ECC

Your agent can write code, but ECC gives it a coordinated engineering system and toolbox: it plans before it builds, verifies changes with tests, reviews its own work from a fresh context, remembers what matters, and turns repeated wins into reusable skills and workflows.

plan -> test -> implement -> review -> verify -> remember -> improve

Instead of rebuilding that process in every prompt, you install it once and make it part of how your agent works.

Optimize the context window. Persist everything else.

ECC is MIT-licensed open source. It works best with Claude Code today, has a supported Codex sync path, and provides capability-limited adapters for Cursor, OpenCode, Gemini, Zed, GitHub Copilot, Antigravity, Qwen, and other harnesses. See the support status matrix before assuming feature parity.

Access to 68 agents, 291 skills, and 94 legacy command shims, plus hooks, rules, memory, continuous learning, and AgentShield security scanning. The agents are specialized for planning, review, build repair, security, architecture, and domain work.

Included	Count	What it gives you
Agents	68 agents	Planning, review, build repair, security, architecture, and domain work
Skills	291 skills	TDD, research, security, docs, frontend, data, ML, operations, and more
Commands	94 commands	Convenient entry points while ECC moves to a skills-first surface
Hooks and memory	Runtime	Enforcement, session summaries, continuous learning, instincts, and context controls
Rules	Selective	Always-loaded standards you choose by language or project
AgentShield	Included	Scanning for prompts, hooks, MCP config, permissions, secrets, and agent files

Install ECC

IMPORTANT

ECC 2.2 includes guided package setup for Claude Code, Codex, and Kimi Code. The universal package requires Node.js 18 or newer. Claude plugin setup also requires Git and Claude Code 2.1 or newer on PATH.

Recommended: universal guided setup

For Claude Code plugin setup, updates, scope changes, and hook-profile changes:

npx ecc-universal@2.2.1 setup

If npm reports a version or cache error, confirm the registry version before retrying:

npm view ecc-universal version

ECC 2.2 supports the same guided setup through modern package runners:

Package runner	Guided setup command
npm / npx	npx ecc-universal@2.2.1 setup
pnpm	pnpm dlx ecc-universal@2.2.1 setup
Yarn 2+	yarn dlx ecc-universal@2.2.1 setup
Bun	bunx ecc-universal@2.2.1 setup

The examples select the published ECC 2.2.1 release, matching this repository's release version. A version pin is not a security audit or an integrity check. Review the release source and registry integrity before running package code; use a reviewed checkout for unreleased changes.

Yarn Classic 1 does not provide yarn dlx; use npx, install the package globally, or upgrade Yarn for a temporary one-shot run.

The wizard inventories the official marketplace and every native Claude install scope before making changes, then installs, updates, or safely moves ecc@ecc to the scope you choose. Rerun the same command whenever you want to update ECC, change scope, or change its hook profile. This setup wizard currently configures the Claude Code plugin; use the multi-harness wizard below for Codex or Kimi Code.

To configure more than one coding agent in one reviewed flow, use the multi-harness wizard:

npx ecc-universal@2.2.1 install --guided

It lets you select any combination of Claude Code, Codex, and Kimi Code, shows each install channel and destination, preflights every selection before the first write, and asks for one final confirmation.

Harness	Guided install behavior
Claude Code	Native ecc@ecc plugin with one user, project, or local scope and an ECC hook profile
Codex	Native Codex marketplace/plugin lifecycle; hook review and trust remain Codex-owned
Kimi Code	Managed project files under ./.kimi-code; ECC hooks, model/provider settings, and authentication are not configured

For automation, make every provider-specific choice explicit:

npx ecc-universal@2.2.1 install --guided \
  --harness claude --harness codex --harness kimi \
  --claude-scope local --claude-hooks standard \
  --profile core --yes

Verify the native guided Codex path and managed Kimi path without writing first:

npx ecc-universal@2.2.1 install --guided --harness codex --dry-run
npx ecc-universal@2.2.1 install --profile core --target kimi --dry-run

Additional package-name commands are also available through the 2.2 alias:

npx ecc-universal@2.2.1 consult "security reviews" --target claude
npx ecc-universal@2.2.1 install --profile minimal --target claude --with capability:machine-learning
npx ecc-universal@2.2.1 doctor --target kimi

Do not use npx ecc-install --profile minimal --target claude: ecc-install is a binary name inside ecc-universal, not a separately published npm package.

