Stackwich — Development skill for Claude Code
Installs an operating architecture into Claude Code as five layers — prompt, context, harness, loop, graph: meta-prompted delegation, forked research, a single-writer harness, capped failure loops, an.
How to install Stackwich
This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no
exact command to give. Open ovhirup/stackwich and copy the folder into
~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.
What Stackwich does
Installs an operating architecture into Claude Code as five layers — prompt, context, harness, loop, graph: meta-prompted delegation, forked research, a single-writer harness, capped failure loops, and a plan→execute→verify→review sandwich with three tiered subagents.
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README
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**Delivery discipline for AI agents. Five layers, one command.**
Most people run AI coding agents like slot machines: prompt → pull the lever → hope. The agent writes code 10× faster than you review it, declares itself done, and you find out later. We would never accept that from a junior engineer — we accept it from our tools every day.
Stackwich is 15 years of delivery coaching — plan → build → test → review, the oldest idea in software — compressed into standing policy for [Claude Code](https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/claude-code). Install it once and every future session works this way.

The five layers
| Layer | Habit |
|---|---|
| Prompt | Meta-prompt every delegation. Context-full, with a stated done condition. Understanding never gets delegated. |
| Context | Fork research and read-heavy scans off the main thread. Memory, plans, and tasks each do their own job. |
| Harness | One writer. Read-only enforced in practice, not just in the tool list. Nothing "done" until observed. |
| Loop | Recurring work runs on /loop. Failure loops are capped at 2 cycles and never silent. |
| Graph | advisor plans → executor implements → verifier gates → advisor reviews, with explicit hand-off contracts. |
Cost discipline isn't a sixth layer — it's how the five are practiced: cheap models grind, expensive models only plan and review, and nothing already established gets re-derived.
The layer names are structure for the
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