Resource URL
https://github.com/thebushidocollective/ai-dlc
Resource Name
AI-DLC (AI-Driven Development Lifecycle)
Author
The Bushido Collective (https://github.com/thebushidocollective)
Suggested Category
Workflows & Knowledge Guides > General
Description
A Claude Code plugin that structures AI-assisted development into an iterative, quality-gated lifecycle. Rather than prompt-and-pray or spec-handoff approaches, AI-DLC uses collaborative elaboration where human and AI co-create specs through conversation, then autonomous execution where hatted specialist agents (Planner, Builder, Reviewer) iterate through work units with backpressure from quality gates (tests, types, lint).
Key features:
- Hat-based workflows: 13 specialist agent roles across 5 named workflows (default, adversarial, TDD, design, hypothesis/debugging)
- DAG-driven execution: Units decomposed with explicit dependencies, executed in parallel waves via Agent Teams
- Backpressure over prescription: Quality gates enforce standards without prescribing implementation
- Context-resilient: Two-tier state management (committed artifacts + ephemeral state) survives context window resets
- 28 skills: From
/elaborate (collaborative planning) through /execute (autonomous building) to /reflect (learning capture)
- 8 lifecycle hooks: Session context injection, iteration enforcement, context monitoring, workflow guards
- Provider integrations: Jira, Linear, Figma, Slack, Notion, Confluence, and more via MCP
- Operations phase: Post-deployment runbooks, scheduled tasks, and deployment manifest generation
The plugin implements the methodology described in the AI-DLC 2026 paper (https://ai-dlc.dev/paper) and ships as a Claude Code plugin installable via claude plugin add thebushidocollective/ai-dlc. Apache-2.0 licensed, v1.81.0, actively maintained.
Additional Context
Interactive guide: https://ai-dlc.dev (story-driven walkthrough of the full lifecycle)
Resource URL
https://github.com/thebushidocollective/ai-dlc
Resource Name
AI-DLC (AI-Driven Development Lifecycle)
Author
The Bushido Collective (https://github.com/thebushidocollective)
Suggested Category
Workflows & Knowledge Guides > General
Description
A Claude Code plugin that structures AI-assisted development into an iterative, quality-gated lifecycle. Rather than prompt-and-pray or spec-handoff approaches, AI-DLC uses collaborative elaboration where human and AI co-create specs through conversation, then autonomous execution where hatted specialist agents (Planner, Builder, Reviewer) iterate through work units with backpressure from quality gates (tests, types, lint).
Key features:
/elaborate(collaborative planning) through/execute(autonomous building) to/reflect(learning capture)The plugin implements the methodology described in the AI-DLC 2026 paper (https://ai-dlc.dev/paper) and ships as a Claude Code plugin installable via
claude plugin add thebushidocollective/ai-dlc. Apache-2.0 licensed, v1.81.0, actively maintained.Additional Context
Interactive guide: https://ai-dlc.dev (story-driven walkthrough of the full lifecycle)