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Apply for a Rescue Audit
If your app is partially working but messy, fragile, or blocking launch, this is the front door. The Rescue Audit is a $2,500 fixed-fee diagnostic designed to qualify serious rescue work quickly and produce a useful technical readout.
Before you open the form
- You already have a product, prototype, or internal tool in code.
- You can share a live URL, demo, screenshots, or Loom.
- You know what currently feels broken, risky, or blocked.
- You are open to a paid audit before implementation.
Open the Rescue Audit application
Not ready yet? Use the preparation checklist first.
Fallback: hello@finishpath.com
Best fit
- You already have a repo or deployed app.
- The trust-breaking problems are specific: auth, billing, onboarding, deploys, permissions, or data integrity.
- There is real urgency tied to launch, customers, or revenue.
- You want senior judgment on what to patch, refactor, or stop preserving.
Usually not a fit
- Idea-stage work with no real product yet
- No access to the code or infrastructure
- Need the cheapest possible dev labor
- Want a full greenfield build rather than a rescue
The application now asks for
- What the product does and what is already usable
- The most fragile or embarrassing failure modes
- Stack, repo status, infrastructure access, and artifact links
- Launch timing, urgency, budget context, and openness to partial rebuilds
What happens next
Applications are reviewed manually and quickly. Good fits usually start with the Rescue Audit. In the rare case where the blocker is already obvious and bounded, the next conversation may be a scoped Rescue Sprint instead.
What you are buying
A narrower, more useful first step than a vague discovery call: diagnosis, decision quality, and a clearer answer on what should happen next.
Review cadence
- Applications are typically reviewed within 1 business day.
- If one detail blocks judgment, FinishPath asks for one clarifying item instead of starting a vague back-and-forth.
- Low-fit submissions are screened out quickly so serious rescue work can move faster.
What a strong submission includes
- Live or staging URL, demo, or screenshots
- Clear description of the trust-breaking flow
- Real launch, customer, or revenue pressure
- Honest access reality: repo, hosting, logs, or screen-share only
After a good-fit submission
- If the project is real but the scope still needs diagnosis, the next step is the $2,500 Rescue Audit.
- If the blocker is unusually clear and bounded, the next conversation may jump straight to a scoped Rescue Sprint.
- If it is not a fit, you should hear that quickly rather than getting dragged through discovery theater.