Overview
context-driven-development is an open-source workflow skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by wshobson. Its author describes it as: “Creates and maintains project context artifacts (product.md, tech-stack.md, workflow.md, tracks.md) in a `conductor/` directory. Scaffolds new projects from scratch, extracts context from existing codebases, validates…”. The project has 39k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add wshobson/agents`.
What context-driven-development does
Guide for implementing and maintaining context as a managed artifact alongside code, enabling consistent AI interactions and team alignment through structured project documentation.
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for context-driven-development is organised into these sections:
- When to Use This Skill
- Detailed patterns and worked examples
- Best Practices
Installation
Add context-driven-development to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add wshobson/agentsReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — ships a claude code plugin marketplace
- Codex — declared in the repository topics
- Cursor — declared in the repository topics
- OpenCode — declared in the repository topics
- GitHub Copilot — declared in the repository topics
- Antigravity — declared in the repository topics
License
context-driven-development is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in wshobson/agents, an established project with 39,066 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot, Antigravity
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
- Its repository gained 669 GitHub stars over the last 24 days
Author
Topics
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Frequently asked questions
- What does context-driven-development do?
- Creates and maintains project context artifacts (product.md, tech-stack.md, workflow.md, tracks.md) in a `conductor/` directory. Scaffolds new projects from scratch, extracts context from existing codebases, validates artifact consistency before implementation, and synchronizes documents as the project evolves. Use when setting up a project, creating or updating product docs, managing a tech stack file, defining development workflows, tracking work units, onboarding to an existing codebase, or running project scaffolding.
- How do I install context-driven-development?
- Run /plugin marketplace add wshobson/agents in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/wshobson/agents before installing.
- Is context-driven-development free to use?
- Yes. context-driven-development is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does context-driven-development work with?
- context-driven-development lists Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot, and Antigravity — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does context-driven-development come from?
- context-driven-development ships inside wshobson/agents, a repository that contains 54 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 39,066 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.