude Code session, and hands each one back with proof. You don’t start them one by one.

Up next 4

Claude works down the list

LD-24Frontend

Turn an accepted quote into an invoice

LD-25Frontend

Attach photos of the finished job

LD-31Frontend

Mark an invoice as paid in cash

LD-32UX/UI

Monthly income summary

Claude is building 1

One at a time, in order

LD-23UX/UI

Today screen: jobs and unpaid invoices

iOSAndroid

2 commits so far

Tests passing

Next up: LD-24, in the same Claude Code session. Nothing for you to start.

Your check 2

Built. Only you can finish these

LD-22Security

Sign in with an email link

iOSAndroid

4 commits · tests passed

You
Mark done
LD-21Backend

Remind clients when an invoice is overdue

2 commits · tests passed

1You approve the cards

What each is for and how you’ll know it works. Unapproved cards can’t be started.

2Claude builds them in a row

One card, or as many as you like. Claude finishes one, starts the next, and only stops when something needs you.

3You check the proof

Try it on your own devices. A failed step goes back to its card with your note.

The whole project

More than a task board.

The plan, the decisions, the code and the tests stay connected from the first card to launch.

A plan for every part

A plan that covers the whole product.

Take Ledgerly, an invoicing app for tradespeople. It has a phone app, a page where clients pay, and a backend. Each card belongs to one of those parts, sits on a board for its kind of work, such as design, backend or security, and says where it runs: iOS, Android or web.

See the whole product at once, or just the phone app’s next few cards, and have your AI work through them in order.

The Bennch board grouped by part of the product: the Ledgerly app with iOS and Android on each card, then the client pay page on the web
Decisions: open questions about where PDFs are kept, ways to pay and how long invoices are kept, each with Claude’s suggestion
Decisions

Decisions stay with the work.

When a choice is yours, such as how data is stored, payments or security, your AI asks with options and a suggestion instead of deciding.

Your answers stay on record for every later session, and cards link to where their designs live, like a Figma file.

Progress across sessions

Pick up where you left off.

The Overview shows the next step and what’s waiting on you. If a session stops halfway, the next one picks that card up first. Run several AI sessions at once and each card shows which one is building it.

The Overview: next step, what needs you and the stage trail
A card in Your check with its part of the product, iOS and Android targets, its commits, tests for shared logic and iOS, and Android not yet tried on a device
Tests and evidence

Evidence attached to what was built.

Each card shows its commits, the tests the AI reported, your CI result and which platforms were covered. Work that grows far beyond its card is flagged.

For whole journeys, like sending an invoice and getting paid, the AI writes a step-by-step test guide linked to the cards it tests, so one run on your phone can accept several cards.

Start where you are

From an idea, or from what you’ve built.

Bring Bennch in on day one or halfway through. You don’t choose: your AI looks at your folder and starts the right way.

An empty folder

Plan it together

It asks what you’re building, who it’s for and what the first version must do, plays back a short brief, then proposes the cards.

Claude: “What are we building?”

An existing codebase

Bring in what’s built

Your AI maps the repo. What’s already built comes to you to accept in one go, and new cards are only for what’s missing.

Claude: “This folder has code, so I’ll map what’s built and what’s left.”

Setup

Connect in a few minutes.

01

Join the waitlist

We’ll email you an invite to app.bennch.co.uk. A short practice project shows you how everything works.

02

Connect Claude Code once

Add Bennch as a custom connector on claude.ai, or run one command. It works for all your projects. No keys to copy.

03

Paste the start prompt

Open Claude Code in your project’s folder and paste the prompt Bennch gives you. An empty folder: Claude plans it with you. Existing code: it maps it.

No Terminal? Add this address as a custom connector on claude.ai (Customize → Connectors). Or run it once:
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user bennch https://app.bennch.co.uk/mcp

Works with the tools you already use

Claude Code

Works from your approved cards over MCP and reports what it did. Bennch runs no AI of its own.

Codex

Coming soon

The same cards and checks for OpenAI’s Codex: it builds what you approved and reports back to Bennch.

GitHub

Commits that name a card appear on it, with their size and your Actions result. If the AI says tests passed but CI failed, the card shows it.

GitLab

Coming soon

Commits, pipelines and change size on each card, for projects on GitLab.

Sentry

Coming soon

A new error after a release shows on the card that shipped it, and can become a proposed card for you to approve.

External integrations such as GitHub are read-only.

Security

What Bennch enforces.

  • Bennch never stores your codeYour code stays wherever you keep it: your computer, GitHub, GitLab or elsewhere. Bennch keeps your plan and what your AI reports: commits, tests and results.
  • Only you approve and acceptYour AI’s connection has no tool to approve cards, answer your decisions or mark work done. Those actions only exist in your signed-in account.
  • Secrets are refusedValues that look like API keys or tokens are rejected on cards and in prompts.
  • Approved work onlyBennch refuses to start a card you haven’t approved, or one that’s waiting on you or someone else. External integrations such as GitHub are read-only.
  • Invite-only for nowEarly access is by invitation from the waitlist. You sign in with your email and password, plus an authenticator app if you turn it on.
FAQ

Questions.

Which AI coding tools work with Bennch?

Claude Code works today, and Codex and other coding agents are coming. Your AI does the building; Bennch holds the plan, the decisions and the evidence.

Does Bennch run AI?

No. Everything the AI does happens in your own coding tool, under your own account.

Can Bennch stop the AI going off-plan?

Bennch blocks what goes through it: your AI can’t start an unapproved card, approve anything or mark work done. It can’t control what the AI writes in your files, so every commit is linked to a card, unusually large changes are flagged, and nothing counts as done until you’ve checked it.

Can my AI work through several cards?

Yes. Press Build, pick a board or part of the product, and choose one card or several in a row. Bennch shows exactly which cards it will take, in order. You can also run several AI sessions at once.

Know where your build stands.

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