PRD: Gentleman AI Installer

PRD: Gentleman AI Installer

**One command. Any agent. Any OS. The Gentleman AI ecosystem — configured and ready.**

**Version**: 0.1.0-draft **Author**: Gentleman Programming **Date**: 2026-02-27 **Status**: Draft

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1. Problem Statement

AI-assisted development in 2026 is no longer optional — it's the standard. Every developer uses at least one AI coding agent. But here's the real problem:

**Installing an AI agent is the EASY part. Making it ACTUALLY useful is where everyone fails.**

A raw AI agent out of the box is like a sports car with no tuning — it runs, but it's nowhere near its potential. To get real value you need:

1. Persistent memory (Engram) — so the agent remembers decisions, bugs, and conventions across sessions
2. MCP servers (Context7, Notion, Jira, etc.) — so the agent can access real documentation and project management tools
3. Coding skills — curated best-practice patterns for React 19, Next.js 15, TypeScript, Tailwind 4, Zod 4, testing, etc.
4. SDD workflow (Spec-Driven Development) — so the agent plans before coding, not the other way around
5. Proper permissions & security — block .env access, require confirmation on destructive git operations
6. A persona that teaches, not just completes — an agent that pushes back on bad practices and explains the WHY
7. All of this configured DIFFERENTLY for each agent (Claude Code, OpenCode, Cursor, VSCode, Gemini CLI, etc.) because each has its own config format, paths, and plugin systems

Most developers either:

• Use their AI agent with default config (10% of its potential)
• Spend DAYS manually configuring one agent, then can't replicate it on another machine or tool
• Never set up memory, MCP, or skills because the setup is fragmented across 5 different repos

**This installer eliminates that gap entirely.** You pick your agent(s), you pick your config level, and the entire Gentleman AI ecosystem gets injected into your tools — ready to go. From zero to championship-level AI development in minutes.

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2. Vision

**The Gentleman AI ecosystem — installable by anyone, on any agent, on any OS, in one command.**

This is NOT an "AI agent installer." Most agents are already easy to install (`npm i -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code`, `brew install opencode`, etc.). This is an **ecosystem configurator**: it takes whatever AI agent(s) you use and supercharges them with the Gentleman stack:

• Engram — persistent cross-session memory
• SDD — Spec-Driven Development workflow (plan before you code)
• Skills — curated coding patterns for modern stacks
• MCP servers — real documentation, Notion, Jira, and more
• Persona & config — security-first permissions, teaching-oriented persona, themes

**Before**: "I installed Claude Code / OpenCode / Cursor / whatever, but it's just a chatbot that writes code."

**After**: `curl -sL get.gentleman.ai/ai | sh` → Pick your agent(s) → Pick your config → Your agent now has memory, skills, workflow,