Reference
The curated site covers getting started. Follow these repository documents for the complete contracts and host-specific behavior.
Intelligence, the fifth pillar, explains how repository context and current evidence connect all four stages.
Canonical guides
| Guide | Contents |
|---|---|
| Downloads | Four host packages, checksums, OS prerequisites and installer steps |
| Configuration | Shared home, local overrides and Settings |
| Requirements readiness | Intent review, clarification, traceability and stale evidence |
| CI selection | PR-wide test selection and required checks |
| Installation | Hosts, configuration, worktrees, updates, cleanup |
| ADLC5 lifecycle | Stages, gates, acceptance anchors |
| Kernel | Command façade, state, MCP, usage |
| Pulse | On-demand snapshot, offline local board, evidence freshness and usage coverage |
| Evidence-backed completion | Checks, independent review, approvals, recovery |
| Skill map | Lifecycle and auxiliary invokes |
| Repository context | Constitution and generated intelligence |
| Model routing | Host tiers and execution policy |
| Agent governance | product_type: agent, the agent_governance Plan check, guardrail controls and agent red-team |
| Agent orchestration | Building AI agent products: patterns, evals, release and observability |
| Knowledge base | On-demand craftsmanship material |
| Public project overview | Public preview, brownfield context, and current qualification limits |
Commands from a consumer workspace
/path/to/adlc5/scripts/adlc5 --help
/path/to/adlc5/scripts/adlc5 state get --feature my-feature --workspace .
/path/to/adlc5/scripts/adlc5 pilot --feature my-feature --workspace .
/path/to/adlc5/scripts/adlc5 gate --feature my-feature --gate pr-ready --workspace .
/path/to/adlc5/scripts/adlc5 usage summary --feature my-feature --workspace .
Usage ledgers are best-effort, self-reported observations. Cost summaries use a
verified price snapshot rather than live billing; unknown models remain unpriced.
Framework version lives in core/VERSION; persisted state uses schema 3.0.
Supporting skills
| Intent | Invoke |
|---|---|
| Requirements discovery | @discover, @prt |
| Architecture and design review | @clean-architecture-review, @design-pattern-advisor, @algorithm-advisor, @adlc5-design-critic |
| Story implementation and verification | @build-implementer, @adlc5-tdd, @assure-verifier, @adlc5-assure-reworker |
| Code quality review | @craftsmanship-code-review, @complexity-review |
| Quality and PR review | @qa, @pr-reviewer |
| Pattern-based engineering | @pbe-pattern-opportunity, @pbe-select-patterns, @pbe-review-with-patterns, @pbe-determine-business-impact, @pbe-exemplar-analysis, @pbe-pattern-description, @pbe-piecemeal-skill |
| Budgeted experimentation | @autoresearch |
| Delivery snapshot and reasoning discipline | @adlc5-pulse, @adlc5-soul |
| Team-shared repository memory | @adlc5-project-wiki |
| Infrastructure and authorized deployment | @infra, @deploy |
These support the lifecycle; they do not add stages. Host plugin namespaces may prefix invoke names. Use the skill map for the full catalog.
Maintain this site
The site maintenance guide contains local preview, validation, and Vercel deployment instructions.