ECC also ships advanced managed adapters for cursor, antigravity, gemini, opencode, codebuddy, joycode, qwen, zed, hermes, and openclaw. Those targets still use their documented ecc install --target ... paths until each adapter has passed the guided collision, update, repair, and uninstall lifecycle matrix. Neither wizard silently installs into every detected harness.

Pick one path only (per harness)

You can use ECC with Claude Code, Codex, and other harnesses at the same time. Choose one install method for each harness:

• Recommended default: run the guided Claude plugin setup above
• Also supported for Claude Code: use the native plugin commands
• Available in release 2.2: guided package setup for Claude Code, Codex, and Kimi Code
• Works: Claude Code plugin + Codex native plugin
• Works: Claude Code plugin + the legacy Codex sync flow
• Avoid: Claude Code plugin + full Claude manual install
• Avoid: Codex sync + Codex marketplace plugin

Do not stack install methods. Installing ECC twice into the same harness can duplicate skills, commands, hooks, or configuration; installing it once into multiple harnesses does not.

If you already layered multiple installs and things look duplicated, skip straight to Reset / Uninstall ECC.

Install trouble? Open the short install or runtime problem form, or run ecc feedback. ECC never uploads diagnostics automatically.

Claude Code details

Alternatively, run Claude Code's native plugin commands inside Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC
/plugin install ecc@ecc

The native path installs ECC's skills, agents, commands, and plugin-managed hooks. If you choose it, stop there. Do not also run a full manual install into Claude Code.

Claude Code owns these built-in commands, including their errors when a marketplace, plugin, or conflicting scope already exists. ECC cannot intercept that parser. If either native command reports an existing install or scope conflict, use the 2.2 guided setup or resolve the conflicting Claude plugin scope before retrying; do not layer a manual install on top.

After ECC is installed, /ecc:configure-ecc is the namespaced in-Claude reconfiguration skill. It delegates to the same safe setup flow, but it is available only after the plugin is installed and cannot replace Claude Code's built-in /plugin command during a first install.

Claude Code plugins cannot distribute rules, so add only the rule packs you actually want:

git clone https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC.git
cd ECC
mkdir -p ~/.claude/rules/ecc
cp -R rules/common ~/.claude/rules/ecc/
cp -R rules/typescript ~/.claude/rules/ecc/  # replace with your stack

Start with rules/common plus one language or framework pack you actually use. If you install the plugin, do not run ./install.sh --profile full afterward.

Prefer settings.json? Add the marketplace declaratively

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

{
  "extraKnownMarketplaces": {
    "ecc": {
      "source": {
        "source": "github",
        "repo": "affaan-m/ECC"
      }
    }
  },
  "enabledPlugins": {
    "ecc@ecc": true
  }
}

This gives you the same result as the two /plugin commands above.

Naming + migration note (ecc@ecc, affaan-m/ECC, ecc-universal)

ECC has three public identifiers, and they are not interchangeable:

• GitHub source repo: affaan-m/ECC
• Claude marketplace/plugin identifier: ecc@ecc
• npm package: ecc-universal

This is intentional. Anthropic marketplace/plugin installs are keyed by a canonical plugin identifier, so ECC uses ecc@ecc to keep tool names and slash-command namespaces short enough for strict Desktop/API validators. Older posts may still show the former long marketplace identifier; treat that as a legacy alias only. Separately, the npm package stayed on ecc-universal, so npm installs and marketplace installs intentionally use different names.

npm releases are cut per version tag, not per commit, so ecc-universal tracks releases (2.1, 2.2, ...) rather than every push to main. Install from git if you want the bleeding edge.

If your local Claude setup was wiped or reset, that does not mean you need to repurchase anything. Start with node scripts/ecc.js list-installed, then run node scripts/ecc.js doctor and node scripts/ecc.js repair before reinstalling. That usually restores ECC-managed files without rebuilding your setup.

