agentic-stack

Keep one portable memory-and-skills layer across coding-agent harnesses, so switching tools doesn't reset how your agent works.

A portable .agent/ folder (memory + skills + protocols) that plugs into Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, OpenCode, OpenClaw, GitHub Copilot CLI, Google Gemini CLI, Hermes, Pi Coding Agent, Codex, Autohand Code CLI, Antigravity, or a DIY Python loop — and keeps its knowledge when you switch.

It also includes a local data layer so you can monitor the whole suite of agents from one place: harness activity, cron runs, active agents, token/cost estimates, KPI summaries, user-defined resource categories, and screenshot-ready daily dashboards.

And it can turn approved, redacted runs into local flywheel artifacts: trace records, context cards, eval cases, training-ready JSONL, and readiness metrics without training a model or sending telemetry.

New in v0.20.0 — orchestration, gated evolution, Markdown memory tracks

The brain now covers orchestration, self-evolution, and portable memory in the same file-backed, stdlib-only, host-agent-reviewed style:

• DAG orchestration — plan.py validates a goal as a dependency graph, matches nodes to agents from protocols/agents.json (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Gemini, Copilot, Pi, Hermes, OpenClaw, shell, custom), dispatches with bounded subprocesses, judges completion by evidence (exit status, truncation, NEED_INPUT: markers, per-node verify), writes exception reports with three resolutions (continue / abandon / replan), keeps every prompt, output, transcript and verdict on disk, and lets later runs consume earlier nodes via ref:. Playbooks save a run as a template; personas assemble a lead role plus specialist roster; campaigns run unattended with a model-free monitor and a report gate. → docs/orchestration.md
• Gated evolution — four strategy seats (memory / planning / capability / action) around the conductor, and evolve.py: diagnose failures from episodic memory, scaffold a candidate, paired screen on a fixed task sample (validity + activation gates, t ≥ 1.96), gene bank per (where, pathology) cell, install with backup. Nothing unscreened touches the live harness. → docs/evolution.md
• Markdown memory tracks — episodes (user), agent cases, foresight with a validity window, weekly model-free reflection that consolidates and deprecates (never deletes), source-backed knowledge pages, a stdio MCP server (mem_context, mem_search, mem_save_turn, mem_save_fact, mem://profile, mem://search) for any host, and Claude Code SessionStart / UserPromptSubmit / Stop / SessionEnd hooks. → docs/memory-tracks.md
• Skill forge — task-aware retrieval fused across local, memory-derived and hub catalogs; quality facets with issue flags and admission rules; explicit, validated update operations with lineage; task-intent clustering of agent cases into candidate skills.
• One CLI contract — every new tool emits {"ok", "data", "meta"} / {"ok": false, "error": {...}} when piped, uses stable exit codes, and redacts credentials on the way out. sync.py moves the brain between devices over git. → docs/contracts.md
• An agent can install the stack by reading docs/agent-install/SKILL.md.

python3 .agent/tools/plan.py validate --file plan.json && python3 .agent/tools/plan.py new --file plan.json
python3 .agent/tools/plan.py run <run_id> --yes && python3 .agent/tools/plan.py report <run_id>
python3 .agent/tools/evolve.py diagnose && python3 .agent/tools/evolve.py screen <cid> --n 4
python3 .agent/tools/track.py search episode "supabase migration"
claude mcp add agentic-memory -- python3 "$PWD/.agent/tools/memory_mcp.py"

New in v0.19.1 — memory and upgrade fixes

Patch release. Four correctness fixes:

• Recall skips superseded lessons. Retrieval and rendering now share one superseded_by_map, so recall no longer returns stale guidance next to its replacement.
• upgrade copies loop skills to the right path. New loop-* skills landed at .agent/skills/skills/loop-x/; they now land at .agent/skills/loop-x/.
• UTF-8 everywhere in learn.py. Non-ASCII claims print and persist correctly regardless of host locale.
• No leaked file handle when checking whether a lesson was already appended.

