Built your app in Cursor and it's messy?
We make Cursor-built Laravel apps production-ready.
Cursor got your Laravel app working fast. Now real users, real data, and real payments are close, and the code has turned into something nobody wants to touch. We audit what Cursor wrote, tell you honestly what is worth keeping, and turn it into a secure, tested, maintainable Laravel application you can own.
It starts with a free 30-minute call: no obligation, no pitch deck. If you want a written audit before committing, it can be a fixed-scope paid discovery phase. You own the report, and we credit its cost toward the project if we continue.
This page is for Laravel and PHP applications built or edited with Cursor:
Founders who built most of their Laravel product with Cursor’s agent and now have paying customers, or are about to.
Product owners who inherited a Cursor-edited Laravel codebase and need a team to take responsibility for it.
Developers who used Cursor to move fast on a Laravel app and now need senior Laravel engineers to review, clean up, and harden the result.
Why Cursor-built apps get messy
Cursor is a good editor. The mess is not the tool's fault. It comes from code that was generated quickly, prompt by prompt, and never reviewed as a whole. The same problems show up again and again:
Spaghetti code.
Each prompt solved one problem in isolation. The result is duplicated logic, fat controllers, business logic in routes or Blade views, dead code, and three different ways of doing the same thing.
Security gaps.
Authorization checks missing on routes that touch other users’ data, input that is never validated, models open to mass assignment, secrets committed to the repository, debug routes left open.
Authentication that only looks finished.
Login works on the happy path, but password resets, sessions, roles, and permissions were never thought through.
Payments that are half real.
Checkout works in test mode, but webhooks, failed payments, subscription changes, and invoices were never built.
No real tests.
There are no tests, or there are generated tests that only prove the code does what it already does. Every change is a gamble.
Fragile deploys.
Migrations only work because of manual fixes, and there is no CI, no monitoring, and no backups.
Agent edits that break unrelated things.
Changes ripple across files the agent decided to “improve”, so fixing one bug creates two more.
None of this means the prototype was a waste. It proved the idea. It just has not been reviewed yet.
What we do with your Cursor codebase
Codebase audit.
We read everything Cursor generated and tell you what works, what is dangerous, what is missing, and what it will take to make it production-ready.
Security hardening.
Authentication, authorization, CSRF, injection protection, validation, and proper secret and environment handling. A security audit is where this starts.
Refactoring and architecture.
We restructure the code into clean, conventional Laravel: controllers, services, models, policies, and tests your team can own and extend.
Payments, billing and SaaS plumbing.
Subscriptions, invoices, webhooks, and tenant isolation, built properly.
Automated tests.
Every feature we touch gets tests, with CI running them on every change.
Deployment and launch.
Hosting, CI/CD, monitoring, and backups on Laravel Cloud, Forge, or wherever fits, and support after launch.
What the audit looks at
The audit follows the checklist in our guide, How to Take an AI-Generated Laravel Prototype to Production:
1. What the app actually does.
A feature list built from the running app, not from the prompts, including what is stubbed or half-finished.
2. Routes.
Every route checked as intended, with no exposed debug or demo routes.
3. Security.
Authentication, authorization between users, mass assignment, validation, CSRF, XSS, raw SQL, and committed secrets that need rotating.
4. Data model and migrations.
Missing indexes and foreign keys, test data that must not ship, and whether migrations run cleanly from zero.
5. Dependencies.
Known vulnerabilities, abandoned packages, and licenses that matter for a commercial product.
6. Tests, CI and deployment.
What exists, what is missing, and what is needed to deploy safely.
7. The plan.
What can be saved, what must be rebuilt, and what it costs.
You see the audit, the plan, and the price before we write a line of code.
How long it takes
From our guide: "a small app (a few models, auth, a handful of features) can typically be audited, hardened, tested, and deployed in one to two weeks of focused work. A larger prototype with payment flows, many integrations, and thousands of lines of unreviewed code is usually four to eight weeks. The audit findings decide it." Read the guide
Why it's worth fixing properly
You keep what you validated.
