Layers on top of ECC (Everything Claude Code). One command to install:

npm install -g claude-power-setup
claude-power-setup

Why This Exists

The Problem

Claude Code is powerful out of the box, but using it at maximum efficiency requires expertise most developers don't have time to build. You end up with:

• One mode for everything — The same approach for research, implementation, review, and debugging. Each of these is a fundamentally different cognitive task, but you're using the same prompt posture for all of them.
• Serial execution — Waiting for one agent to finish before starting the next, even when the work is independent. Your 8-core machine is doing one thing at a time.
• No memory between sessions — Every session starts from zero. The hard-won lesson from Tuesday's debugging marathon? Gone by Wednesday. The pattern you discovered for your project's test setup? You'll rediscover it next month.
• Manual quality control — Remembering to run tests, check security, clean up slop, and review code. Humans forget. Agents don't — if you tell them to.

The Philosophy

This setup is built on three beliefs about AI-assisted development:

1. Mode switching is not optional — it's fundamental.

A developer reviewing code should think differently than a developer writing code. When you're in research mode, you should be read-only and methodical. When you're orchestrating a team, you should decompose and delegate, not implement. Claude Code doesn't enforce this separation. We do — with four purpose-built context profiles that prime the agent for the task at hand.

2. The agent should get smarter over time, not just the developer.

Most AI coding tools are stateless. They make the same mistakes on day 100 that they made on day 1. The Continuous Learning system changes this: every tool use is observed, patterns are detected, instincts are created with confidence scores, and high-confidence instincts are promoted from project-scoped to global. Your Claude gets better at your codebases, with your preferences, automatically.

3. Orchestration beats implementation.

The highest-leverage thing a developer can do with AI agents is not write code through them — it's orchestrate multiple agents in parallel. One agent researches. Another implements. A third writes tests. A fourth reviews. They work in isolated worktrees with independent context windows, communicate through a shared task board, and produce work that no single agent session could match. This is swarm engineering, and it's the default mode for complex tasks.

What Makes This Different

This isn't a collection of dotfiles or a prompt library. It's an operating system layer for Claude Code:

• Automation pipelines (cpipeline, crouted, claude-loop) replace manual multi-step workflows with deterministic, quality-gated sequences
• Model routing sends research to Opus and implementation to Sonnet — the right model for the right job
• Instinct-based learning means the system evolves from observations, not from you manually curating prompts
• Safe packaging — the installer is idempotent, the uninstaller is surgical, and nothing touches your existing ECC setup unless you ask

The result: you spend less time managing the AI and more time thinking about the problem.

Prerequisites

| Requirement | Required | Notes | |-------------|----------|-------| | Node.js 18+ | Yes | Hooks and scripts depend on it | | Claude Code CLI | Yes | npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code | | Git | Recommended | Worktrees, session save, loop runner | | ECC | Recommended | This setup extends ECC's hooks and skills |

Quick Install

npm (recommended — any platform)

npm install -g claude-power-setup
claude-power-setup

Linux / macOS / Git Bash (Windows)

git clone https://github.com/shyamsridhar123/claude-power-setup.git
cd claude-power-setup
bash install.sh

Windows (PowerShell)

git clone https://github.com/shyamsridhar123/claude-power-setup.git
cd claude-power-setup
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File install.ps1

Options

--dry-run      Show what would be installed without writing files
--force        Overwrite existing files instead of skipping
--skip-shell   Don't modify shell profile (.bashrc/.zshrc)
--skip-ecc     Don't check for ECC installation

What's Included

Context Profiles (Mode Switching)

Switch between purpose-built Claude modes. Each profile primes the agent with different priorities, allowed tools, and quality gates:

source ~/.claude/bin/claude-aliases.sh

cdev          # Development mode — TDD, quality gates, strategic compaction
corchestrate  # Team lead mode — decompose, delegate, synthesize
creview       # Code review mode — security-first, dual-model review
cresearch     # Research mode — read-only investigation, document findings

Automation Pipelines

Replace multi-step manual workflows with deterministic, scriptable pipelines:

# Sequential: implement -> de-slop -> verify -> commit
cpipeline "Implement OAuth2 login in src/auth/"

# Model-routed: Opus research -> Sonnet implement -> Opus review
crouted "Add caching layer to API endpoints"

# Continuous loop with safety controls
~/.claude/bin/claude-loop.sh "Add tests for untested functions" --max-runs 8

# Quick commands
cfix      # Build + lint + test + fix failures
cclean    # Remove slop from uncommitted changes
ccommit   # Auto-commit with conventional message
caudit    # Security scan + harness audit

Agent Teams (Swarm Mode)

Enabled via CLAUDE_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_AGENT_TEAMS=1. Just ask naturally:

> Build a REST API with auth, rate limiting, and tests.
> Please use a team of specialists for this.

