AI Factory

Stop configuring. Start building.

You want to build with AI, but setting up the right context, prompts, and workflows takes time. AI Factory handles all of that so you can focus on what matters — shipping quality code.

One command. Full AI-powered development environment.

ai-factory init

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Why AI Factory?

• Zero configuration — installs relevant skills, configures integrations
• Best practices built-in — logging, commits, code review, all following industry standards
• Spec-driven development — AI follows plans, not random exploration. Predictable, resumable, reviewable
• Community skills — leverage skills.sh ecosystem or generate custom skills
• Stack-agnostic — works with any language, framework, or platform
• Multi-agent support — Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Roo Code, Kilo Code, Antigravity, OpenCode, Warp, Zencoder, Codex CLI, Codex app, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Junie, Qwen Code, or any agent

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Installation

Using npm

npm install -g ai-factory

Using mise

mise use -g npm:ai-factory

Quick Start

# In your project directory (interactive wizard)
ai-factory init

# Or non-interactive with flags
ai-factory init --agents claude,codex --mcp playwright,github

This will:

• Ask which AI agent you use (or use --agents flag)
• Install relevant skills (or use --skills flag)
• Configure MCP servers (or use --mcp flag)

Then open your AI agent and start working:

/aif

Codex CLI and Codex app use $aif style invocations after installation.

Need CLI flags, update/upgrade details, or extension commands? See Getting Started. Need slash-command reference? See Core Skills.

Example Workflow

# Explore options and requirements before planning (optional)
/aif-explore Add user authentication with OAuth

# Need a strictly verified answer before changing anything?
/aif-grounded Does this repo already support OAuth providers?

# Plan a feature — creates branch, analyzes codebase, builds step-by-step plan
/aif-plan Add user authentication with OAuth

# Optionally refine the plan with deeper analysis
/aif-improve

# Execute the plan — implements tasks one by one, commits at checkpoints
/aif-implement

# Create a knowledge reference from docs AI doesn't know about
/aif-reference https://docs.example.com/api-reference --name example-api

# Fix a bug — AI learns from every fix and gets smarter over time
/aif-fix TypeError: Cannot read property 'name' of undefined

# Set up CI pipeline — GitHub Actions or GitLab CI with linting, SA, tests
/aif-ci github

# Generate project documentation — README + docs/ with topics
/aif-docs

See the full Development Workflow with diagram and decision table.

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Skills only via skills.sh

If you only need the aif-* skills without full AI-Factory setup, use:

npx skills add lee-to/ai-factory --skill '*'

Disclaimer: This installs only the skill files. CLI commands (ai-factory init/update/upgrade), MCP auto-configuration, agent transformers, and the interactive wizard are not available. For the full experience, use the npm installation above.

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Documentation

Guide	Description
Getting Started	What is AI Factory, supported agents, CLI commands
Development Workflow	Workflow diagram, when to use explore vs grounded, spec-driven approach
Reflex Loop	Iterative generate → evaluate → critique → refine workflow
Subagents	Bundled Claude subagents and the baseline Codex native agent-file bundle, including managed Codex config
Core Skills	All slash commands — explore, grounded, plan, fix, implement, evolve, docs, and more
Quality Gates	Machine-readable aif-gate-result summaries for verify, review, security, and rules gates
Skill Evolution	How /aif-fix patches feed into /aif-evolve to generate smarter skill rules
Plan Files	Plan files, self-improvement patches, skill acquisition
Security	Two-level security scanning for external skills
Extensions	Writing and installing extensions — commands, injections, MCP, agents
Configuration	.ai-factory.json, MCP servers, project structure, best practices
Config Reference	Full config.yaml key reference and skill read/write matrix

Links

• Official Website - AI Factory website
• aif-handoff - Autonomous Kanban board built on AI Factory
• If AI Factory feels too simple for your goals, try HLV
• skills.sh - Skill marketplace
• Agent Skills Spec - Skill specification
• Claude Code - Anthropic's AI coding agent
• Cursor - AI-powered code editor
• OpenCode - Open-source AI coding agent
• Roo Code - AI coding agent for VS Code
• Kilo Code - Open-source agentic coding platform
• Windsurf - AI-powered code editor by Codeium
• Warp - Intelligent terminal with AI agent
• Zencoder - AI coding agent for VS Code and JetBrains
• Codex CLI - OpenAI's coding agent
• Codex app - OpenAI's coding agent app
• Gemini CLI - Google's coding agent
• Antigravity - AI coding agent
• Junie - JetBrains' AI coding agent

License

MIT