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MARCH 2026

contentful.com Engineering AI Productivity Report

A focused summary of AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality for the contentful.com engineering team.

See how AI-active teams rank this week on the Exceeds Leaderboards.

The contentful.com engineering team reports 91.4% AI adoption, 1.14× productivity lift, and 20.2% code quality across recent work.

These metrics track how AI integrates into delivery pipelines, how throughput changes when assistance is used, and the health of AI-supported code review outcomes.

What this report measures

We analyze commits and diffs to estimate AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality for your engineering organization.

How to interpret these metrics

Use these signals to understand how AI assistance fits into day-to-day development, where enablement efforts drive throughput, and how review practices keep quality steady.

AI Adoption Rate

HIGH

91.4%

AI assistance is present in 91.4% of recent commits for contentful.com.

AI Productivity Lift

MODERATE

1.14×

AI-enabled workflows deliver an estimated 14% lift in throughput.

AI Code Quality

LOW

20.2%

Review insights show 20.2% overall code health on AI-supported changes.

How is the contentful.com team performing with AI?

The contentful.com engineering team reports 91.4% AI adoption, translating into 1.14× productivity lift while sustaining 20.2% code quality. These outcomes suggest AI-supported reviews are embedded in day-to-day delivery without trading off reliability.

Manager Questions Answered

Real questions engineering leaders ask about AI productivity, with live benchmarks and company-specific data.

What's a good company AI adoption rate?

contentful.com is at 91.4%. This is 47.8pp above the community median (43.7%)..

91.4%

↑47.8pp above43.7% Community Median

Keep codifying prompts and monitoring adoption so the lead over peers is sustainable.

Does AI actually make developers faster?

contentful.com operates at 1.14×. This is 0.01× above the community median (1.13×)..

1.14×

Roughly in line1.13× Community Median

Instrument reviewer assignment and AI summaries to trim the slowest merge steps and edge past the median.

How does AI affect code quality?

contentful.com holds AI-assisted quality at 20.2%. This is 3.0pp below the community median (23.2%)..

20.2%

Roughly in line23.2% Community Median

Invest in AI-specific test checklists and shadow reviews to keep quality slightly ahead of peers.

How evenly is AI use distributed across our team?

AI usage is broad—top contributors represent 41.7% of AI commits.

41.7%

Keep rotating enablement leads and pair senior reviewers with new AI adopters to retain distribution.

How can I prove AI ROI to executives?

contentful.com has a solid ROI signal with room to strengthen either adoption, lift, or quality before presenting to executives.

Document case studies where AI accelerates delivery while maintaining quality, and expand playbooks across teams.

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How Your Company Ranks

See how top engineering organizations compare across AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality.

AI Adoption

% of commits with AI assistance

Companies in this quartile:

ID

idesie.com

(2904.2%)

IN

inngest.com

(1429.6%)

PR

prefeitura.rio

(87.4%)

NA

naduni.local

(87.4%)

Top 25% of teams adopt AI in 65-75% of their commits.

Productivity Lift

Cycle-time improvement vs baseline

Companies in this quartile:

IN

inngest.com

(4.82×)

U.

u.nus.edu

(2.87×)

AC

acad.pucrs.br

(1.12×)

MC

mcornholio.ru

(1.12×)

Top performers sustain 1.5× cycle-time improvements over six months when embedding AI into workflows.

Code Quality

Post-merge defect rate

Companies in this quartile:

IN

inngest.com

(701.7%)

ID

idesie.com

(649.2%)

GZ

gzgz.dev

(20.0%)

GW

gwu.edu

(20.0%)

Top 25% maintain quality above 92% while expanding AI usage, pairing automation with rigorous guardrails.

Rankings based on aggregated Exceeds AI dataset of 1.2M commits across open-source and enterprise engineering teams (Q4 2025).

Top contributors

Top contributors combine high AI adoption and quality output. Encourage internal sharing of best practices.

OH

Oliver Husband

Commits8
AI Usage46.0%
Productivity Lift1.26x
Code Quality20.0%
TP

Tyler Pina

Commits30
AI Usage92.0%
Productivity Lift1.15x
Code Quality20.0%
SL

Sarah Lessner

Commits67
AI Usage93.3%
Productivity Lift1.15x
Code Quality20.0%
CO

Chinenye Onuegbu

Commits23
AI Usage85.0%
Productivity Lift1.15x
Code Quality20.0%
MP

Michael Pineiro

Commits29
AI Usage90.9%
Productivity Lift1.15x
Code Quality20.0%

Encourage knowledge transfer from top AI users to others through internal mentoring or recorded "AI coding walkthroughs." Balanced adoption across the team typically improves overall performance by 12-15%.

Cross-Organization Network

Shared Repositories

17

elylucasctfl

contentful/contentful.js

cf-remylenoir

contentful/forma-36

david-shibley-contentful

contentful/marketplace-partner-apps

tylerwashington888

contentful/ui-extensions-sdk

contentful/apps

+1 more

michaelphamcf

contentful/contentful-migration

contentful/contentful-mcp-server

+2 more

andipaetzold

contentful/forma-36

contentful/contentful-management.js

+1 more

Activity

404 Commits

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Why these metrics matter for engineering managers

Faster delivery

1.4x lift → predictable roadmaps

Safer velocity

93% quality → lower rollback risk

Equitable gains

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