A portable framework that reduces the cognitive load of working with AI coding agents — plan, build, verify, milestone by milestone.
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Run chief-agent in full autopilot. Requires goals and contracts to exist. Chief creates TODO, delegates to builder, and repeats until milestone is done. Auto mode makes all decisions autonomously; safe mode stops on ambiguity. Use "/chief-autopilot" for auto or "/chief-autopilot safe" for safe mode.
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Deep grill that interviews the user one question at a time AND verifies each answer against the codebase via background answer-verifier-agent calls. Catches factual conflicts, contradictions with prior decisions, and unfounded assumptions inline. Persists the session to .chief/grill/opened/NNNN-topic.md so it survives…
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Bootstrap .chief/project.md for a Chief-installed project by interviewing the user about their tech stack, dev commands, architecture, and key rules. Use after /chief-install (or any time the user wants to set up project-wide context). This is the lazy entry point for .chief/ — it creates only project.md; milestones…
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Plan a new milestone or extend an existing one step-by-step with review gates. Starts with a grill-design session to clarify requirements, then walks through goal → contract → todo → task specs, pausing for user approval at each step.
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Run a retrospective on the current milestone or latest batch. Checks goal/contract coverage, summarizes planned vs delivered, and proposes rule updates. Use "/chief-retro" after completing a batch or milestone.
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Proactively add a rule to .chief/rules/. Counterpart to /chief-retro (which proposes rules reactively from observed patterns). Use when the user has a rule in mind and wants to capture it now. Interviews the user (what / why / when / examples), classifies the rule into a category (standard / contract / goal /…
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Stress-test a design, idea, or approach by interviewing the user one question at a time. Each question comes with a recommended answer AND a one-line self-critique of that recommendation. After each user answer, briefly stress-test the answer against prior decisions before moving on. Use when the user wants a sharp…
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Co-write a top-down design spec for software projects. Shape vague ideas into clear specs by working layer-by-layer — vision, scope, building blocks, then detail. Use when user wants to design a system, plan a project, write a design spec, or needs to see the big picture before diving into details. Use before…
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Cut an over-engineered plan down to one achievable increment. Reads the current codebase to understand what exists, then trims scope to the smallest useful step that still scales. Use when user says "slim down", "too much", "over-engineered", "simplify the plan", "what's the MVP", "cut scope".
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Quick commit all files with a short 1-line message. Saves tokens by skipping detailed diff analysis. Use when the user wants a fast save (e.g. "/dump-commit" or "/dump-commit fix upgrade flow").
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Install the Chief framework into the current project. Installs subagents and AGENTS.md only — .chief/ is created lazily by chief-agent at runtime. Use when the user wants to set up the framework (e.g. "/chief-install" or "/chief-install canary").
Skill Claude CodeCodex
Upgrade the Chief to a specific version. Uses upgrade.sh as the primary method, falls back to manual if script fails. Use when the user wants to upgrade the framework (e.g. "/chief-upgrade" or "/chief-upgrade canary").