Bounded agentic loops (v0.19.0)

Portable loop contracts live under .agent/loops and use a maker → deterministic verifier → independent checker lifecycle:

agentic-stack loop init /path/to/your-project
agentic-stack loop validate /path/to/your-project
agentic-stack loop run ci-sweeper "make the failing test green" /path/to/your-project --yes
agentic-stack loop status /path/to/your-project

L2/L3 action loops use owned Git worktrees, finite attempts/runtime/output/token budgets, deny-path gates, resumable checkpoints, and privacy-safe local events. The supervisor bounds and audits child processes; it is not an operating-system sandbox. Use harness-native sandboxes and approvals for stronger isolation. Schedulers should invoke one bounded loop run command at a time and inspect its exit status before starting another run.

Earlier releases — Brain memory bridge (v0.18.0), Mission Control and lesson retraction (v0.17.0), safe project upgrades (v0.16.0), data layer and flywheel (v0.11.0), harness manager (v0.9.0) — are in CHANGELOG.md.

Made by https://x.com/Av1dlive

Quickstart

macOS / Linux

# tap + install (one-time — both lines required)
brew tap codejunkie99/agentic-stack https://github.com/codejunkie99/agentic-stack
brew install agentic-stack

# drop the brain into any project — the onboarding wizard runs automatically
cd your-project
agentic-stack claude-code
# or: cursor | windsurf | opencode | openclaw | copilot-cli | gemini | hermes | pi | codex | autohand-code | standalone-python | antigravity

Windows (PowerShell)

# clone + run the native installer
git clone https://github.com/codejunkie99/agentic-stack.git
cd agentic-stack
.\install.ps1 claude-code C:\path\to\your-project

Already installed?

brew update && brew upgrade agentic-stack
agentic-stack dashboard

Clone instead?

git clone https://github.com/codejunkie99/agentic-stack.git
cd agentic-stack && ./install.sh claude-code         # mac / linux / git-bash
# or on Windows PowerShell: .\install.ps1 claude-code
# adapters: claude-code | cursor | windsurf | opencode | openclaw | copilot-cli | gemini | hermes | pi | codex | autohand-code | standalone-python | antigravity

Once installed: manage what's wired

After the first ./install.sh <adapter>, manage your project with verb-style subcommands (works with both install.sh and install.ps1):

./install.sh dashboard           # TUI dashboard: health, verify, memory, team, skills, instances
./install.sh mission-control     # beta local web dashboard; Ctrl-C turns it off
./install.sh brain status        # optional external Brain CLI integration
./install.sh add cursor          # add a second adapter (Claude Code + Cursor in same repo)
./install.sh status              # one-screen view: which adapters, brain stats
./install.sh doctor              # read-only audit; green / yellow / red per adapter
./install.sh manage              # interactive TUI: header pane + menu loop for add/remove/audit
./install.sh transfer            # onboarding-style wizard: export/import memory as a curl bridge
./install.sh upgrade --dry-run   # preview safe .agent infrastructure refresh
./install.sh upgrade --yes       # copy latest harness/memory/tools + new skills
./install.sh sync-manifest       # rebuild .agent/skills/_manifest.jsonl from SKILL.md frontmatter
./install.sh remove cursor       # confirm prompt + delete; no quarantine, no undo

PowerShell uses the same verbs, for example .\install.ps1 dashboard.

Bare ./install.sh (no arguments) opens a multi-select wizard on a fresh project — check every harness you actually use, hit enter, each one gets installed. The wizard auto-detects harnesses already on disk and pre-checks them. On a project that already has an install.json, bare interactive ./install.sh opens the dashboard. In non-TTY shells (CI), it stays script-safe and prints the available subcommands instead of opening a TUI.

Upgrading from pre-v0.9? Run ./install.sh doctor first — it synthesizes install.json from on-disk adapter signals so the new backend can track them. Installing on top without migration would orphan the prior installs.

