Installer & CLI
Get Started
One command bootstraps the full planning structure, skill catalog, and CLI into any repo. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Aider, Codex CLI, and any coding agent that reads markdown.
$ npx gad initCLI Quick Reference
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
gad snapshot | Full project context in one command |
gad projects list | Show all registered projects |
gad projects sync | Auto-discover planning roots |
gad tasks | View task registry |
gad phases | View roadmap phases |
gad decisions | View decision log |
gad species run <name> | Launch a new generation from a species |
gad generation preserve | Save generation artifacts |
Component Registry
Visual Context System
React components that make every UI element agent-addressable. Each component registers a deterministic data-cid so agents can target, inspect, and modify any section of your interface by name.
<Identified>Wraps any element with a stable data-cid for agent targeting
<SiteSection>Page section with automatic CID registration
<BandDevPanel>Floating dev panel for inspecting/editing a section
<DevPanel>Full development overlay with screenshot, prompt, and context tools
<SectionRegistry>Registry listing all identified sections on the current page
<DevIdSearchDialog>Search across all CIDs on the page
<DevIdModalContextFooter>Context footer injected into every modal for agent handoff
<KeyboardShortcutsProvider>Ctrl+arrow navigation, speech recognition, chord modifiers
VCS components ship with the GAD skill file gad-visual-context-system/SKILL.md that teaches agents how to instrument any React app.
Downloads
Every template we ship. Zip. Extract. Go.
The GAD pack template is the full set of 34+ markdown templates the CLI uses to scaffold new projects — requirements, roadmap, state, task registry, phase prompts, debug reports, verification artifacts, codebase docs. Every species ships its own template/ directory containing the minimum viable workspace an agent needs to spawn a generation.
GAD pack template
Drop templates/ into your repo, run gad new-project, and you're at the same starting line as every GAD project.
Species templates
Each zip contains the template/ directory for one species — REQUIREMENTS.xml, AGENTS.md, source design docs, and (for emergent species) the inherited skills library. These are the starting states an agent sees before spawning a generation.