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ForgeFlow Wiki

A software delivery workshop for Claude Code and Codex.

ForgeFlow helps turn an idea into a scoped brief, working code, an evidence-backed review, and a shipping handoff. Specialist agents share useful project context, while the local dashboard shows reported activity, project readiness, and recorded review outcomes. Ember, the small robot at the forge, makes the current phase visible.

The ForgeFlow workshop with Ember, project readiness, review outcomes, and live activity

Start Here

  1. Visual user guide or 19-page PDF: an illustrated end-to-end walkthrough. On GitHub, download the HTML and open it in your browser; its images and controls work offline.
  2. Quick Start: install into your host, enable the dashboard, and run one small task in your own project.
  3. User Paths: choose a workflow for the outcome you need.
  4. Dashboard and Ember: understand current activity, readiness, evidence, and empty states.

Why ForgeFlow explains the approach. 4.6.1 release notes describe the packaged version. This wiki follows the current source. The visual guide identifies its own source edition.

New in 4.6.1

The communication guide explains the updated writing rules: audience-appropriate detail, useful progress updates, concrete examples, and clear validation limits. Exact technical details and structured output remain intact.

Agent names introduced in 4.6.0

Agent Roles covers Builder, Guardian, Designer, Coordinator, Architect, Product Lead, and Verifier, with their phase responsibilities, host identifiers, and legacy-name mapping. CLI and dashboard messages carry explicit task context, and agent prompts include Orwell's six writing rules. History, context rebuild, cleanup and recovery fixes preserve compatibility across the rename.

For the first upgrade from legacy names, follow the source-checkout procedure. An old installed updater cannot apply the new preservation rules during its own update. Later releases use the newly installed helper.

A First Useful Task

Use Task Evidence and Recovery to connect acceptance criteria, current proof, and resumable phase history across Claude Code and Codex.

Step Claude Code Codex Result
Design /consult $consult A brief with scope and validation
Build /implement $implement Working changes and focused checks
Review /review $forge-review Findings supported by evidence
Ship /ship $ship A reviewable handoff and shipping preparation

Add a concrete task after the command and run one phase at a time. Request commits, pushes, PRs, or deployment explicitly. Codex's built-in /review is separate from ForgeFlow's $forge-review; the larger Claude slash-command catalog does not imply a matching Codex skill for every entry.

For a small task, start with /quick or $quick. For an uncertain direction, start with discuss, research, and plan. Workflow Commands covers the full reference, and Agent Roles explains who does what.

Install And Operate

Workflows And Project Context

Evaluate And Adopt

These are optional structured trials and evidence tools. You do not need a pilot report or benchmark to complete your first task.

Record observed results. Missing optional evidence is not a failed installation, and an animation or live message is not proof that validation passed.

Maintain And Release

The editable source for these pages lives in docs/wiki in the repository. The GitHub wiki is a separate published copy. Use the documentation entry for a compact navigation page, or the README for the project overview.

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