Upgrading an already-installed project after brew upgrade? Run agentic-stack upgrade --dry-run in the project first, then agentic-stack upgrade --yes to refresh only skeleton-owned .agent infrastructure (harness/**/*.py, top-level memory/*.py, tools/*.py, the generated skill index, and new skill directories). It does not rewrite CLAUDE.md, .claude/settings.json, personal/semantic/episodic/working memory, candidates, or existing skill directories. agentic-stack sync-manifest is available as a repair command if _manifest.jsonl drifts from installed SKILL.md files.

Optional: external Brain integration

codejunkie99/brain is the git-backed long-term memory binary and MCP server. agentic-stack now treats it as an optional external memory layer instead of vendoring its Rust workspace.

Install Brain first:

brew install codejunkie99/tap/brain

Then check or wire it from a project:

agentic-stack brain status
agentic-stack brain onboard --agents codex,cursor --yes
agentic-stack brain ask "auth decisions"
agentic-stack brain note "Use PKCE for local OAuth flows."
agentic-stack brain mcp-command

Installed .agent/ projects also get python3 .agent/tools/brain_bridge.py and a brain seed skill so host agents can query or write Brain memory when a task needs cross-harness long-term recall.

Onboarding wizard

If you ran bare ./install.sh (no adapter name), the wizard starts with a multi-select harness step: it lists all 13 adapters, pre- checks any it detects on disk, and installs each one you confirm with space + enter. After the install(s), the preferences flow runs.

If you ran ./install.sh <adapter> directly, only the preferences flow runs.

Either way, the preferences step populates .agent/memory/personal/PREFERENCES.md — the first file your AI reads at the start of every session — and writes a feature-toggle file at .agent/memory/.features.json.

Six preference questions (each skippable with Enter):

Plus one Optional features step (opt-in, off by default):

Flags:

agentic-stack claude-code --yes          # accept all defaults, beta off (CI/scripted)
agentic-stack claude-code --reconfigure  # re-run the wizard on an existing project

Edit .agent/memory/personal/PREFERENCES.md any time to refine your conventions, or .agent/memory/.features.json to flip feature toggles.

Transfer wizard

Move the portable parts of one project brain into Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, or a terminal-only project with the onboarding-style TUI:

./install.sh transfer

The wizard turns a plain-language intent into a transfer plan, lets you review target harnesses and memory scopes, blocks secret-like content before export, and emits a one-line curl command the next environment can run. For move my memory, it includes preferences, accepted lessons, skills, working memory, episodic/history logs, and candidate lessons. The importer unpacks the bundle, verifies its SHA-256 digest, merges preferences and accepted lessons, copies selected skills, restores selected memory files, and installs the matching adapter files.

For scripted handoff:

./install.sh transfer export --intent "move my preferences and lessons into Codex" --print-curl
./install.sh transfer import --payload-file transfer.txt --sha256 <digest> --target codex

Review protocol (host-agent CLI)

The nightly auto_dream.py cycle only stages candidate lessons. It does not mark anything accepted or modify semantic memory. Your host agent does the review in-session:

# list pending candidates, sorted by priority
python3 .agent/tools/list_candidates.py

# accept with rationale (required)
python3 .agent/tools/graduate.py <id> --rationale "evidence holds, matches PREFERENCES"

# reject with reason (required); preserves decision history
python3 .agent/tools/reject.py <id> --reason "too specific to generalize"

# requeue a previously-rejected candidate
python3 .agent/tools/reopen.py <id>

# retract an accepted lesson from future recall/context (append-only audit)
python3 .agent/tools/retract_lesson.py <lesson_id> --rationale "obsolete after migration"

Graduated lessons land in semantic/lessons.jsonl (source of truth) and are rendered to semantic/LESSONS.md. Rejected candidates retain full decision history so recurring churn is visible, not fresh. Retracted lessons stay in history with status=retracted but are excluded from proactive recall.

See docs/architecture.md for the full lifecycle.

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What this is

Every guide shows the folder structure. This repo gives you the folder structure plus the files that actually go inside: a working portable brain with fourteen seed skills, four memory layers, enforced permissions, a nightly staging cycle, host-agent review tools, and adapters for multiple harnesses.

