devpace

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devpace

Give your Claude Code projects a steady development pace — requirements change, rhythm stays.

A development harness for Claude Code — rules, schemas, gates, and feedback loops that keep AI-assisted development traceable and measurable.

Why devpace

When using Claude Code for product development:

Problem	Without devpace	With devpace
Requirements change = chaos	"Add a feature" triggers cascading confusion, nobody knows the blast radius	Impact analysis + orderly adjustment, Claude won't change the plan on its own
Inconsistent quality	Claude sometimes skips tests, forgets checks	Auto-checks + human approval, quality gates cannot be bypassed
Work drifts from goals	Technical work disconnects from business goals, lots done but unclear value	Goal-to-code traceability at all times
Re-explain everything each session	Manual approach needs 8 user corrections (3 interruption test)	Auto-restores context, 0 corrections

See full walkthrough: from init to done

30-Second Experience

/pace-init                 ← Initialize (once)
"Help me implement user auth" ← Claude auto-tracks tasks, writes code, runs tests, checks quality
"approve" or "reject"      ← You decide whether to merge
"add an export feature"    ← Claude analyzes impact, adjusts plan, waits for your confirmation
"pause auth for now"       ← Impact analysis → pause (preserving work) → adjust plan

Next session, Claude reports: "Last time we stopped at auth module, continue?" — zero manual re-explanation.

Full Development Lifecycle

Opportunity ──→ Epic ──→ Requirements ──→ Features ──→ Code Changes ──→ Quality ──→ Ship
        │          │           │              │              │              │           │
     pace-biz   pace-biz   pace-biz       pace-plan      pace-dev     pace-review  pace-release
                                          pace-change                              pace-feedback

Requirements can change anytime — /pace-change auto-analyzes impact, adjusts the plan, and waits for your confirmation.

After each cycle, /pace-retro shows quality metrics and improvement trends.

How It Works

devpace builds a goal-to-code traceability chain in your project:

1. Goal alignment — Every code change links back to a business goal. No work without purpose.
2. Auto quality gates — Claude auto-checks code quality and requirement consistency, self-repairs on failure. Human approval cannot be skipped.
3. Change is normal — Requirements changed? Auto impact analysis, orderly adjustment, existing work preserved.
4. Interrupt-proof — Session broke? Auto-resume next time. All state in .devpace/ as plain Markdown.

Under the hood: a Claude Code Plugin using Rules (behavioral guidelines) + Skills (/pace-* commands) + Hooks (auto-triggers at critical moments).

Installation

Prerequisite: Claude Code CLI must be installed.

Marketplace Install (Recommended)

# Step 1: Register marketplace (one-time)
/plugin marketplace add arch-team/devpace-marketplace

# Step 2: Install
/plugin install devpace@devpace

From Source

git clone https://github.com/arch-team/devpace.git
claude --plugin-dir /path/to/devpace

Verify Installation

After installing, type /pace- in Claude Code. If devpace is loaded, you'll see auto-complete suggestions for /pace-init, /pace-dev, /pace-status, etc.

Commands

Most of the time you don't need commands — saying "help me implement X" equals /pace-dev, "where are we" equals /pace-status.

Start Here (5 commands cover 90% of daily work)

Command	Purpose
/pace-init	First-time setup (once)
/pace-dev	Start coding — or just say "help me implement X"
/pace-status	Check progress — or say "where are we"
/pace-review	Approve changes
/pace-next	Not sure what's next? Get AI recommendations

More Commands

As your project grows, devpace offers change management, iteration planning, business alignment, release orchestration, and more. See User Guide for all 19 commands.

Quick reference: /pace-change (requirements changed) · /pace-plan (plan iterations) · /pace-retro (review metrics) · /pace-biz (business planning) · /pace-release (ship it)

Core Capabilities

Change Management (Core Differentiator)