dark-factory

Dark Factory

Autonomous coding pipeline — drop prompts in, get commits out.

One factory per project, sequential prompt processing, zero human intervention between spec and commit.

How It Works

You (fast)                                    Factory (slow, unattended)
├── write prompt    ──→  prompts/              (inbox, passive)
├── ready to go     ──→  prompts/in-progress/  ┌─ watcher renames, processor executes
├── write prompt 2  ──→  prompts/              │  YOLO → commit → tag → push
├── move to queue   ──→  prompts/in-progress/  │  YOLO → commit → tag → push
└── go AFK                                     └─ idle, watching prompts/in-progress/
                                                    ↓
You come back                       ←── changes committed and pushed

Prerequisites

• Go 1.26+ — to build dark-factory
• Docker — to run claude-yolo containers
• claude-yolo image — docker pull docker.io/bborbe/claude-yolo:v0.3.1
• ~/.claude-yolo/ — Claude Code config for the YOLO agent (see YOLO Container Setup)

Installation

go install github.com/bborbe/dark-factory@latest

Or build from source:

git clone https://github.com/bborbe/dark-factory.git
cd dark-factory
make install

Quick Start

# 1. Initialize project
cd ~/your-project
mkdir -p prompts/in-progress prompts/completed prompts/log
cat > .dark-factory.yaml <<'EOF'
pr: false
worktree: false
EOF

# 2. Write a prompt
cat > prompts/my-feature.md << 'EOF'
<summary>
- Adds a /health endpoint returning 200 OK
- No authentication required
- Existing endpoints unchanged
</summary>

<objective>
Add a health check endpoint for load balancer probes.
</objective>

<context>
Read CLAUDE.md for project conventions.
</context>

<requirements>
1. Add GET /health handler returning 200 with body "ok"
2. Register in the router
3. Add test
</requirements>

<constraints>
- Do NOT commit — dark-factory handles git
- Existing tests must still pass
</constraints>

<verification>
Run `make precommit` -- must pass.
</verification>
EOF

# 3. Approve and run
dark-factory prompt approve my-feature
dark-factory daemon

Commands

Command	Purpose
dark-factory daemon	Watch for prompts and process continuously
dark-factory run	Process all queued prompts and exit
dark-factory status	Show combined status
dark-factory prompt list	List prompts with status
dark-factory prompt approve <name>	Queue a prompt for execution
dark-factory prompt cancel <name>	Cancel an approved or executing prompt
dark-factory prompt requeue <name>	Re-queue a failed or cancelled prompt
dark-factory spec list	List specs with status
dark-factory spec approve <name>	Approve a spec (triggers prompt generation)
dark-factory spec complete <name>	Mark a verified spec as completed

Claude Code Plugin

Dark-factory includes a Claude Code plugin for writing and auditing specs and prompts.

# Install
claude plugin marketplace add bborbe/dark-factory
claude plugin install dark-factory

# Update
claude plugin marketplace update dark-factory
claude plugin update dark-factory@dark-factory

Command	Description
/dark-factory:create-spec	Create a spec file interactively
/dark-factory:create-prompt	Create a prompt from spec or description
/dark-factory:audit-spec	Audit spec against quality criteria
/dark-factory:audit-prompt	Audit prompt against Definition of Done
/dark-factory:daemon	Start daemon in background
/dark-factory:watch	Monitor daemon with sound alerts (auto-detects project)
/dark-factory:run	One-shot: generate prompts from specs, execute queue
/dark-factory:init-project	Initialize project for dark-factory
/dark-factory:read-guides	Load all dark-factory guides into context
/dark-factory:generate-code-review-prompts	Review service against guidelines, generate fix prompts

Configuration

Optional .dark-factory.yaml in project root: