Dryas Workflow — AI skill for Claude Code

Dryas Workflow Framework


**The Dryas Workflow Framework (Dryas for short) is a target operating model for AI-assisted software delivery.** It defines the process, decision rights, roles, controls, cost rules and metrics: who decides, who builds, what each agent may touch, what is remembered, when to pay for a stronger model, and what must be true before work merges.

The method is the asset; the tools are replaceable. This repo holds both:

• The framework: why it exists, five layers, one loop, and a draft specification any harness can implement.
• A reference implementation: a Claude Code plugin (dryas@dryas-workflow) and a Codex plugin, built on Superpowers, Ruflo, Jev and a few design skills.

This repo is public but expect rough edges. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for the portability rules and how to run the tests.

Built and run by [Dryas Studio](https://dryasstudio.com), which delivers every client project with it.

See it running: [FlowObserve](https://github.com/promprit/flowobserve) shows every live session's stage in the loop and tells you when one needs you. [Live demo](https://dryasstudio.com/demos/flowobserve/), nothing to install.

Why not just install the skills?

You can install Superpowers, Ruflo and a few design skills on their own. Side by side, their rules are prompts the agent may skip, they compete for the same jobs, their hooks fire in install order and nothing controls model spend. Dryas makes them one system: hooks enforce the rules, each job has one owner, the hook chain has a fixed order, a logged ladder picks the model, and a weekly tune checks that the guardrails fit. The full comparison: [Why not just install the skills?](docs/why-dryas.md#why-not-just-install-the-skills)

The framework

Memory       what was tried, what worked, what failed
Governance   who may decide, what may be touched, by whom
Execution    small tas