shipframe
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ShipFrame is an AI coding workflow toolkit for teams that plan, prove, and ship software changes. Run before committing installer/workflow changes: --doctor --repo-only is the CI-safe gate. It must not depend on user auth, installed Claude/OpenCode/Codex binaries, or global HOME state. Before publishing, confirm upstream licensing for the Axis-Human base and keep THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md current.
Where files are headingNew AGENTS.md files have more rules about keeping secrets out of the code, and fewer about code style.
Of the AGENTS.md files we read, the 31,774 first seen in the last six months, against the older ones: the kind of rule that gained most share, and the kind that lost most. About files like this in general, not this one, and an estimate, since a kind is a pattern in the words.
In this repository45 other files it gives its agents.
- CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
- a11y-auditorSkill
- api-contract-reviewSkill
- backend-releaseSkill
- bug-diagnosisSkill
- client-copy-reviewSkill
- codebase-designSkill
- code-reviewSkill
- create-issueSkill
- create-prSkill
- create-taskSkill
- dependency-upgradeSkill
- deploy-evidenceSkill
- design-expertSkill
- design-system-docsSkill
- design-system-setupSkill
- domain-modelingSkill
- e2e-verifySkill
- evidence-auditSkill
- feature-discoverySkill
- frontend-releaseSkill
- generate-readmeSkill
- handoffSkill
- implement-taskSkill
- incident-responseSkill
- init-projectSkill
- live-docsSkill
- mcp-debuggingSkill
- memory-curatorSkill
- plan-expertSkill
- planning-featuresSkill
- project-memory-initSkill
- project-memory-refreshSkill
- project-profileSkill
- project-releaseSkill
- proof-runnerSkill
- release-checklistSkill
- researchSkill
- security-hardeningSkill
- security-reviewSkill
- tddSkill
- wiki-forgeSkill
- wiki-initSkill
- wiki-querySkill
- wiki-syncSkill
The file
We split this AGENTS.md into the rules it gives an agent
6 rules. About 0 are common, 3 are distinctive, and 3 are very specific to this project.
≈0
Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
≈3
Distinctive · estimate
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
3
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Very specific: line 28
Keep ShipFrame core generic and team-friendly.
- Very specific: line 29
Put project-specific behavior in .shipframe/profile.md, shipframe.profile.md, or project-packs/.
- Distinctive: line 30
Do not hardcode PULSAI or any client-specific release behavior into public core skills.
- Distinctive: line 33
Keep documentation current in the same change: whenever installer behavior, user-facing commands, workflow routing, public skill behavior, …
- Distinctive: line 37
Run before committing installer/workflow changes:
- Very specific: line 52
Before publishing, confirm upstream licensing for the Axis-Human base and keep THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md current.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 40,246 AGENTS.md files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
ShipFrame Repository Instructions
ShipFrame is an AI coding workflow toolkit for teams that plan, prove, and ship software changes.
Stack
- Markdown-first skills and agents.
- Bash installer (
install.sh). - Node.js snippets embedded inside
install.shfor JSON editing and agent conversion. - Claude Code plugin metadata in
.claude-plugin/. - Hermes Agent plugin packaging in
plugin.yaml+__init__.py. - Codex workflow block in
codex/dev-workflow.md.
Repo structure
skills/<name>/SKILL.md— installable skills. Keep this flat; the installer symlinks each direct child into host skill directories (~/.agents/skills,~/.codex/skills,~/.config/opencode/skills).plugin.yaml+__init__.py— Hermes Agent plugin manifest and entrypoint at the repo root;__init__.pyregisters each skill underskills/as a namespacedshipframe:<skill>Hermes skill. Dependency-free (stdlib only); keep it that way.agents/*.md— Claude/OpenCode-oriented agents.codex/dev-workflow.md— Codex routing workflow inlined into~/.codex/AGENTS.mdby the installer.hooks/prompt-router-core.cjs— shared advisory bypass/suggest/route prompt classifier.opencode/— OpenCode v2 plugin adapter for ephemeral prompt-routing context.templates/— PR, issue, ClickUp, and wiki templates.project-packs/— optional project profile starters; do not hardcode these rules into generic core skills.wiki/andWIKI.md— local knowledge wiki.
Conventions
- Keep ShipFrame core generic and team-friendly.
- Put project-specific behavior in
.shipframe/profile.md,shipframe.profile.md, orproject-packs/. - Do not hardcode PULSAI or any client-specific release behavior into public core skills.
- Preserve support for Claude Code, Codex CLI, and OpenCode when changing installer or workflow files.
- For release-related behavior, require concrete deploy evidence before declaring work complete.
- Keep documentation current in the same change: whenever installer behavior, user-facing commands, workflow routing, public skill behavior, release process, or project conventions change, update README and any affected repo docs before committing/releasing.
Verification
Run before committing installer/workflow changes:
bash -n install.sh
shellcheck install.sh
./install.sh --doctor --repo-only
./tests/test-install.sh
node tests/test-routing-parity.js # required when changing routing
python3 scripts/check-contracts.py
claude plugin validate .--doctor --repo-only is the CI-safe gate. It must not depend on user auth,
installed Claude/OpenCode/Codex binaries, or global HOME state.
Before publishing, confirm upstream licensing for the Axis-Human base and keep THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md current.
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Your trail
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Now do this for your own.
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