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Three minor-issues + three optional follow-ups identified by the three parallel reviewers of debug/docwriter/audit, fieldtest/planner/brainstorm, and implement. None blocking; all close calibrated gaps the bulk migration left. Minor-issues: - audit/SKILL.md: handoff field `regression_results` now explicitly carries "raw output verbatim (no rounding, no summarisation)" — restores the verbatim-numbers emphasis the original `bench_numbers` field name implied. - audit/agents/bencher.md: hypothesis examples grouped by axis (Tail-latency / Count reduction / Scalability / Overhead vs floor) with concrete numerical anchors (2× of median, ≥80%, 10-million-element, ±15%). Subjects stay domain-neutral but the calibrated bite returns. The preamble enumerates plausible subjects (allocators, query plans, request handlers, parsing strategies, codecs, caches) so the reader has concrete domains to anchor on. - implement/agents/implementer.md: "Architecture rules" section gains a 5-bullet kind-list (determinism contracts; backend / FFI constraints; schema versions; memory / resource models; effect / capability discipline) so the implementer has scaffolding to look for even when the project's CLAUDE.md is sparse. The "BLOCKED on contradiction" mechanism stays the load-bearing rule. Optional follow-ups: - brainstorm/SKILL.md Step 7.5: failure-mode procedure restores the structured backlog-issue fields (Title / Label / Body with `depends on:` and `context:` lines) and the milestone-container option for big deferred work (Gitea milestones, GitHub milestones, Linear projects). - templates/CLAUDE.md.fragment: adds an optional "Lockstep-invariant pairs" section so projects that have cross-file pairings can declare them in a way the architect agent and plan-recon agent already know to consult. Projects without such pairings omit the section; both agents handle absence gracefully. No discipline regressions; no Iron Law / Common Rationalisations / Red Flags edits. Pure scaffold-and-anchor improvements.
skills
A self-contained set of development-cycle skills and agents for
Claude Code. Originally distilled from the AILang project's
in-tree skills/ directory and generalised so it can carry the
same discipline across any project.
The plugin is mechanics: pipeline shape, hard-gates, TDD,
RED-first bug fixing, agent-template, working-tree-as-quarantine,
status protocol. It does not know your project's paths,
build commands, vocabulary, or domain-specific contracts. Those
live in a small per-project profile file
(.claude/dev-cycle-profile.yml) plus the project's CLAUDE.md.
What's in the box
Eight skills, each with the agents it primarily dispatches:
| Skill | Trigger | Output | Mandatory? |
|---|---|---|---|
brainstorm |
New cycle starting | spec under the configured spec dir | Hard-gate before plan |
planner |
New iteration within an open cycle | plan under the configured plan dir | Hard-gate before implement |
implement |
Plan exists | code + tests, uncommitted in working tree | Standard iteration path |
audit |
Cycle closing OR baseline drift suspected | drift report + regression report | Mandatory at cycle close |
debug |
Bug observed | RED test in working tree + cause analysis | Mandatory RED-first for any bug |
fieldtest |
Orchestrator-dispatched post-audit, surface-touching cycle | example fixtures + friction spec | Optional |
docwriter |
API surface stable across N cycles | rustdoc / docstring sweep | Optional |
boss |
User types /boss |
autonomous-orchestrator session — dispatches the other skills until done-state or bounce-back | User-invoked, never auto-dispatched |
Vocabulary is configurable. AILang calls a cycle a milestone and a sub-cycle an iteration; your project may call them release and sprint, or epic and story, or whatever fits.
The two-layer split
This repo (the plugin) carries everything that is universal:
- Pipeline form:
design → plan → execute → review → close - Hard-gates between phases
- TDD as an independent inner-loop discipline
- RED-first bug fixes
- Agent template (frontmatter / Iron Law / standing reading / process / status / output / rationalisations / red flags)
- Status protocol:
DONE / DONE_WITH_CONCERNS / PARTIAL / BLOCKED / NEEDS_CONTEXT - Working-tree-as-quarantine and only-orchestrator-commits
- main HEAD sacrosanct
- No nested subagent dispatch (Claude Code platform constraint)
- No orphan agents
Your project carries a small profile that fills the slots:
- Paths: spec dir, plan dir, design ledger, code roots, bench dir
- Commands: build, test, lint, regression scripts
- Vocabulary: cycle name, sub-cycle name, ledger-entry name
- Naming: counter prefix vs date prefix vs flat, slug shape
- Standing reading list: concrete files, per role
- Git: issue tracker kind, close marker, main-protection policy
- Pipeline customisations: which phases are mandatory, when optional ones fire
See docs/profile-schema.md for the full schema and
templates/project-profile.yml for a copy-and-fill starting point.
Install
See INSTALL.md. In short: clone, run install.sh, then drop
a dev-cycle-profile.yml into each project that should use the
plugin.
Status
Migration from AILang's in-tree ~/dev/ailang/skills/ is in
progress. The boss skill is the landed pilot; the remaining
seven skills follow. See docs/migration.md for the per-skill
and per-agent migration checklists and the expected final
layout.