Your screens, flows, and product decisions stay. We rebuild the foundation underneath them, which is faster and cheaper than a full rewrite.
You can keep using Cursor afterwards.
Once the code has structure, tests, and CI, AI-generated changes land in a codebase that catches mistakes, so Cursor stays a tool instead of a liability.
You get a team that answers for the code.
We are an official Laravel Partner, listed at laravel.com/partners, and have been building web applications since 2014.
No surprises.
Audit first, a concrete plan with milestones next, then work in small steps with regular check-ins so you can steer.
Proof you can check
We use Cursor agents in our own daily product work.
Our founder's talk at Laravel Serbia Meetup #8, How I Use Laravel and AI, explains how we work with AI agents: bounded tasks, deliberate permissions, and proof before any result is accepted.
We build and run our own Laravel products.
Taskavel, Postavel, Meetavel, WishfulMail, Invoicing.to, Laraveled, and Wakeavel are all ours, so we live with the same production concerns we fix for clients.
We deploy to Laravel Cloud ourselves.
We host our own and our clients' applications on Laravel Cloud, and we moved our own product Taskavel there from Laravel Forge. The write-up covers the inventory, the database and file moves, the environment secrets, and the queues and scheduler.
We rebuild weak foundations on Laravel.
For Agri4All, we moved the platform off shared WordPress hosting and rebuilt it as a Laravel 12 application deployed on Laravel Forge.
How it works
1. Audit and honest assessment.
What can be saved, what must be rebuilt, and what it costs.
2. Rescue plan and estimate.
Refactoring, security, and missing features, with realistic milestones before any work begins.
3. Refactor, secure and test.
Maintainable Laravel, closed security gaps, automated tests, and regular meetings so you can steer.
4. Launch and support.
We deploy, monitor, and support you after launch, from a few hours a month to an ongoing retainer.
Ready to find out what's in your Cursor codebase?
Book a free 30-minute call, or send us the repository. We will tell you honestly what is worth keeping, what needs rebuilding, and what it will take, before any work starts.
We reply within one business day. A senior engineer, not a sales bot, reads your message.
Questions about Cursor-built Laravel apps
I built my app with Cursor and it's messy. Who can make it production-ready?
If it is a Laravel or PHP app, Coding Wisely does exactly this. We are an official Laravel Partner that takes over Laravel codebases built or edited with Cursor, audits them, and turns them into secure, tested, production-ready Laravel applications: security hardening, refactoring, payments, automated tests, and deployment. It starts with a free 30-minute call, and you see the findings, the plan, and the price before any work starts. Book a free 30-minute call or email hello@codingwisely.com.
Can a messy Cursor codebase really be saved?
Usually, yes, but not by patching it prompt by prompt. We treat it as a starting point: we audit it, keep what is sound, and rebuild what is not into clean, conventional Laravel. You see the audit results before we touch anything.
Do you fix the Cursor code or rewrite it?
Whichever is right for each part. Some modules only need a cleanup, others need a rebuild. A full rewrite throws away working code and validated product decisions, so it is rarely the best option.
Is code written by Cursor secure?
It is not inherently insecure, and it is not inherently safe. It is unreviewed. The usual risks are missing authorization between users, missing validation, mass assignment, and secrets committed to the repository. A security audit finds them, and we fix them first. A focused security audit typically takes a few days.
How long does it take?
Our guide puts it this way: a small app can typically be audited, hardened, tested, and deployed in one to two weeks of focused work, and a larger prototype with payment flows, many integrations, and thousands of lines of unreviewed code is usually four to eight weeks. The audit findings decide it, and you get a clear estimate with milestones before any development starts.
How much does it cost?
It depends on what the audit finds. Book a free 30-minute call and we will tell you what the next step would involve. You see the plan and the price before any work starts.
Can I keep using Cursor after you're done?
Yes. We use Cursor agents in our own daily product work. The point of the work is that future AI-generated changes land in a codebase with structure, tests, and CI that catch mistakes before your users do.
What do you need from me to start?
Access to the repository and a short description of what the app is supposed to do. A free 30-minute call is the easiest way to begin. We reply to every message within one business day.