Verification layer for AI-assisted development. Agents don't get to self-certify — settle gates re-check declared acceptance criteria and refuse until the evidence holds. CLI · Claude Code · Codex · MCP.
Latest release v1.73.0 · 30 Oct 2026
27 files for Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode: cadence-approve, cadence-block, cadence-build, cadence-check and 23 more — 8,654 tokens loaded in every session.
AGENTS.md A 150 tok CLAUDE.md B 8,504 tok .claude/settings.json A — .claude/settings.json A — .claude/settings.json A — .claude/settings.json A — .claude/settings.json A — .claude/settings.json A — .claude/settings.json A — .claude/settings.json A — .claude/skills/phase-build/SKILL.md A 103 tok .claude/skills/pr-land/SKILL.md A 95 tok .claude/skills/release-cut/SKILL.md A 92 tok .claude/skills/systematic-debugging/SKILL.md A 103 tok .claude/commands/cadence-approve.md A 6 tok .claude/commands/cadence-block.md A 16 tok .claude/commands/cadence-build.md A 6 tok .claude/commands/cadence-check.md A 7 tok .claude/commands/cadence-done.md A 14 tok .claude/commands/cadence-draft.md A 11 tok .claude/commands/cadence-handoff.md A 12 tok .claude/commands/cadence-needs-context.md A 18 tok .claude/commands/cadence-progress.md A 7 tok .claude/commands/cadence-resume.md A 13 tok .claude/commands/cadence-scout.md A 16 tok .claude/commands/cadence-settle.md A 6 tok .claude/commands/handoff.md A 29 tok These files are thomas-powers-jr/cadence's own configuration — they tell Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode how to work on this repository, so they are not mods to install elsewhere. Copy one as a starting point and replace the parts that are about this project.