impforge-cli

The MCP-native AI coding companion.
78 production-grade industry templates · 2 600 compliance rules · works with every AI tool · local-model-first.

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One-line install

cargo install impforge-cli
# or
brew install impforge-cli
# or
scoop install impforge-cli

30-second tour

# Browse the 78 industry-template scaffolds.
impforge-cli template list

# Scaffold a FinTech multi-tenant SaaS locally.
impforge-cli template scaffold fintech-saas ./my-fintech

# Wire us into your AI coding tool of choice (Cursor / Claude Code / Lovable / Bolt / Windsurf / Zed).
impforge-cli mcp register claude-code

# Pull THE BRAIN — the exact 8B model that powers ImpForge Pro, locally.
impforge-cli brain pull

# Generate a project from a template + local model (100 % offline).
impforge-cli generate --template healthcare-saas --model brain

# Diagnose + self-heal.
impforge-cli doctor

# Beautiful futuristic TUI dashboard.
impforge-cli tui            # requires `--features tui`

What you get (MIT, free forever)

Feature	What	Count
Templates	Production scaffolds for 26 industries × 3 categories	78
Compliance rules	Real regulatory rules with citation, severity, enforcement	2 600
Skills	Reusable AI-coding recipes	growing
MCP manifests	20+ curated MCP servers + ours	23+
Local-model backends	Ollama · HuggingFace Hub · llama.cpp · Candle	4
Self-update	cargo install-aware auto-check	✓
Self-heal	Doctor command detects + repairs	✓
Autopilot	Opt-in background daemon	✓
Contribution wizard	Local validation + GitHub PR builder	✓

What you DON'T get (upgrade to ImpForge Pro — € 25/mo)

• Pro Mesh (connects templates × 157 870 quality rules × 50 K intent patterns × 12.4 K SaaS tools × 472 personas × 40 agents × deep-links)
• 4-Model Collaboration Pipeline (THE BRAIN alone in free; classifier + fast-hands + embedder in Pro)
• Offline AI workstation with Live Preview + Pop-out windows
• Tenant-Guard live auditing
• Signed-Snapshot Quarantine Layer (SLSA L3 + in-toto + Sigstore)
• Selective Alignment Training Studio (DoRA / QLoRA DPO)

impforge-cli upgrade opens the Pro page.

Why Rust

• Single binary, ~3 MB, zero runtime dependencies.
• Starts in < 5 ms — every command feels instant.
• Modules in DeepSleep by default → < 5 MB resident memory when idle.
• Memory-safe, audit-able, MIT-licensed, published to crates.io.

Architecture — Neural Trias Lite

Every sub-crate is a micro-program registered with the impforge-emergence Orchestrator:

impforge-cli ─► Orchestrator
                 ├── impforge-core              (shared DTOs)
                 ├── impforge-scaffold          (template copier)
                 ├── impforge-models            (Ollama / HF / llama.cpp / Candle)
                 ├── impforge-mcp-server        (lazy MCP, 90 % token savings)
                 ├── impforge-contribute        (community wizard)
                 ├── impforge-export            (Ed25519-signed migration bundle)
                 └── impforge-autonomy          (doctor · self-update · watchdog · autopilot)

Every module implements health() / capabilities() / power_mode() / self_heal(). The runtime tracks episodic memory in ~/.impforge-cli/memory.json so every decision can be audited after the fact. This is the open-source distillation of the Emergence Kernel pattern used in the commercial ImpForge Pro.

Security model

• Zero engine leak: impforge-cli imports nothing from the commercial ImpForge codebase.
• Migration pipeline: impforge-cli export-config writes an Ed25519-signed JSON bundle that impforge-aiimp validates through its Quarantine Layer. No network handshake.
• Templates read-only: bundled templates are hash-verified on every scaffold.
• Prompt-injection scrubber: every metadata field is sanitized before any LLM sees it.
• Capability tokens: cross-module dispatch uses NIST SP 800-207 scoped tokens.

Read the full security policy in docs/SECURITY.md.

Contribute

Community contributions are welcomed and go through a zero-surprise local validation pipeline BEFORE you open a PR:

impforge-cli contribute template     # interactive wizard
impforge-cli contribute skill        # same for skills
impforge-cli contribute mcp-manifest # same for MCP manifests

Your contribution is validated locally against the v1 schema, security-scanned, and prompt-injection-scrubbed. Only then does the tool open your browser at the GitHub PR page with an auto-filled body.

License

MIT · © ImpForge Maintainers. See LICENSE.

The commercial ImpForge Pro (engine, Pro Mesh, CJ rules, 4-Model Pipeline, Training Studio) ships under ELv2 + BUSL-1.1 and is NOT part of this repository. It is distributed exclusively via https://impforge.com.