Bootstraps
A Claude Code plugin marketplace of reusable skills, hooks, and project scaffolds.
Prerequisites
This is a private repository. You need access to benjamcalvin/bootstraps on GitHub and git credentials configured (e.g. gh auth login).
For automatic plugin updates at Claude Code startup, set a GitHub token in your environment:
export GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_your_token_here
Without this, plugins still work — you just need to update manually with /plugin marketplace update bootstraps.
Install
Add the marketplace to Claude Code:
/plugin marketplace add benjamcalvin/bootstraps
Browse Plugins
List available plugins:
/plugin marketplace list
Or open the interactive plugin manager:
/plugin
Navigate to the Discover tab to browse plugins from this marketplace.
Install a Plugin
/plugin install bootstrap-docs@bootstraps
/plugin install implement-lifecycle@bootstraps
Choose a scope when prompted:
- user (default) — available in all your projects
- project — available to anyone working on the current project
- local — only for you in the current project
Use a Plugin
Invoke a plugin's skill as a slash command:
/bootstrap-docs
/implement #42
Some skills accept arguments:
/bootstrap-docs adr
/implement #42
/implement fix the login bug
/implement 17 just review
/review-pr 17
/draft-issue add user avatar support
/cleanup-issue #42
/refine-issue #42
Update Plugins
/plugin marketplace update bootstraps
Uninstall a Plugin
/plugin uninstall bootstrap-docs@bootstraps
/plugin uninstall implement-lifecycle@bootstraps
/plugin uninstall issue-management@bootstraps
Available Plugins
| Plugin | Description |
|---|
| bootstrap-docs | Set up a comprehensive, AI-readable documentation strategy in any project. Creates AGENTS.md, specs, ADRs, guides, plans, standards, and research templates. |
| implement-lifecycle | Full implementation lifecycle with adversarial PR review — plan, implement, PR, review/address loop, merge. |
| issue-management | Draft, clean up, and refine GitHub issues — optimized for AI agent consumption. |
| stop-guard | Stop hook that evaluates task completion via Gemini CLI and blocks premature stops. Opt-in per session via activation marker. |
implement-lifecycle
Provides 6 skills and 4 reviewer agents for the complete implementation lifecycle:
Skills:
| Skill | Description |
|---|
/implement | Lean orchestrator — 6-phase lifecycle (plan → implement → PR → review loop → verify → merge). Accepts #issue, PR number, or freeform task. Supports trailing instructions like "just review" or "skip planning". |
/merge-pr | Validate, squash-merge, delete branch, and update linked GitHub issues with delivery status. |
/pr-check | Pre-flight PR validation — branch naming, title, description, sizing, commits, references. |
Subagent skills (invoked by the orchestrator, not directly):
| Skill | Description |
|---|
implement-code | Explore codebase, plan, write tests first, implement, self-review, commit, and create PR. |
implement-address | Address filtered review findings from the referee's action plan. |
verify | End-to-end verification — exercises the real running system, checks downstream effects, regression tests existing flows. |
Reviewer agents (invoked in parallel during the review loop):
| Agent | Focus |
|---|
review-correctness | Logic bugs, edge cases, error handling, race conditions |
review-security | AuthZ, injection risks, PII handling, spec conformance |
review-architecture | Pattern consistency, module boundaries, coupling, forward-looking design |
review-testing | Test coverage, assertion quality, edge cases, test anti-patterns |
issue-management
Provides 3 skills for GitHub issue quality:
| Skill | Description |
|---|
/draft-issue | Create well-structured GitHub issues with testable acceptance criteria, optimized for /implement consumption. |
/cleanup-issue | Fix formatting, fill missing sections, and clarify ambiguity in existing issues. |
/refine-issue | Deepen an issue with codebase research — sharpen acceptance criteria, add implementation hints, decompose into sub-tasks. |
stop-guard
A Stop hook — no skills to invoke. Once installed, it activates when any session transcript contains <!-- stop-guard:active -->.
Requires: Gemini CLI (npm install -g @google/gemini-cli), jq
How it works: When Claude tries to stop, the hook calls Gemini to independently evaluate whether the task is complete. If incomplete, it blocks the stop and tells Claude what to finish. If complete (or if human input is needed), it allows the stop.
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