Animate — Development skill for Claude Code

Constructs Network

[](CHANGELOG.md) [](grimoires/loa-constructs-seed-2026-04-21/bonfire-construct-pipe-doctrine.md) [](LICENSE.md)

a construct is expertise you install. constructs pipe like unix stages. what's active is always checkable.

**[constructs.network](https://constructs.network)** · [Loa framework](https://github.com/0xHoneyJar/loa) · [construct-base](https://github.com/0xHoneyJar/construct-base)

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What this is

A package distribution network for AI agent expertise.

A **construct** is a self-contained pack — identity, skills, and boundaries — that you install into a Claude Code session. After install, the agent can be invoked by slug, name, command, or persona handle. Multiple constructs can be composed into a pipeline with typed streams between stages (Unix philosophy, applied to LLM expertise).

The network handles discovery, install, version sync, and composition. Authors publish packs. Operators install them. Agents resolve them deterministically.

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Quick start

# Install — inject a construct into the current Claude session
constructs-install.sh observer

# See what's active right now (the agent can see this too, always)
constructs-active                   # one line · <1s
constructs-active --orient          # multi-line orientation · ~2s
constructs-active --intervene       # JSON · pipeable

# Enumerate installed packs with provenance
constructs-list                     # table · 3 read-modes

# Invoke — four surface forms, all resolve to the same construct
@artisan          # persona handle
Artisan           # display name (case-insensitive)
artisan           # slug
/feel             # registered command → routes to the-arcade (cycle-004)

Browse and install from the web at **[constructs.network](https://constructs.network)**.

Honest status: the web discovery UI is live but the public index is still bootstrapping. CLI install from `0xHoneyJar/construct-*` repos is the reliable path today.

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Why

Agents without constructs give you generic output. Agents with constructs give you depth — a Craftsman that decomposes "design" into feel, motion, and material; a Researcher that synthesizes evidence into hypotheses; a Strategist that maps capability to market position.

Same agent. Different expertise installed. Different way of seeing the problem.

graph LR
    You([You]) --> Agent([Your Agent])
    Agent --> |without constructs| Generic["'help me with design'
generic output"]
    Agent --> |with constructs| Craftsman["Craftsman — depth-5 Design Systems
decomposes into feel, motion, material"]
    Agent --> |with constructs| Researcher["Researcher — depth-5 User Research
synthesizes evidence into hypotheses"]
    Agent --> |with constructs| Strategist["Strategist — depth-5 Positioning
maps capabilities to market"]

    style Generic fill:#1c1c1c,stroke:#555,color:#888
    style Craftsman fill:#1a1a2e,stroke:#8B5CF6,color:#e8e8ea
    style Researcher fill:#1a1a2e,stroke:#8B5CF6,color:#e8e8ea
    style Strategist fill:#1a1a2e,stroke:#8B5CF6,color:#e8e8ea

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Invoke

Agents resolve a construct reference through **five tiers** — first match wins, collisions warn explicitly.

Tier	Form	Example	Resolves via
1	Slug	artisan	construct.yaml slug (case-insensitive)
2	Display name	Artisan	construct.yaml name
3	Command	/feel, /dig, /ceremony, /forge	commands/*.yaml registration
4	Persona handle	@ALEXANDER, @STAMETS, @OSTROM	identity/.md filename
5	No match	—	warn, list closest matches

Cycle-004 L2 sweep wired command-tier routing end-to-end. `/feel` → `the-arcade`. `/dig` → `k-hole`. `/ceremony` and `/forge` → `noether`. Full contract, tested across 12 of 14 reference forms: [`cycle-004-L2-invocation-contract.md`](grimoires/loa-constructs-seed-2026-04-21/cycle-004-L2-invocation-contract.md).

Agent-facing transparency is a first-class invariant. `constructs-active` answers the question "what expertise is loaded in this session right now?" in under a second, in three read-modes suited to glance, orient, or pipe.

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Compose

Constructs chain through **typed streams** — [Unix philosophy](https://iamchandra.com/Technology/2024-02-23-Unix-Philosophy) over LLM expertise. Five primitive stream types flow between stages:

`Signal` · `Verdict` · `Artifact` · `Intent` · `Operator-Model`

# grimoires/compositions/discovery/audit-feel.yaml — canonical 3-stage reference
kind: workflow
chain:
  - { construct: artisan,  skill: decomposing-feel,   writes: [Signal] }
  - { construct: artisan,  skill: scoring-experience, reads: [Signal],  writes: [Verdict] }
  - { construct: observer, skill: analyzing-gaps,     reads: [Verdict], writes: [Verdict] }

This repo owns the **schema** ([`composition.schema.json`](.claude/schemas/runtime/composition.schema.json)) + the **runner** (`compose-run.sh`) + **one canonical reference composition** (`audit-feel`) for teaching and runner smoke-tests. The full curated **registry** of compositions lives in [`loa-compositions`](https://github.com/0xHoneyJar/loa-compositions), organized by Hivemind Lab workstream (discovery / delivery / experimentation / tech-debt / sorry-for-ur-loss). One contract, two homes.

Full doctrine: [`bonfire-construct-pipe-doctrine.md`](grimoires/loa-constructs-seed-2026-04-21/bonfire-construct-pipe-doctrine.md).

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Cluster index

Cycles that ship a **bundle of related composition lanes** index their per-lane verdicts here.

• **Craft Cluster** (cycle-craft-cluster, 2026-05-11) — pair-relay primitive (RFC #235) plus three reference compositions over existing constructs: fidelity-relay, access-relay, frame-relay. Substrate: construct-rooms-substrate v0.2.0. Zero new construct repos.

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Create

Three files. Push. Done.

1. construct.yaml — name, slug, author
2. skills/example-simple/SKILL.md — one skill's instructions
3. CLAUDE.md — identity injected on install

gh repo create my-org/construct-my-expertise \
  --template 0xHoneyJar/construct-base --private --clone

CI validates on push. Placeholder text (`your-name`, `TODO`, template markers) is blocked — you can't accidentally publish unedited scaffolding.

Start here: **[construct-base](https://github.com/0xHoneyJar/construct-base)**.

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Responsibility boundary

This repo owns a **narrow slice** of the network's concerns: distribution + registry API + license-verify hooks.

Layer	Lives in	Owns
Apps (UI + checkout)	World repos — sprawl-world, purupuru, etc	Payment-initiation, wallet connect, checkout UI
Network API	This repo (apps/api, apps/docs, packages/shared, packages/loa-registry)	Construct distribution + registry API + license-verify hooks
Ledger	loa-freeside	Author payouts + revenue share + single-source-of-truth for receipts

**N-rails invariant**: the network supports N payment rails (Stripe, NOWPayments, x402, future) via freeside hooks. **NONE live here.** Adding a rail means apps adopt it + freeside adapter ingests it; this repo stays rail-agnostic.

Full details: [`docs/architecture/payment-responsibility.md`](docs/architecture/payment-responsibility.md).

Per cycle-007: `apps/explorer` (wallet/wagmi bleed) lifted to sprawl-world as `@sprawl-world/constructs-network`. `loa-freeside/packages/adapters/billing/polar/` stub removed — if a billing adapter ever ships, it lives in Jani's freeside repo.

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Operator OS (optional)

Some operators layer a mode-and-lens workflow on top of raw construct invocation — FEEL for zoomed-in craft, ARCH for zoomed-out structure, DIG for research, SHIP for scope discipline. This is a personal workflow pattern, not part of the network itself.

One operator's worked example lives at **[operator-os-starter](https://github.com/0xHoneyJar/operator-os-starter)** as a template to fork and adapt. Constructs work without any OS layer — adopt, modify, or ignore it.

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Develop

bun install
bun --filter api dev            # API on localhost:3000
bun --filter explorer dev       # Explorer on localhost:3001

The toolchain that makes constructs visible to agents (`constructs-active.sh`, `constructs-list.sh`, `feedback-v3-emit.sh`) is shell-first — 700+ net new lines across cycle-003/004, zero new TypeScript. Shell for the agent-runtime layer, TypeScript for the web and API only.

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Links

• constructs.network — browse & install
• Loa — underlying framework
• construct-base — author a new construct
• operator-os-starter — optional workflow template
• Pipe doctrine v4 — how constructs compose
• Invocation contract — 5-tier dispatch, tested
• CHANGELOG.md

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[AGPL-3.0](LICENSE.md)