Agent Buildprint

Buildprints are executable implementation packets for coding agents.

Skills improve the worker. Buildprints package the work. A skill teaches an agent how to debug, design, review, search, or use a tool well. A Buildprint tells an agent what to install, change, or build in a target codebase and how to prove it worked.

Browse published Buildprints and copy the shortest start command here:

https://agent-buildprint.com/

Shortcuts

AGB is the optional CLI helper for loading exact Buildprint snapshots into a workspace. You can install it globally for convenience:

npm install -g agent-buildprint

Then start from a published Buildprint:

mkdir my-build
cd my-build
agb start https://agent-buildprint.com/buildprints/buildprint-mapper-os/package.json .

No global install required:

git clone https://github.com/DomEscobar/agent-buildprint
node agent-buildprint/bin/agb.js start \
  https://agent-buildprint.com/buildprints/buildprint-mapper-os/package.json .

Optionally install the local agent skill harness:

agb harness init .
agb harness check .
agb harness checkup .

Then give the workspace to your coding agent and tell it to read:

.buildprint/next-agent.md

Common Commands

agb start <buildprint-package-json-url-or-file> [target-folder]
agb packet check <packet-folder-or-package-json-url>
agb packet next <packet-folder-or-build-state-folder>
agb harness init [project-folder] [--profile webapp] [--profile backend]
agb harness check [project-folder] [--profiles webapp,backend]
agb harness checkup [project-folder] [--profiles webapp,backend]
agb --help

What You Get

A Buildprint snapshot gives the agent ordered files for setup, UI identity, implementation phases, proof obligations, blockers, and handover.

The point is not to guess from a repo blindly. The point is to give the agent a precise build path it can follow, while still allowing explicit wishes such as a different door, a bigger garden, or another extension.

Product Buildprints package whole systems. Capability Buildprints package bounded integrations such as Stripe subscriptions, RBAC permissions, API key management, webhooks, auth, analytics, or deployment.

Local Development

From this repository:

node ./bin/agb.js --help
npm run check:syntax
npm run check:packet:mapper
npm run check:packets
npm run check:capabilities
npm run check:authors
npm run check:capability:regressions
npm run eval:mapper-overhaul
npm pack --dry-run

Node.js 20 or newer is required.