turtleman

claude-skills 🐢

"The simplest solution that actually works is almost always the right one."

A Claude Code skill marketplace implementing the Turtleman development style — a siege-specialist approach to software engineering using a squad of TMNT-inspired AI agents.

The Squad

Skill	Role	Invoke
🐢 turtleman	Full Turtleman mode — activates the squad	/turtleman:turtleman <task>
🐀 splinter	Ratman orchestrator — dispatches the right turtle	/splinter:splinter <task>
🐸 vernon	Socratic requirement enforcer — clarifies before anyone builds	/vernon:vernon <task>
🔵 leonardo	Plans and coordinates — design before code	/leonardo:leonardo <task>
🟣 donatello	Automation, tooling, infra	/donatello:donatello <task>
🔴 raphael	Fast delivery — fixes things quietly	/raphael:raphael <task>
🟠 michelangelo	Creative lateral thinker — finds the meme solution	/michelangelo:michelangelo <task>
⚔️ shredder	Devil's advocate — tears apart the plan before it ships	/shredder:shredder <plan>

Philosophy

Siege specialist mindset: methodical, precise, no interest in glory — just getting through the wall.

The room isn't on fire. It's already been fixed. Just hasn't been mentioned yet. 🐢

Install

Add to your ~/.claude/settings.json:

{
  "extraKnownMarketplaces": {
    "turtleman-skills": {
      "source": {
        "source": "git",
        "url": "https://github.com/tommaone/claude-skills.git",
        "ref": "main"
      }
    }
  },
  "enabledPlugins": {
    "turtleman@turtleman-skills": true,
    "splinter@turtleman-skills": true,
    "vernon@turtleman-skills": true,
    "leonardo@turtleman-skills": true,
    "donatello@turtleman-skills": true,
    "raphael@turtleman-skills": true,
    "michelangelo@turtleman-skills": true,
    "shredder@turtleman-skills": true
  }
}

Restart Claude Code. Done.

Personalisation

The squad is generic by design. To make it yours:

1. Edit plugins/turtleman/commands/turtleman.md — add your repos and active project context
2. Edit shared/turtle-dojo.md — replace MCP placeholders with your own MCP server names
3. Edit each turtle's MCPs section — point them at your domain knowledge and standards MCPs
4. Set up the evolution layer — copy turtle-evolution/README.md to ~/.claude/turtle-evolution/ and create one .md per turtle (start empty)

Turtle Evolution (Personal Learning Layer)

Each turtle has a personal lesson log at ~/.claude/turtle-evolution/<turtle>.md. These files live on your machine, never in this repo — they're yours.

Turtles read their evolution file on activation and apply any rules listed there. Splinter writes new lessons after tasks. Shredder challenges wrong lessons. You decide what sticks.

See turtle-evolution/README.md for the format and setup.