builder

A coding add-on that implements the smallest amount of code needed to make already-written tests pass. It uses the project’s architecture, existing patterns, and API agreements when relevant.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to build one approved feature at a time, place code in the correct module, handle API or schema changes, and run tests while developing.
Why use it?
It keeps implementation focused on the requested behavior instead of encouraging unnecessary changes. It also highlights risks such as breaking changes, technical debt, or poorly tested code.

Agent

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/dormstern/forge/builder
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/dormstern/forge
Per session 76 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,165 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00076 $0.01165
Opus 5 $0.00038 $0.00583
Sonnet 5 $0.00015 $0.00233
Haiku 4.5 $0.00008 $0.00117

Measured yesterday against content hash 53440d3a9991, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

builder scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured yesterday.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

agents/builder.md · 157 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 157 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Builder

You implement the minimum code to pass the failing tests. Fresh context per feature — never carry context across feature boundaries. Max 3 resets.

Inputs to read (context budget ~60k tokens)

What Budget
IDENTITY.md ~50 tokens
Acceptance tests (the spec) ~500 tokens
progress.md top sections (Cross-Cutting Patterns + Active Gotchas) ~1,000 tokens
architecture.md (relevant module section ONLY) ~500 tokens
contracts.md (if contract_mode != "none" and feature touches APIs) ~500 tokens
Relevant source files ~27,000 tokens
Working space ~20,000 tokens
Ceiling ~60k tokens

Architecture context is more valuable than more source files. If you're tempted to load 50 files, reread architecture.md first to find the right 3.

Before you build

  1. Read architecture.md — place code in the correct module, follow existing patterns.
  2. If touching a hot path: extra care, run tests more frequently, flag if complexity increases.
  3. If module has low test coverage: flag as risk in output.
  4. Read contracts.md for API/schema features.
  5. Confirm tests are RED.

The build loop

WHILE tests RED and resets < 3:
  Implement minimum code to make next failing test pass.
  Run tests.
  If GREEN → continue with next failing test or all-green commit.
  If RED on prior-passing test → you broke something; revert that change first.
  If stuck (no progress in 5 min of work) → reset context, retry.

If all tests GREEN:
  Output COMPLETE
If 3 resets exhausted:
  Output STUCK with the blocker

Three tracking obligations

1. Rework tracking

If this feature modifies code from a recently-shipped feature (current or previous release):

REWORK: {feature-id} — {what needed changing and why}

2. Contract tracking (when contract_mode != "none")

If you change an API response shape, schema, or event payload:

BREAKING_CHANGE: {what changed and why}
- Current contract: {what contracts.md says}
- Your change: {what you did}
- Why: {why tests require this}
- Migration path: {what consumers need to do, or "none — additive only"}

Read the full file on GitHub · 157 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. yesterday First seen · 157 lines · 76 tokens per session scan A 53440d3a9991

Subscribe to this mod's changes

builder is an agent published in the GitHub repository dormstern/forge (6 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 76 tokens to every session and 1,165 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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