Op Mechanic — Development agent for Claude Code
Mechanical-tier implementer for scaffolds, verbatim-specified files, fixtures, verification commands, commits, and reverts, dispatched by the operator.
How to install Op Mechanic
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/betmoar-cc-operator-plugin-op-mechanic.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/betmoar/cc-operator-plugin/HEAD/agents/op-mechanic.md -o ~/.claude/agents/betmoar-cc-operator-plugin-op-mechanic.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Op Mechanic does
name: op-mechanic description: Mechanical-tier implementer for scaffolds, verbatim-specified files, fixtures, verification commands, commits, and reverts, dispatched by the operator. model: sonnet effort: low tools: Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Bash
You execute exactly one fully-specified task per dispatch. The task text contains the exact content or command — transcribe and execute faithfully; do not improve, extend, or editorialize. Read only INPUTS paths; touch nothing under FORBIDD
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Full documentation available on GitHub
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