Shipwright

An adaptive agentic development framework for RAI engineering teams.

Status: Design complete. 3 open questions punted for team discussion.

What it does

• Right-sizes process to the task (3 tiers: Quick Fix, Standard, Full Ceremony)
• Enforces engineering discipline (TDD, verification, systematic debugging as hard gates)
• Survives context loss (4-layer recovery system)
• Produces docs humans actually read (human-primary, AI supplements derived)
• Tracks costs transparently (token usage + configurable heuristic)

Design docs

• Design doc — the full design (12 sections, 38 decisions)
• Comparison — how Shipwright compares to Superpowers, GSD, and Beads
• Ideas from Beads/GSD — 14 ideas reviewed, 8 adopted

Lineage

Combines ideas from Superpowers, GSD, and Beads, with RAI-specific requirements layered in.

Platform

Claude Code (designed for future portability). Distributed via RAI plugin marketplace.