dryforge

Name: dryforge Review
Item: dryforge
Rating: 2.3
Author: Aaron Matthews

Skill Development Poor

Works inClaude Code

Poor Scanned — metadata only

Agents fail in two ways — guessing what you meant, or optimizing for the checklist instead of the work.

A workflow harness plugin for Claude Code and Codex built around 'bounded autonomy': a ready step validates your intent and surfaces load-bearing unknowns before a spec is written, a go step executes the approved dependency graph instead of re-planning, and verification requires captured evidence (commands, diffs, runtime smoke) rather than the agent's self-report. Also maintains durable project memory across sessions.

Validate intent and surface unknowns with ready before the agent writes a spec
Execute an approved plan as a dependency graph with go
Require captured evidence (commands, diffs, runtime smoke) before accepting work as done

432 starsApache-2.0 (commercial OK)FreeQuick setup

Below standard — Significant caveats apply. Not recommended without careful review of the security and evaluation sections.

Why it matters

Agents fail in two ways — guessing what you meant, or optimizing for the checklist instead of the work. dryforge fixes a minimum structure (validated intent, execution graph, evidence floor, project memory) while leaving the model's reasoning space open inside it.

Best for

Claude Code and Codex users who want a structured intent-plan-execute-verify workflow with durable project memory instead of ad-hoc prompting.

Works in

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Source

https://github.com/fn-opt/dryforge

By fn-opt

How to Get It

Option 1: Claude Desktop App (Code Mode)Click the + button next to the prompt box → Plugins → Add plugin. Search and click Install. Skills work in Claude Code only.

Option 2: Paste into Claude CodeCopy the command below and paste it into your conversation. Claude will install it.

Command

/plugin marketplace add fn-opt/dryforge (then: /plugin install dryforge)

Tip: Paste this into a Claude Code conversation. Verify command matches your Claude Code version.

First thing to try

After installing, paste this into Claude:

Help me validate intent and surface unknowns with ready before the agent writes a spec

CostFree

Trust Signals Auto-scanned

Stars432Contributors2Last updated2026-10-16LicenseApache-2.0 (OK for commercial use)Known CVEsNone foundSources: GitHub Advisory Database + OSV.dev · Scanned 2026-10-31 · scanner vattempted-no-data

Reviewer notes

Auto-scanned review. These are observations, not a security certification.

catalog_hygiene stale-eval refresh: Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 270 GitHub stars; 2 contributors; last commit 5d ago; license AGPL-3.0.

Things to check

Scanned, not hands-on tested — this entry was auto-scanned from public metadata (GitHub metrics, license, security flags). No reviewer has run it, and no tool-specific limitations have been documented yet.

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use

1/5

Versatility

3/5

Reliability

3/5

Security

3/5

Overall score2.30 / 5.00 PoorEvaluatedSep 2026

catalog_hygiene stale-eval refresh: Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 270 GitHub stars; 2 contributors; last commit 5d ago; license AGPL-3.0.

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