AI Boat Mechanic: a new vertical in weeks, not months
A second commercial vertical launched via a frontend branding skin, vertical-specific AI prompts, and light API additions on an unchanged engine -- a ~13-week scaffold-to-live-launch span, verified from commit history.
A new vertical on an unchanged engine, in a verified ~13 weeks from scaffold commit to live production, not months or years: a distinct React/Vite marketing and onboarding SPA, deployed separately on Vercel, with no server, API, or database of its own, that launches a second commercial vertical (marine repair) through a frontend branding/config layer plus a real marine prompt/domain-knowledge scaffold and light API additions in the shared backend -- inheriting AI Field Support's voice-first, offline-first, multi-provider auth, confidence-gated diagnosis, and multi-vendor AI failover capabilities unchanged. Trust-first design: a live, wired free monthly tier lets a boat owner self-diagnose DIY-vs-shop and form a cost expectation before ever calling anyone, with no purchase required to use it. Vertical AI products usually mean a new codebase per vertical -- a marine-specific version of a general repair platform typically implies re-building auth, diagnostics, voice, and offline support a second time, on top of a smaller, more specialized labor pool carrying the same technician shortage as general field repair. A separate gap: a boat owner usually cannot tell a DIY fix from a job that needs a paid shop visit, and often fears being overcharged once they call one. Evidence: the repository's own CLAUDE.md description, its VITE_API_BASE_URL/VITE_SITE_NAME/VITE_CATEGORY environment-variable branding layer naming api.aifieldsupport.com, its src/config/environment.ts and package.json confirming a pure frontend with no server of its own, its marine-specific boat-owners UI components, and its separate Vercel deployment configuration.
Technologies
- React/Vite SPA
- Vercel deployment
- Environment-variable vertical branding layer
- Inherited multi-vendor AI failover
- Free monthly self-diagnosis tier
Applicability
Useful for a technical or executive evaluator assessing AI Boat Mechanic specifically; drawn from internal source evidence, not an independently public-published artifact.
Evidence
Evidence class: demonstrated-capability
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the repository's own CLAUDE.md description, its VITE_API_BASE_URL/VITE_SITE_NAME/VITE_CATEGORY environment-variable branding layer naming api.aifieldsupport.com, its src/config/environment.ts and package.json confirming a pure frontend with no server of its own, its marine-specific boat-owners UI components, and its separate Vercel deployment configuration.