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GuardKit

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Plan Features. Build Faster.

Stop shipping broken code. GuardKit is built on Feature Plan Development (FPD) — a feature-first workflow where a single /feature-plan command generates a complete, consistent plan, subtask breakdown, and implementation workspace.

Key Features

  • Feature Planning - Single /feature-plan command generates complete workspace with subtasks and implementation guide
  • Clarifying Questions - Targeted questions before assumptions, complexity-gated
  • Architectural Review - SOLID, DRY, YAGNI evaluation before coding
  • Test Enforcement - Automatic test fixing (up to 3 attempts), ensures 100% pass rate
  • AI Agent Discovery - Automatic specialist matching via metadata (stack, phase, keywords)
  • Quality Gates - Coverage thresholds (80% line, 75% branch), compilation checks, code review
  • Parallel Development - Built-in wave detection + Conductor.build integration

Quick Start

New to GuardKit? Start here:

Documentation Sections

📚 Core Concepts

Learn the fundamentals: workflow, complexity evaluation, quality gates, and task states.

🚀 Advanced Topics

Design-first workflow, UX integration, iterative refinement, and plan modification.

🎨 Templates

React, Python, .NET templates and customization guide. See also Template System Architecture for how templates work internally.

🤖 Agent System

AI agent discovery, enhancement workflow, and boundary sections.

🔄 Task Review

Analysis and decision-making workflows separate from implementation.

🔌 MCP Integration (Optional)

Enhance with Model Context Protocol servers for library docs and design patterns.

🛠️ Troubleshooting

Common issues, solutions, and the /debug command.

Example Workflow

# Install GuardKit
curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/guardkit/guardkit/main/installer/scripts/install.sh | bash

# Initialize your project
cd /path/to/your/project
guardkit init react-typescript

# Plan a feature (single command!)
/feature-plan "add user authentication"

# System creates:
# ✅ Review task with technical options
# ✅ Subtask breakdown with parallel waves
# ✅ Implementation guide
# ✅ Feature workspace in tasks/backlog/

# Work through generated subtasks
/task-work TASK-AUTH-001
/task-complete TASK-AUTH-001

Simple Tasks (Direct)

# Create and work on a simple task (natural language description)
/task-create "The login button styling is broken on mobile devices"
/task-work TASK-a3f8  # Plans, reviews, implements, tests
/task-complete TASK-a3f8

Three commands from idea to production-ready code.

When to Use GuardKit

✅ Use GuardKit When

  • Individual tasks or small features (1-8 hours)
  • Solo dev or small teams (1-3 developers)
  • Need quality enforcement without ceremony
  • Want AI assistance with human oversight
  • Small-to-medium projects
  • Learning new stack (use reference templates)
  • Creating team templates (use /template-create)

🔗 Use RequireKit When

For formal requirements management (EARS notation, BDD with Gherkin, epic/feature hierarchy, PM tool sync), see RequireKit which integrates seamlessly with GuardKit.

Plan Features. Build Faster. Built for pragmatic developers who ship quality code.