Claude spawns teammates in isolated worktrees — each with fresh context, self-organizing via a shared task board. Up to 5 specialists working in parallel: architect, backend, frontend, tester, reviewer, docs.

Learned Instincts

Four battle-tested patterns extracted from real development sessions. These load automatically and improve agent behavior without prompt engineering:

| Instinct | Confidence | What It Does | |----------|------------|--------------| | Parallel agents for independent files | 0.8 | Spawn parallel agents when 3+ files don't depend on each other | | De-sloppify as separate pass | 0.85 | Always clean up with a different agent than the one that wrote the code | | Dual-review catches more | 0.9 | Two independent reviewers find ~45% more issues than one | | uuid ESM incompatibility | 0.95 | Use crypto.randomUUID() instead of uuid package in Jest/CJS projects |

Continuous Learning Observer

The system watches every tool use, detects patterns in your workflow, and creates new instincts automatically:

Observe (every tool use) -> Detect (patterns emerge) -> Learn (create instincts)
    -> Promote (project -> global) -> Evolve (instincts -> skills/agents)

Instincts have confidence scores (0.3 tentative to 0.95 certain) that evolve as evidence accumulates. High-confidence instincts are promoted from project scope to global scope automatically.

Architecture

YOU (developer)
  |
  +-- Mode Selection: cdev | corchestrate | creview | cresearch
  |
  +-- Orchestration: Agent Teams | Swarm Mode | Santa Loop | Multi-Model
  |
  +-- Loop Engine: Sequential Pipeline | Continuous Loop | Model-Routed
  |
  +-- Quality Layer: TDD Guide | Verify Loop | De-Slop Pass
  |
  +-- Memory & Learning: Session Save/Resume | Instincts (v2.1) | Strategic Compact
  |
  +-- Security & Hooks: PreToolUse | PostToolUse | Stop/Session hooks

See ~/.claude/contexts/ORCHESTRATION-REFERENCE.md for the full reference with architecture diagrams, decision matrices, and workflow examples.

File Layout

claude-power-setup/
├── install.sh                 # Main installer (bash, cross-platform)
├── install.ps1                # Windows PowerShell wrapper
├── uninstall.sh               # Safe removal (only touches what it installed)
├── cli.js                     # npm entry point (npx claude-power-setup)
├── package.json               # npm package config
├── README.md                  # This file
├── LICENSE                    # MIT
├── assets/                    # README assets
│   └── banner.svg             # Terminal-style banner in Anthropic colors
├── contexts/                  # Mode profiles
│   ├── dev.md
│   ├── orchestrate.md
│   ├── review.md
│   └── research.md
├── bin/                       # Automation scripts
│   ├── claude-aliases.sh      # Mode aliases + pipeline functions
│   ├── claude-loop.sh         # Continuous loop with quality gates
│   └── claude-session-save.sh # Cross-session memory persistence
├── instincts/                 # Learned patterns with confidence scores
│   ├── parallel-agents-for-independent-files.md
│   ├── de-sloppify-separate-pass.md
│   ├── dual-review-catches-more.md
│   └── uuid-esm-incompatibility-jest.md
├── config/                    # Settings templates
│   ├── env-settings.json      # Agent Teams, cost tracking, hook profile
│   └── observer-config.json   # Continuous learning observer config
├── reference/                 # Documentation
│   └── ORCHESTRATION-REFERENCE.md
└── video/                     # Remotion source for feature video
    ├── index.ts
    ├── Root.tsx
    └── scenes/
        └── FeatureVideo.tsx

Uninstall

bash uninstall.sh           # Interactive removal
bash uninstall.sh --dry-run # Preview what would be removed

The uninstaller only removes files it installed. It never touches ECC hooks, plugins, session data, user-created instincts, or user-modified settings. Env settings are only reverted if their values still match what was installed (user modifications are preserved).

Key Slash Commands

After installation, these slash commands become available in Claude Code:

| Command | Purpose | |---------|---------| | /plan | Plan before coding (wait for confirmation) | | /tdd | Test-driven development workflow | | /verify | Full verification loop (build + lint + test + security) | | /code-review | Comprehensive quality review | | /santa-loop | Dual-model adversarial review (both must approve) | | /team-builder | Compose and dispatch agent teams | | /learn | Extract reusable patterns from current session | | /instinct-status | View all learned instincts with confidence | | /save-session | Persist session state for later resumption | | /resume-session | Load previous session and continue | | /promote | Move project instincts to global scope | | /evolve | Cluster instincts into skills/agents | | /security-scan | Scan configuration for vulnerabilities |

Contributing

Contributions welcome. If you've discovered patterns that make Claude Code more effective, consider adding them as instincts with evidence and confidence scores.

License

MIT