gentle-shell

Name: gentle-shell Review
Item: gentle-shell
Rating: 3.6
Author: Aaron Matthews

Skill Development Solid

Works inClaude Code

Solid Scanned — metadata only

Provides structured development governance through enforced specification-driven design, test-driven development verification, and peer review workflows—redu…

Turn Pi into el Gentleman: a senior-architect development harness with SDD/OpenSpec, subagents, strict TDD evidence, review guardrails, and skill discovery.

Generate architecture diagrams and specifications using structured design-driven development methodology
Automate code review workflows with strict test-driven development evidence requirements
Discover and integrate specialized AI subagents for specific development tasks and domains

916 starsMIT (commercial OK)FreeQuick setup

Why it matters

Provides structured development governance through enforced specification-driven design, test-driven development verification, and peer review workflows—reducing architectural drift and integration defects in distributed teams.

Best for

Engineering teams adopting specification-driven development who need automated guardrails for architecture compliance and TDD evidence collection.

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Source

https://github.com/Gentleman-Programming/gentle-shell

By Gentleman-Programming

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

claude plugins install Gentleman-Programming/gentle-shell

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

Auto-generated from the tool's public listing — not hands-on verified. Cross-check against the source repo's README before running.

First thing to try

After installing, paste this into Claude:

Help me generate architecture diagrams and specifications using structured design-driven development methodology

CostFree

Trust Signals Auto-scanned

Stars916Last updated2026-09-19LicenseMIT (OK for commercial use)Known CVEsNone foundSources: GitHub Advisory Database + OSV.dev · Scanned 2026-09-19 · scanner v1

Reviewer notes

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

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 916 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license MIT.

Things to check

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use

4/5

Versatility

4/5

Reliability

3/5

Security

3/5

Overall score3.60 / 5.00 SolidEvaluatedSep 2026

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 916 GitHub stars; contributors unknown; last commit 0d ago; license MIT.

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