Claude Ketchup

Stop Babysitting. Start Parallelizing.

The Problem: You're an AI Babysitter

AI-assisted coding captured your cognitive load.

Every session demands your full attention. Watching, nudging, correcting. You can't walk away because you don't trust the system.

• You can't context-switch while supervising
• One task at a time, full attention required
• The bottleneck is your attention, not AI's speed

That's not multiplication. That's marginally faster serial work.

The Solution: The Quality Stack

Claude Ketchup creates trust. Trust enables parallelization.

| Component | What It Does | Result | | ------------------ | -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | | Auto-Planner | Generates plan from your requirements | No need to specify every detail | | Supervisor AI | Validates every commit against your criteria | Automated review | | TCR Discipline | Test && Commit || Revert | Bad code auto-reverts | | Auto-Continue | Keeps going until the plan is done | No nudging required |

The system is trustworthy. That's what frees you.

The Multiplier: Git Worktrees

Git worktrees let you run multiple isolated workspaces from the same repo.

# Create worktrees for parallel features
git worktree add ../feature-auth feature/auth
git worktree add ../feature-payments feature/payments
git worktree add ../feature-dashboard feature/dashboard

Each runs a Ketchup instance. All quality-validated.

| Approach | Features/Week | | ------------------------- | ------------- | | Manual coding | 1 | | AI-assisted (babysitting) | 1-2 | | Ketchup + Worktrees | 5-10 |

Three Steps

1. Install

npx claude-ketchup install

Feed your requirements. Ketchup auto-generates the plan with Bottles, Bursts, and Dependencies.

2. Release

Start execution and walk away. The Supervisor validates every commit. Auto-continue keeps it going until done.

3. Multiply

Open another worktree. Start another instance. Three features. Five features. All in parallel.

The Transformation

| Before (Babysitter) | After (Bionic) | | -------------------------------- | ------------------------------ | | Watching one AI session | Directing multiple workstreams | | Nudging, correcting in real-time | Defining, approving, releasing | | Serial productivity | Parallel productivity | | Marginal gains (1.5x) | Multiplicative gains (5-10x) | | Brain captured by supervision | Brain freed for the next thing |

From Babysitter to Bionic.

Installation

# Install Claude Ketchup
npx claude-ketchup install

# Verify installation
npx claude-ketchup doctor

# You're ready to become Bionic

After installation, claude-ketchup automatically:

• Injects hooks that validate every commit
• Creates reminders that inject your guidelines
• Sets up file protection via deny-lists
• Merges settings with smart project/local overrides

Authority: Battle-Tested

Built on foundations from Kent Beck's TCR and Extreme Programming principles. Refined through production features at Auto.

The on.auto team ships 5-10 features per week. Not 1-2.

Read the origin story →

CLI Reference

| Command | Description | | ------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | | claude-ketchup install | Install and configure claude-ketchup in your project | | claude-ketchup init | Initialize ketchup configuration | | claude-ketchup status | Show symlink status for hook scripts and reminders | | claude-ketchup doctor | Diagnose installation health | | claude-ketchup repair | Recreate broken or missing symlinks | | claude-ketchup reminders| List active reminders with metadata | | claude-ketchup clean-logs| Remove old log files (use --older-than=N to keep N recent logs) |

Documentation

| Guide | Description | | ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------- | | Getting Started | 5-minute transformation | | Installation | Detailed installation guide | | The Quality Stack | Why you can walk away | | Configuration | All configuration options | | Hooks Guide | Configure your supervision | | Reminders Guide | Context injection system | | Validators Guide | Commit validation rules | | API Reference | Programmatic access | | Architecture | System design internals |

Development

git clone https://github.com/BeOnAuto/claude-ketchup.git
cd claude-ketchup
pnpm install
pnpm test
pnpm build

License

MIT © 2025 BeOnAuto, Inc.

See LICENSE for details.