AI Factory

Stop configuring. Start building.

You want to build with AI, but setting up the right context, prompts, and workflows takes time. AI Factory handles all of that so you can focus on what matters — shipping quality code.

One command. Full AI-powered development environment.

ai-factory init

Why AI Factory?

• Zero configuration — installs relevant skills, configures integrations
• Best practices built-in — logging, commits, code review, all following industry standards
• Spec-driven development — AI follows plans, not random exploration. Predictable, resumable, reviewable
• Community skills — leverage skills.sh ecosystem or generate custom skills
• Stack-agnostic — works with any language, framework, or platform
• Multi-agent support — Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Roo Code, Kilo Code, Antigravity, OpenCode, Warp, Zencoder, Codex CLI, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Junie, Qwen Code, or any agent

Installation

Using npm

npm install -g ai-factory

Using mise

mise use -g npm:ai-factory

Quick Start

# In your project directory (interactive wizard)
ai-factory init

# Or non-interactive with flags
ai-factory init --agents claude,codex --mcp playwright,github

This will:

• Ask which AI agent you use (or use --agents flag)
• Install relevant skills (or use --skills flag)
• Configure MCP servers (or use --mcp flag)

Then open your AI agent and start working:

/aif

Usage

If the package is installed:

ai-factory init

Or running without installation via npx:

npx ai-factory init

Non-interactive mode

Pass --agents to skip the interactive wizard:

# Agents + MCP servers
ai-factory init --agents claude,cursor --mcp github,playwright

# With specific skills
ai-factory init --agents claude --skills commit,plan

# Without base skills
ai-factory init --agents codex --no-skills --mcp github

Available MCP servers: github, postgres, filesystem, chrome-devtools, playwright

Upgrading from v1 to v2

ai-factory upgrade

ai-factory upgrade removes old bare-named skills (commit, feature, etc.) and installs new aif-* prefixed versions. Custom skills are preserved.

Note: ai-factory update automatically checks npm for a newer CLI version and offers to install it before updating skills, then reports changed/unchanged/skipped/removed for installed base skills. Use ai-factory update --force for a clean reinstall of currently installed base skills.

Example Workflow

# Explore options and requirements before planning (optional)
/aif-explore Add user authentication with OAuth

# Need a strictly verified answer before changing anything?
/aif-grounded Does this repo already support OAuth providers?

# Plan a feature — creates branch, analyzes codebase, builds step-by-step plan
/aif-plan Add user authentication with OAuth

# Optionally refine the plan with deeper analysis
/aif-improve

# Execute the plan — implements tasks one by one, commits at checkpoints
/aif-implement

# Create a knowledge reference from docs AI doesn't know about
/aif-reference https://docs.example.com/api-reference --name example-api

# Fix a bug — AI learns from every fix and gets smarter over time
/aif-fix TypeError: Cannot read property 'name' of undefined

# Set up CI pipeline — GitHub Actions or GitLab CI with linting, SA, tests
/aif-ci github

# Generate project documentation — README + docs/ with topics
/aif-docs

See the full Development Workflow with diagram and decision table.

Auto-Generated Documentation

AI Factory can generate and maintain your project docs with a single command:

/aif-docs          # Creates README + docs/ structure from your codebase
/aif-docs --web    # Also generates a static HTML documentation site

• Generates docs from scratch — analyzes your codebase and creates a lean README + detailed docs/ pages by topic
• Cleans up scattered files — finds loose CONTRIBUTING.md, ARCHITECTURE.md, SETUP.md in your root and consolidates them into a structured docs/ directory
• Keeps docs in sync — integrates with /aif-implement docs policy (Docs: yes = mandatory docs checkpoint routed to /aif-docs, Docs: no = visible WARN [docs])
• Builds a docs website — --web generates a static HTML site with navigation and dark mode, ready to host

Documentation

| Guide | Description | |-------|-------------| | Getting Started | What is AI Factory, supported agents, CLI commands | | Development Workflow | Workflow diagram, when to use explore vs grounded, spec-driven approach | | Reflex Loop | Iterative generate → evaluate → critique → refine workflow | | Subagents | Claude Code only: repo-local planning, implementation, and loop subagents with narrow role contracts | | Core Skills | All slash commands — explore, grounded, plan, fix, implement, evolve, docs, and more | | Skill Evolution | How /aif-fix patches feed into /aif-evolve to generate smarter skill rules | | Plan Files | Plan files, self-improvement patches, skill acquisition | | Security | Two-level security scanning for external skills | | Extensions | Writing and installing extensions — commands, injections, MCP, agents | | Configuration | .ai-factory.json, MCP servers, project structure, best practices | | Config Reference | Full config.yaml key reference and skill read/write matrix |

AIF Handoff

Looking for an Autonomous Kanban board where AI agents plan, implement, and review your tasks? Check out aif-handoff — a visual task management system built on top of AI Factory.

Links

• Official Website - AI Factory website
• If AI Factory feels too simple for your goals, try HLV
• skills.sh - Skill marketplace
• Agent Skills Spec - Skill specification
• Claude Code - Anthropic's AI coding agent
• Cursor - AI-powered code editor
• OpenCode - Open-source AI coding agent
• Roo Code - AI coding agent for VS Code
• Kilo Code - Open-source agentic coding platform
• Windsurf - AI-powered code editor by Codeium
• Warp - Intelligent terminal with AI agent
• Zencoder - AI coding agent for VS Code and JetBrains
• Codex CLI - OpenAI's coding agent
• Gemini CLI - Google's coding agent
• Antigravity - AI coding agent
• Junie - JetBrains' AI coding agent

License

MIT