This document sets expectations for how to engage with Flow Studio.
Flow Studio is a UI and runtime harness for visualizing agentic SDLC flows.
It's a reference implementation, not a product. It demonstrates patterns for governed AI-assisted SDLC. You're meant to fork it, copy patterns, and adapt to your stack.
Related repos:
EffortlessMetrics/demo-swarm— Portable.claudepack for using the swarm in your own repo
The maintainers:
- Read issues (bugs, questions, feature requests)
- Don't promise SLAs — this is a demo repo, not a production service
- Bias toward fixes that:
- Keep governance green (selftest, validation)
- Improve clarity (docs, checklists, error messages)
- Improve adoptability (golden examples, onboarding paths)
Open an issue using the Bug Report template.
Include:
- What you expected
- What happened
- Steps to reproduce
make selftestoutput (if relevant)
Open an issue using the Adoption Question template.
Good questions:
- "How do I wire this into my CI?"
- "What's the expected token cost per flow?"
- "Can I use this with [other orchestrator]?"
PRs are welcome! Before submitting:
- Run
make dev-check— must pass - Keep governance green — don't break selftest
- Update docs if you change behavior
- Prefer small, focused changes over large refactors
Good PR targets:
- Doc clarifications and typo fixes
- New evaluation recipes or golden examples
- Bug fixes with test coverage
- Improvements to error messages
Not accepting:
- Large architectural changes without discussion
- New agent types without ADR
- Features that break existing contracts
| Type | Response |
|---|---|
| Bug affecting selftest/validation | High priority, will investigate |
| Doc clarity issues | Welcome, usually quick to merge |
| Feature requests | Will consider for roadmap |
| "Can you build X for me?" | No — this is a pattern library, not a service |
There is no formal escalation path. If something is genuinely blocking adoption:
- Open an issue with
[BLOCKING]prefix - Explain what you're trying to do and why it's blocked
- Include workarounds you've tried
We'll prioritize based on impact and alignment with the project's goals.
- EVALUATION_CHECKLIST.md — 1-hour guided evaluation
- ADOPTION_PLAYBOOK.md — Full adoption guide
- docs/INDEX.md — Complete documentation map