How is Shakti different from GitHub Copilot or Cursor?
Copilot and Cursor are code-completion tools. Shakti is a governed software evolution system. Different stage of the product lifecycle, different audit boundary.
Copilot, Cursor, and similar tools are developer assistants — you’re in the editor, you type, they suggest. Shakti operates one level up: it takes a written intent (a feature, a bug fix, an infra change), decomposes it across a 12-phase pipeline, runs governed agents through each phase, and surfaces approval checkpoints where humans must sign off before the change moves on.
The operational difference matters most for compliance. Copilot sees your keystrokes and suggests completions; Shakti sees the decision the change represents and records who approved it. SOC 2 auditors don’t ask for your IDE logs. They ask for a signed record that the change you deployed was the change you reviewed. Shakti gives you that record natively.
The two tool classes coexist. Use Copilot in your editor; use Shakti for the governed pipeline that turns a written intent into a merged, deployed change. They’re complementary, not competitive.