replicants
A generic engineering loadout for human-in-the-loop work: role-based agents and task skills that bind themselves to whatever repository Claude Code is running in.
How it adapts to your project
Finds the root
The git top level, or else the working directory.
Reads CLAUDE.md
Your conventions and prohibitions are the authoritative source.
Probes the repo
Stack, test runner, lint, build and deploy — a script that runs nothing counts as absent.
No agent invents a command, path, port, service or credential it did not find.
Agents
Invoke with @agent-replicants:<name>, or let Claude delegate.
| Agent | Role |
|---|---|
codie | Implements, refactors and debugs to Coding Excellence standards; leaves independent verification to qa |
analyst | Read-only investigation: requirements, assumptions, alternatives, “is X built and where” |
analyst-worker | Read-only slice worker for analyst |
qa | Verifies criteria by running the project’s real tests; reports evidence per criterion |
qa_worker | Report-only test-slice worker for qa |
architect | Designs and writes ADRs and design documents; read-only on source code |
deploy | Containers, CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code for what the project already uses; asks before anything destructive |
Agents use explicit built-in tool allowlists and no MCP tools. Read-only agents with shell access are instructed, not technically prevented — use Claude Code permissions for hard limits.
Skills
| Skill | What it does |
|---|---|
/replicants:qa | Repeatable QA pass: derive criteria, run the tests, report pass or fail with evidence |
/replicants:ce | Apply Coding Excellence standards while writing or reviewing code |
/replicants:confirm_deny | Confirm, deny with the correction, or mark unresolved every assumption in your prompt |
/replicants:cite_source | Back every claim with a fresh lookup and a citation |
/replicants:qr | Ask clarifying questions with recommendations before implementing |
/replicants:dont | Read-only turn: advice only, with an approval gate before any change |
/replicants:verb | A fully spelled-out, plain-language answer for this turn |
Install
claude plugin marketplace add rational-agents-ai/rational_agents_plugins --scope projectclaude plugin install replicants@rational-agents --scope projectRun from the repository you want the plugins in. Recorded in its .claude/settings.json, so everyone who works there gets the same setup.