Vector

A meta-prompting and context engineering development system for iOS

Getting Started

npx @mobiman/vector

Vector is designed for speed and automation. Run Claude Code with:

claude --dangerously-skip-permissions

Already have a codebase?

Run /vector:map-codebase first. It spawns parallel agents to analyze your stack, architecture, conventions, and concerns. Then /vector:new-project knows your codebase — questions focus on what you're adding, and planning automatically loads your patterns.

New Project

/vector:new-project

Orchestration

Every stage uses the same pattern: a thin orchestrator spawns specialized agents, collects results, and routes to the next step

| Stage | Orchestrator does | Agents do | |-------|------------------|-----------| | Research | Coordinates, presents findings | 4 parallel researchers investigate stack, features, architecture, pitfalls | | Planning | Validates, manages iteration | Planner creates plans, checker verifies, loop until pass | | Execution | Groups into waves, tracks progress | Executors implement in parallel, each with fresh 200k context | | Verification | Presents results, routes next | Verifier checks codebase against goals, debuggers diagnose failures |

The orchestrator never does heavy lifting. It spawns agents, waits, integrates results.

The result: You can run an entire phase — deep research, multiple plans created and verified, thousands of lines of code written across parallel executors, automated verification against goals — and your main context window stays at 30-40%. The work happens in fresh subagent contexts. Your session stays fast and responsive.

Commands

Core Workflow

| Command | What it does | |---------|--------------| | /vector:new-project [--auto] | Full initialization: questions → research → requirements → roadmap | | /vector:discuss-phase [N] [--auto] | Capture implementation decisions before planning | | /vector:plan-phase [N] [--auto] | Research + plan + verify for a phase | | /vector:execute-phase <N> | Execute all plans in parallel waves, verify when complete | | /vector:verify-work [N] | Manual user acceptance testing ¹ | | /vector:audit-milestone | Verify milestone achieved its definition of done | | /vector:complete-milestone | Archive milestone, tag release | | /vector:new-milestone [name] | Start next version: questions → research → requirements → roadmap |

UI Design

| Command | What it does | |---------|--------------| | /vector:ui-phase [N] | Generate UI design contract (UI-SPEC.md) for frontend phases | | /vector:ui-review [N] | Retroactive 6-pillar visual audit of implemented frontend code |

Navigation

| Command | What it does | |---------|--------------| | /vector:progress | Where am I? What's next? | | /vector:help | Show all commands and usage guide | | /vector:update | Update Vector with changelog preview | | /vector:join-discord | Join the Vector Discord community |

Brownfield

| Command | What it does | |---------|--------------| | /vector:map-codebase [area] | Analyze existing codebase before new-project |

Phase Management

| Command | What it does | |---------|--------------| | /vector:add-phase | Append phase to roadmap | | /vector:insert-phase [N] | Insert urgent work between phases | | /vector:remove-phase [N] | Remove future phase, renumber | | /vector:list-phase-assumptions [N] | See Claude's intended approach before planning | | /vector:plan-milestone-gaps | Create phases to close gaps from audit |

Session

| Command | What it does | |---------|--------------| | /vector:pause-work | Create handoff when stopping mid-phase | | /vector:resume-work | Restore from last session |

Utilities

| Command | What it does | |---------|--------------| | /vector:settings | Configure model profile and workflow agents | | /vector:set-profile <profile> | Switch model profile (quality/balanced/budget/inherit) | | /vector:add-todo [desc] | Capture idea for later | | /vector:check-todos | List pending todos | | /vector:debug [desc] | Systematic debugging with persistent state | | /vector:quick [--full] [--discuss] [--research] | Execute ad-hoc task with Vector guarantees (--full adds plan-checking and verification, --discuss gathers context first, --research investigates approaches before planning) | | /vector:health [--repair] | Validate .planning/ directory integrity, auto-repair with --repair | | /vector:stats | Display project statistics — phases, plans, requirements, git metrics |