• Memory — working/, episodic/, semantic/, personal/. Each layer has its own retention policy. Query-aware retrieval (salience × relevance); nightly compression into reviewable candidates.
• Review protocol — auto_dream.py stages candidate lessons mechanically. Your host agent reviews them via CLI tools (graduate.py, reject.py, reopen.py) and commits decisions with a required rationale. No unattended reasoning, no provider coupling.
• Skills — progressive disclosure. A lightweight manifest always loads; full SKILL.md files only load when triggers match the task. Every skill ships with a self-rewrite hook. The bundled design-md skill teaches agents to use a root DESIGN.md as the visual source of truth for UI and Google Stitch workflows.
• Protocols — typed tool schemas, a permissions.md that the pre-tool-call hook enforces, and a delegation contract for sub-agents.
• Data layer — local-only dashboard exports across every harness sharing .agent/: agent events, cron timelines, KPI summaries, tokens/cost estimates, task categories, harness mix, dashboard.html, and daily report handoff.
• Data flywheel — approved, redacted runs can become trace records, context cards, eval cases, training-ready JSONL, and readiness metrics without training a model or sending telemetry.

Memory search [BETA]

Opt-in FTS5 keyword search over all memory documents:

# enable during onboarding (or set manually in .agent/memory/.features.json)
python3 .agent/memory/memory_search.py "deploy failure"
python3 .agent/memory/memory_search.py --status
python3 .agent/memory/memory_search.py --rebuild

Falls back to ripgrep (rg) if installed, then to grep — both restricted to .md / .jsonl so source files never pollute results. The index is stored at .agent/memory/.index/ and gitignored.

Repo layout

.agent/                         # the portable brain (same across harnesses)
├── AGENTS.md                   # the map
├── harness/                    # conductor + hooks (standalone path)
│   ├── dag.py                  # orchestration library (v0.20)
│   ├── seats.py                # memory / planning / capability / action seats (v0.20)
│   └── hooks/
│       ├── claude_code_session.py    # SessionStart / UserPromptSubmit / Stop / SessionEnd (v0.20)
│       ├── claude_code_post_tool.py  # rich PostToolUse logging (v0.8+)
│       ├── copilot_cli_post_tool.py  # Copilot CLI postToolUse logging
│       ├── pi_post_tool.py     # Pi tool_result logging
│       ├── pre_tool_call.py    # permissions enforcement
│       ├── post_execution.py   # log_execution() entry point
│       └── on_failure.py       # failure write + repeated-failure rewrite flag
├── memory/                     # working / episodic / semantic / personal
│   ├── auto_dream.py           # staging-only dream cycle
│   ├── cluster.py              # content clustering + pattern extraction
│   ├── promote.py              # stage candidates
│   ├── validate.py             # heuristic prefilter (length + exact duplicate)
│   ├── review_state.py         # candidate lifecycle + decision log
│   ├── render_lessons.py       # lessons.jsonl → LESSONS.md
│   ├── memory_search.py        # [BETA] FTS5 search (opt-in)
│   ├── tracks.py               # Markdown daily-log tracks: episodes / cases / foresight (v0.20)
│   ├── reflect_episodes.py     # weekly model-free consolidation (v0.20)
│   └── knowledge/              # source-backed topic pages (v0.20)
├── loops/                      # bounded loop contracts (budget, constraints, loops)
├── evolve/                     # eval task cards, runner, candidates, gene bank (v0.20)
├── playbooks/  personas/       # saved plans and assembled personas (v0.20)
├── skills/                     # _index.md + _manifest.jsonl + SKILL.md files (+ orchestrator, evolver)
├── protocols/                  # permissions + tool schemas + delegation
│   ├── agents.json             # agent registry: capability cards + execution adapters (v0.20)
│   └── hook_patterns.json      # user-owned high/medium-stakes regex (v0.8+)
└── tools/                      # host-agent CLI + memory_reflect + skill_loader
    ├── learn.py                # one-shot lesson teaching (stage + graduate)
    ├── recall.py               # surface lessons relevant to an intent
    ├── show.py                 # colorful brain-state dashboard
    ├── data_layer_export.py    # local cross-harness dashboard/data export
    ├── data_flywheel_export.py # approved runs -> traces/cards/evals/JSONL
    ├── brain_bridge.py         # bridge to external Brain CLI/MCP memory
    ├── list_candidates.py
    ├── graduate.py
    ├── reject.py
    ├── reopen.py
    └── retract_lesson.py       # append-only semantic lesson retraction

