ase

Skill Development Usable

Works inClaude Code

Usable Scanned — metadata only

ASE automates routine development tasks and code generation workflows, reducing manual effort and allowing teams to focus on architecture and critical logic …

Dr. Ralf S. Engelschall's opinionated toolkit for fusing agentic AI coding with traditional software engineering in Claude Code (reduced support for GitHub Copilot CLI and OpenAI Codex CLI). Ships agent hooks, skills, an MCP service, and a CLI for plan-driven, human-in-the-loop development: named persisted plans, plan stress-testing, implementation preflights, and cost-reducing personas.

Ask Claude to generate boilerplate code for a new microservice with standard patterns
Automate creation of API endpoint scaffolding with request validation and error handling
Generate unit test suites for existing functions to improve code coverage quickly

45 starsApache-2.0 (commercial OK)FreeQuick setup

Usable rating — This tool is functional but has notable gaps. Review the evaluation notes below before deploying.

Why it matters

ASE automates routine development tasks and code generation workflows, reducing manual effort and allowing teams to focus on architecture and critical logic rather than boilerplate.

Best for

Development teams adopting AI-assisted workflows seeking to accelerate delivery cycles while maintaining code quality standards.

Works in

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Source

https://github.com/rse/ase

By rse

How to Get It

Option 1: Claude Desktop App (Code Mode)Click the + button next to the prompt box → Plugins → Add plugin. Search and click Install. Skills work in Claude Code only.

Option 2: Paste into Claude CodeCopy the command below and paste it into your conversation. Claude will install it.

Command

npm install -g @rse/ase && ase setup install --tool claude

Tip: Paste this into a Claude Code conversation. Verify command matches your Claude Code version.

First thing to try

After installing, paste this into Claude:

Generate boilerplate code for a new microservice with standard patterns

PrerequisitesNode.jsCostFree

Trust Signals Auto-scanned

Stars45Contributors4Last updated2026-08-13LicenseApache-2.0 (OK for commercial use)Known CVEsNone foundSources: GitHub Advisory Database + OSV.dev · Scanned 2026-08-17 · scanner v1

Community Pulse Growing

Discussed on Hacker News

Agentic Software Engineering (ASE): Agentic AI Coding Meets Software Engineering — Hacker News · 2 pts

1 mentions across 1 sources

Reviewer notes

Auto-scanned review. These are observations, not a security certification.

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 36 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 1d ago; license Apache-2.0.

Things to check

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use

3/5

Versatility

2/5

Reliability

3/5

Security

3/5

Overall score2.75 / 5.00 UsableEvaluatedJul 2026

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 36 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 1d ago; license Apache-2.0.

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