Getting Started

Five minutes from now, your project has an expert team.

What you need

Claude Code CLI installed. That’s it.

Install

From the marketplace

claude plugin marketplace add croftspan/gigo
claude plugin install gigo

Manual install

git clone https://github.com/croftspan/gigo.git
cp -r gigo/skills/ ~/.claude/skills/

Your first expert team

Open any project and say “gigo.”

  1. Describe what you’re building. Be as vague or specific as you want. “A Rails API for library reservations” or “I’m thinking about writing kids’ mystery books.” GIGO will also ask what language you’d like to work in and what language(s) your deliverables should be in.
  2. GIGO finds the right experts. Real practitioners in your domain. Their specific philosophies, blended into team members who have opinions and push back.
  3. You shape the team. “Drop that one.” “Add a testing expert.” “Who would they disagree with?” The skill adjusts until it feels right.
  4. Your project is ready. Expert team assembled and active from the first message. Rules lean. Deep knowledge loaded on demand. Start building. (Need vanilla Claude for something? /team off. Bring the team back with /team on.)

What you get

FileWhat it gives youWhen it loads
CLAUDE.md Your expert team. Blended authorities, quality bars, and the autonomy model that keeps them effective Every conversation
.claude/rules/ The essentials. Standards and workflow that apply to all work. Lean by design (~60 lines per file) Every conversation
.claude/references/ Deep expertise. Authority profiles, technique catalogs, domain knowledge. Only loads when the task needs it On demand only

The result: your always-on context stays lean while deep expertise is available when the task calls for it. No bloat, no wasted attention. See how the architecture works →

What to do next

gigo:blueprint Your expert team plans the work. Whether it’s a small fix or a full feature, you get a spec and ordered tasks you can execute with confidence.
gigo:execute Workers build from the spec. First-pass quality that sticks.
gigo:verify Two focused reviewers catch what one pass misses. Spec compliance, then output quality.
gigo:snap Your project stays lean. Session-end audit that prevents the bloat that makes output worse.
gigo:retro After a few sessions, see what’s working and what to fix. Your project learns from every session.

See all seven skills for full documentation.

Troubleshooting

Getting a stale or old version

If claude plugin install gigo gives you an outdated version, do a full clean reinstall:

# 1. Remove any leftover manual copies first
rm -rf ~/.claude/skills/gigo*

# 2. Uninstall the old plugin
claude plugin uninstall gigo

# 3. Clear the marketplace cache
rm -rf ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/gigo

# 4. Re-add and install fresh
claude plugin marketplace add croftspan/gigo
claude plugin install gigo

Verify you got the latest:

cat ~/.claude/plugins/marketplaces/gigo/.claude-plugin/plugin.json | grep version