adapters/                       # one small shim per harness, each with adapter.json manifest
├── claude-code/   (CLAUDE.md + settings.json hooks — $CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR wired, closes #18)
├── copilot-cli/   (AGENTS.md + .github/instructions/ + .github/hooks/ + .github/skills/ mirror)
├── cursor/        (.cursor/rules/*.mdc)
├── gemini/        (gemini.md + .gemini/skills mirror)
├── windsurf/      (.windsurf/rules/*.md + legacy .windsurfrules)
├── opencode/      (AGENTS.md + opencode.json)
├── openclaw/      (AGENTS.md + system-prompt include; auto-registers per-project agent)
├── hermes/        (AGENTS.md)
├── pi/            (AGENTS.md + .pi/skills symlink)
├── codex/         (AGENTS.md + .agents/skills symlink)
├── autohand-code/ (AGENTS.md + .autohand/skills symlink)
├── standalone-python/  (DIY conductor entrypoint)
└── antigravity/   (ANTIGRAVITY.md)

harness_manager/                # v0.9.0 manifest-driven Python backend
├── schema.py                   # adapter.json validator (path-safe on POSIX + Windows)
├── install.py                  # applies file entries per merge_policy
├── state.py                    # install.json read/write with fcntl/msvcrt locking
├── doctor.py                   # read-only audit + pre-v0.9 migration synthesis
├── remove.py                   # safe uninstall with shared-file detection + ownership handoff
├── dashboard_tui.py            # project dashboard for health/verify/memory/team/skills/instances
├── mission_control.py          # beta local web dashboard entrypoint
├── brain.py                    # optional external Brain CLI integration
├── mission_control_collectors.py
├── mission_control_render.py
├── mission_control_server.py
├── mission_control_static.py
├── post_install.py             # named built-ins (openclaw_register_workspace)
├── manage_tui.py               # interactive menu loop for add/remove/audit
├── transfer_tui.py             # onboarding-style memory transfer wizard
├── transfer_plan.py            # natural-language target/scope planning
├── transfer_bundle.py          # export/import bundle codec + merge logic
├── skill_manifest.py           # rebuilds skills/_manifest.jsonl from SKILL.md
├── upgrade.py                  # safe .agent infrastructure refresh
├── status.py                   # one-screen installed-adapter view
├── loops/                      # loop supervisor: runner, process, worktrees, storage
└── cli.py                      # argparse dispatcher for install.sh / install.ps1

docs/                           # architecture, getting-started, per-harness
tests/                          # pytest suite, incl. test_claude_code_hook.py (62 checks)
schemas/data-layer/             # local dashboard/event schemas
examples/data-layer/            # sanitized data-layer shapes
schemas/flywheel/               # data-flywheel artifact schemas
examples/flywheel/              # sanitized approved-run examples
install.sh                      # mac / linux / git-bash installer (thin Python dispatcher)
install.ps1                     # Windows PowerShell installer (thin Python dispatcher)
Formula/agentic-stack.rb        # Homebrew formula
CHANGELOG.md                    # per-version release notes (v0.1.0 onward)
onboard.py                      # onboarding wizard entry point
onboard_features.py             # .features.json read/write
onboard_ui.py                   # ANSI palette, banner, clack-style layout
onboard_widgets.py              # arrow-key prompts (text, select, confirm)
onboard_render.py               # answers → PREFERENCES.md content
onboard_write.py                # atomic file write with backup
verify_codex_fixes.py           # v0.8.0 regression checks

