# openrig-software-factory

This skill organizes OpenRig agent teams in software repositories. It sets up review handoffs and execution workflows between Claude Code and Codex seats.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 8227
- Author: mvschwarz
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/mvschwarz/openrig/tree/HEAD/skills/_canonical/core/openrig-software-factory/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/openrig-software-factory

## What it does

The skill coordinates autonomous agents through the `rig` CLI tool. It organizes work across stages without requiring heavy workflow machinery for basic changes. Teams can pass work through `rig queue create` and `rig queue handoff`, or compile strict lifecycles via `rig workflow compile` when steps need explicit dependency checks.

Preset team bundles fit different workloads. The `starter` configuration pairs a Claude builder with a Codex reviewer, while larger rigs add dedicated testing and lead seats. Codex seats run on `gpt-6-astra`, while Claude uses its native session defaults. You can scale capacity with `rig grow` directly on an active rig without resetting running sessions.

Delivered background daemon wake events consume model tokens. Because empty polling wastes budget, the skill relies on event-driven waits rather than periodic reminder loops. Unauthenticated accounts block initialization until `claude auth login` or `codex login` completes.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvschwarz/openrig --skill openrig-software-factory -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/openrig-software-factory/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/openrig-software-factory/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvschwarz/openrig --skill openrig-software-factory -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/openrig-software-factory/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvschwarz/openrig --skill openrig-software-factory -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/openrig-software-factory/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install mvschwarz/openrig openrig-software-factory
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/openrig-software-factory/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvschwarz/openrig --skill openrig-software-factory -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/mvschwarz/openrig --path skills/_canonical/core/openrig-software-factory
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/openrig-software-factory/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mvschwarz/openrig --skill openrig-software-factory -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/mvschwarz/openrig/tree/HEAD/skills/_canonical/core/openrig-software-factory/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Coordinate work between a Claude builder and a Codex reviewer
- Pass task artifacts across agent seats using `rig queue handoff`
- Expand an active rig topology with `rig grow` without restarting sessions
- Enforce explicit execution contracts via `rig workflow compile`

## Example prompts
- Set up a starter team with a Claude builder and Codex reviewer for this repository.
- Handoff the reviewed candidate to the checker using `rig queue handoff`.
- Add a QA seat to the running rig with `rig grow`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: openrig-software-factory
description: >-
  Use when a user wants a continuing software team for a real repository, or has a
  first OpenRig team and needs a repeatable path for reviewed work and later tasks.
metadata:
  cli_surfaces_referenced:
    - context get
    - context list
    - context show
    - grow
    - queue create
    - queue handoff
    - workflow compile
    - workflow instantiate-lifecycle
  openrig:
    stage: WIP
---

# OpenRig Software Factory

Start with a useful repository outcome and add coordination when it earns its
cost. A beginner can complete reviewed work without Workflow. These are choices
using existing capabilities, not stages everyone must graduate through.

## Choose how the team works

| Need | Start here | Add more when… |
| --- | --- | --- |
| One change, close human guidance | Manual/team work: give an owner the outcome, use repository instructions, implement and obtain the chosen independent check. | Work must survive turns or move between seats. |
| Continuing work with visible ownership | Queue-supported orchestration: use `rig queue create`, claim work, then `rig queue handoff` with the candidate/evidence to the next owner. Record real blockers and the continuation. No Workflow instance is needed. | Repeated steps need an explicit dependency graph and permitted exits. |
| An explicit execution contract | Workflow: inspect `rig workflow compile`, then deliberately use `rig workflow instantiate-lifecycle`. Advance its packets through the workflow projection mechanism. | The actual project needs reusable profiles, additional roles or gates. |

For the concrete queue loop, wake behavior and optional two-slice Workflow,
read [references/worked-example.md](references/worked-example.md). Installed copy:
`rig context get skills/core/openrig-software-factory/references/worked-example.md`.
A roadmap, YAML file or wake does not execute work or authorize a new outcome.

## Choose the first team and its providers

Ask what the user wants to build and which working account(s) they have: Claude
Code, Codex, or both. Recommend one of three teams: `starter` (a Claude builder
and a Codex reviewer, for one bounded change), `workshop` (a lead, a builder, QA
and a reviewer; a rig bundle installed from its pinned listing) or `factory` (seven
agents for sustained product work). When the user lacks a provider a team needs,
write an adapted copy of the team under the same name, as the kernel operator's
guidance describes; never offer per-provider variants. `first-project` is
```
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