Codex App and CLI

Current Codex releases can install ECC as a native repo-marketplace plugin. The marketplace entry uses the repository root so Codex's cache receives the manifest together with all referenced skills, MCP configuration, hook runtime, scripts, and assets:

codex plugin marketplace add affaan-m/ECC
codex plugin add ecc@ecc
codex plugin list --json
node scripts/codex/check-plugin-cache.js

Both add commands are idempotent. To refresh later, run codex plugin marketplace upgrade ecc followed by codex plugin add ecc@ecc. Codex stores one enabled plugin state in the active CODEX_HOME; it does not offer Claude's user, project, and local scopes. Its native hooks require an explicit trust decision and do not use Claude's four ECC hook profiles. Inside Codex, invoke $configure-ecc for the guided provider-aware flow.

The older scripts/sync-ecc-to-codex.sh path is a deprecated compatibility option for users who intentionally need copied and merged configuration in ~/.codex; it is not required for the native plugin. New sync runs write an ownership manifest so cleanup can preserve modified user files. Run Codex once first so ~/.codex/config.toml exists, then:

git clone https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC.git
cd ECC
npm install
bash scripts/sync-ecc-to-codex.sh

To inspect or remove that legacy layer without touching Codex conversations or native plugin caches:

node scripts/ecc.js uninstall --legacy-codex-sync --dry-run
node scripts/ecc.js uninstall --legacy-codex-sync

Pre-manifest installations are handled conservatively: ECC removes its marked AGENTS.md block but preserves copied files it cannot prove it owns and reports them for review.

You can also open the ECC repository directly in Codex for a project-local setup. Codex reads the root AGENTS.md and the trusted project configuration in .codex/ without a global sync. Do not add the native marketplace plugin on top of the sync flow.

For repo navigation, surface ownership, and PR diff packet guidance, read the Codex ECC Navigation Map. See the .codex plugin notes for native lifecycle details.

Other agents and editors

Cursor, OpenCode, Gemini, Zed, Antigravity, Qwen, Hermes, OpenClaw, Kimi, CodeBuddy, JoyCode, Copilot

Clone ECC once, then choose the target that matches your harness:

git clone https://github.com/affaan-m/ECC.git
cd ECC

Harness	Install or setup	Notes
Cursor	./install.sh --profile minimal --target cursor	Project-local .cursor/ adapter
OpenCode	npm install && npm run build:opencode && ./install.sh --profile full --target opencode	Builds the plugin payload before the full install
Gemini CLI	./install.sh --profile minimal --target gemini	Project-local .gemini/ config
Zed	./install.sh --profile minimal --target zed	Project-local .zed/ adapter
Antigravity	./install.sh --profile minimal --target antigravity	See the Antigravity guide
Qwen CLI	./install.sh --profile minimal --target qwen	See the Qwen guide
Hermes	./install.sh --profile minimal --target hermes	See the Hermes setup guide
OpenClaw	./install.sh --profile minimal --target openclaw	Managed home-directory install
Kimi Code CLI	./install.sh --profile minimal --target kimi	Project-local .kimi-code/ install · Get Kimi Code
CodeBuddy	./install.sh --profile minimal --target codebuddy	Project-local .codebuddy/ install
JoyCode	./install.sh --profile minimal --target joycode	Project-local .joycode/ install

GitHub Copilot support is already included in this repository. .github/copilot-instructions.md provides the instruction layer, .github/prompts/ contains the reusable /plan, /tdd, /security-review, /build-fix, and /refactor prompts, and .vscode/settings.json enables chat.promptFiles.

For a harness without a native ECC target, use the manual adaptation guide. It explains how to carry a small set of ECC skills and workflow instructions into chat-style tools without pretending hooks or native skill discovery are available.

Cursor installs agent definitions under .cursor/agents/ecc-*.md. Cursor-native loading behavior can vary by Cursor build. ECC does not install root AGENTS.md into .cursor/. The adapter keeps Cursor's context scoped to its native rules and agent surfaces.

Deep per-harness notes (feature parity, hook adapters, limitations) live in Platform Support below.

Advanced Install Options

Low-context install with no hook runtime

Low-context / no-hooks path

Use this when you want ECC's rules, agents, commands, platform config, and core workflows without runtime hooks:

npx ecc-universal@2.2.1 install --profile minimal --target claude

From a source checkout, the equivalent command is:

./install.sh --profile minimal --target claude

Windows:

.\install.ps1 --profile minimal --target claude

This profile intentionally excludes hooks-runtime.