autonomous-dev

Name: autonomous-dev Review
Item: autonomous-dev
Rating: 2.5
Author: Aaron Matthews

Skill Setup & Config Usable

Works inClaude Code

Usable Scanned — metadata only

Running Claude Code in autonomous mode without guardrails leads to drift and broken builds.

A development harness that wraps Claude Code with enforcement hooks, specialist agents, and alignment gates. You define your project in PROJECT.md, track work as GitHub Issues, and run /implement — the harness drives a multi-stage pipeline (research, planning, acceptance tests, implementation, adversarial review, security scan, documentation) and blocks features that fall outside your project's declared scope.

Run Claude Code autonomously with built-in safety checks
Enforce commit discipline and test validation automatically
Configure production-grade autonomous development workflows

32 starsFreeQuick setup

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

Why it matters

Running Claude Code in autonomous mode without guardrails leads to drift and broken builds. This production-ready configuration provides the safety nets — structured workflows, commit discipline, and test validation — needed for hands-off development.

Best for

Solo developers and small teams who want to run Claude Code 2.0 autonomously with confidence that guardrails prevent runaway changes.

Works in

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Source

https://github.com/akaszubski/autonomous-dev

By akaszubski

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

bash <(curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/akaszubski/autonomous-dev/master/install.sh)

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:

Help me run Claude Code autonomously with built-in safety checks

PrerequisitesClaude Code 2.0+; Python 3.9+; GitHub CLI (gh) installed and authenticatedCostFree

Trust Signals Auto-scanned

Stars32Contributors68Last updated2026-08-17Known CVEsNone foundSources: GitHub Advisory Database + OSV.dev · Scanned 2026-08-17 · scanner v1

Community Pulse Active

Discussed on Hacker News, Reddit

Victoria 3 - Dev Diary #71 - Autonomous Investment in 1.2 — Reddit · 1414 pts
My submission to Anthropic's Build with Claude June 2024 hackathon: Claude Dev, — Reddit · 374 pts
I built 18 autonomous agents to run my entire dev cycle in Claude Code — Reddit · 139 pts

3 mentions across 1 sources

Reviewer notes

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

catalog_hygiene stale-eval refresh: Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 30 GitHub stars; 53 contributors; last commit 3d ago; license no license.

Things to check

Installs via a curl-piped shell script into ./.claude/ (or ~/.claude/ with --scope=user) — review install.sh before running. The workflow assumes GitHub Issues and the gh CLI, and hooks hard-block steps (tests, security scan, doc sync) by design. Recently discovered with limited community feedback so far.

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use

1/5

Versatility

2/5

Reliability

5/5

Security

3/5

Overall score2.55 / 5.00 UsableEvaluatedJul 2026

catalog_hygiene stale-eval refresh: Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 30 GitHub stars; 53 contributors; last commit 3d ago; license no license.

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