Supported harnesses

Seed skills

• skillforge — creates new skills from recurring patterns
• memory-manager — runs reflection cycles, surfaces candidate lessons
• git-proxy — all git ops, with safety constraints
• debug-investigator — reproduce → isolate → hypothesize → verify
• deploy-checklist — the fence between staging and production
• design-md — uses Google Stitch-style DESIGN.md files as portable design-system context for UI, frontend, and component work
• data-layer — exports local dashboard data, cron timelines, KPIs, and daily reports across harnesses
• data-flywheel — approved runs into context cards, evals, redacted traces, training-ready JSONL, and flywheel metrics
• tldraw — opt-in beta skill for live canvas diagrams with a local snapshot store under .agent/skills/tldraw/
• brain — queries and writes the optional external Brain memory through brain_bridge.py
• loop-triage / loop-verifier / loop-constraints / loop-guard — read .agent/loops contracts: read-only triage, deterministic verification, path and approval gates, and pause/budget/stagnation decisions

How it compounds

1. Skills log every action to episodic memory.
2. auto_dream.py clusters recurring patterns into candidate lessons.
3. The host agent reviews candidates with graduate.py / reject.py.
4. Graduated lessons append to lessons.jsonl; LESSONS.md re-renders.
5. Future sessions load query-relevant accepted lessons automatically.
6. on_failure flags skills that fail 3+ times in 14 days for rewrite.
7. git log .agent/memory/ becomes the agent's autobiography.
8. Data-layer exports turn local activity into dashboard-ready monitoring.
9. Approved, redacted runs can be exported into .agent/flywheel/ artifacts for retrieval, evals, prompt shrinking, and optional future adapters.

Export approved runs into a data flywheel

Put sanitized human-approved runs in:

.agent/flywheel/approved-runs.jsonl

Then run:

python3 .agent/tools/data_flywheel_export.py

Outputs land in .agent/flywheel/exports/<date>/:

• trace-records.jsonl
• training-examples.jsonl
• eval-cases.jsonl
• context-cards/<domain>/<workflow>.md
• flywheel-metrics.json

This is local-only and model-agnostic. It creates training-ready artifacts; it does not train a model.

See docs/data-flywheel.md.

Run the staging cycle nightly

crontab -e
0 3 * * * python3 /path/to/project/.agent/memory/auto_dream.py >> /path/to/project/.agent/memory/dream.log 2>&1

auto_dream.py resolves its paths absolutely and performs only mechanical file operations (cluster, stage, prefilter, decay). No git commits, no network, no reasoning — safe to run unattended.

Monitor your agent suite

Generate a local dashboard for all harnesses writing to the same .agent/ brain:

python3 .agent/tools/data_layer_export.py --window 30d --bucket day

Or let the injected data-layer skill pass the user's words through:

python3 .agent/tools/data_layer_export.py show me last 7 days by hour

Outputs land in .agent/data-layer/exports/<date>/, including dashboard.html, dashboard.tui.txt, and daily-report.md. The command also prints the onboarding-style terminal dashboard directly inside your coding tool. Optional local inputs let you add scheduled runs and categories:

.agent/data-layer/cron-runs.jsonl
.agent/data-layer/category-rules.json
.agent/data-layer/harness-events.jsonl

Use this to track crons by day, active agents, token/cost estimates by hour/day/week/month, harness mix across Claude/Hermes/OpenClaw/Codex/etc., success/error rates, run cadence, workflow breadth, and user-defined categories like personal, admin, work, financial, and coding. The data layer is local-only; screenshot delivery requires explicit user approval and a user-configured channel.

See docs/data-layer.md.

License

Original Agentic Stack code and documentation authored by Avidlive are licensed under the Apache License 2.0. Third-party components remain under their own licenses and are not relicensed by this repository. See the licensing guide and NOTICE.

Credits

Based on the article "The Agentic Stack" by @AV1DLIVE — follow for updates and collabs. Coded using Minimax-M2.7 in the Claude Code harness; PR review by Macroscope and Codex. Patterns from Gstack, Claude Code's memory system, and conversations in the agent-engineering community. Built with the hypothesis that harness-agnosticism is the point.

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