The AI Codebase Maturity Model: From Assisted Coding to Self-Sustaining Systems

arXiv:2604.09388v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: AI coding tools are widely adopted, but most teams plateau at prompt-and-review without a framework for systematic progression. This paper presents the AI Codebase Maturity Model (ACMM), a 5-level framework describing how codebases evolve from basic AI-assisted coding to self-sustaining systems. Inspired by CMMI, each level is defined by its feedback loop topology the specific mechanisms that must exist before the next level becomes possible. I v