# Working in this repo

This repo is the global AI development configuration repository — the authoritative source for agent definitions, skills, workflows, and prompts across all projects. Built as a homelab tool intended to scale to professional environments.

## Structure

- `plugins/` — installable plugin units; each is self-contained (skills, agents, hooks, MCP servers, bundled assets); install separately via `claude plugin install <name>@holocron`
- `providers/claude-code/` — Claude Code adapter (deployed to `~/.claude/` via `install.sh`)

## Prefer plugin skills over raw shell

This repo dogfoods its own plugins. Before shelling out to git, gitea, or lint tooling directly, check whether an installed skill already owns the operation — it usually does:

- Commits, branches, history, worktrees, remotes → `git:git-commits`, `git:git-branches`, `git:git-history`, `git:git-worktrees`, `git:git-remotes`
- Pre-commit hook install/config/troubleshooting → `git:pc-run` / `git:pc-author`
- Issues, PRs, labels, milestones → `bin:gitea`
- Vale prose linting → `lint:vale-config` / `lint:vale-run`
- This repo's own AGENTS.md → `core:agentsmd-author` / `core:agentsmd-audit`

Fall back to raw shell only when no skill covers it.

## Setup and testing

- Install git hooks via `git:pc-run`, wiring all three stages — this repo's `.pre-commit-config.yaml` has no `default_install_hook_types`, so a plain install silently skips `commit-msg` (Conventional Commits) and `pre-push` (tests, manifest check).
- Install the `vale` binary — required by the `vale-audit-prefilter` pre-commit hook, which runs on every commit touching a `SKILL.md` or agent `.md` file. Without it the hook fails with a bare "command not found" and no install pointer. `brew install vale` (macOS), `snap install vale` (Linux), `choco install vale` (Windows), or see https://vale.sh/docs/vale-cli/installation/. No `vale sync` needed — the `Kyberforge` styles are committed under `styles/`, not downloaded packages.
- Run `bash tests/run-tests.sh` before considering any change done — it runs every `test-*.sh` script in the repo plus the bats suite (`--bats-only` for just bats). First run auto-initializes the bats submodules; no manual `git submodule update` needed.
- Pushing re-runs the full suite plus `scripts/check-manifests.sh` via the pre-push hook — same commands, so run them locally first.
- Author commits with `git:git-commits` — it validates Conventional Commits (enforced at `commit-msg`) for you.

## Key documents

Read CONTEXT.md at the start of every session in this repo.

Read these on demand:

- `docs/spec/architecture.md` — current directory structure, install pipeline, provider model
- `docs/adr/` — architectural decisions; read before answering design questions or proposing structural changes
- `docs/ai-constitution.md` — full governance evidence base; read when a governance decision needs justification
- `docs/research/ai-coding-factory/ai-coding-factory-principles.md` — factory design rationale; read when implementing, auditing, or reviewing skills or factory structure
- `docs/notes/factory-integration-decisions.md` — decisions from the factory integration grill; read when making skill authoring or factory design decisions
- Governance rules are always in effect — `core/instructions/governance.md` (agent rules); `docs/research/governance_principles/CONTROLS.md`