alignfirst

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Collaborative problem-solving protocols. Read when the user names AlignFirst or a protocol alias: spec, alspec, plan, alplan, AAD, al, catchup, alcatchup, merge, almerge, alreview, or aldescription.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the alignfirst skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by paleo/alignfirst in skills/alignfirst/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Follow the requested protocol if its guide is already in context. Otherwise, run npx -y alignfirst guide <protocol> and follow it. Each named guide includes the ticket directory and work file rules; add --protocol-only when they are already in context.

Protocol aliases: alspecspec, alplanplan, al or AADaad, almergemerge, alreviewreview, aldescriptiondescription. The alcatchup alias runs npx -y alignfirst ticket --catchup and then follows the user's instructions; alcatchupaad and alcatchupspec run it before the aad or spec protocol.

When no protocol is specified, run npx -y alignfirst guide to choose one. For workflow explanations, run npx -y alignfirst guide overview.

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github.com/paleo/alignfirst