Use this skill when creating, managing, or working with Conductor tracks - the logical work units for features, bugs, and refactors. Applies to spec.md, plan.md, and track lifecycle operations.
context-driven-development
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.
Installation
Add context-driven-development to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add wshobson/agentsAlways review a skill's source before installing it. This command comes from the skill's public repository; the linked repo is the source of truth for exact setup steps.
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
When to use it
Reach for context-driven-development when you want workflow help from your agent without writing the same instructions every session. Load the skill and the agent picks it up automatically for relevant tasks.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt
- Ships in wshobson/agents, an established project with 38,858 GitHub stars
- Actively maintained (recent commits)
Topics
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.
- 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 38,858 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
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