Loki Mode

How it works: Drop a spec -- a PRD, GitHub issue, OpenAPI/JSON/YAML, or one-line brief. Loki Mode classifies complexity (run.sh:detect_complexity()), assembles an agent team from 41 specialized agent roles across 8 domains - prompt-defined specifications the orchestrator adopts per phase, with parallel review (blind council) and optional worktree streams on Claude Code, sequential on other providers - and runs autonomous RARV cycles (Reason - Act - Reflect - Verify, see run.sh:run_autonomous()) with 11 quality gates (see skills/quality-gates.md). Code is not "done" until it passes automated verification. Output is a Git repo with source, tests, configs, and audit logs.

Why Loki Mode?

• Spec-driven, autonomous, with a built-in trust layer -- Hand Loki a spec, walk away, come back to working code with tests. The full RARV-C closure loop (Reason - Act - Reflect - Verify - Close) runs until the work is actually done, not just attempted. The verified-completion evidence gate (skills/quality-gates.md) refuses any "done" claim on an empty git diff against the run-start commit, and blocks completion when tests run red, so "complete" means proven, not promised.
• Production quality built in -- 11 quality gates (skills/quality-gates.md), blind 3-reviewer code review (run.sh:run_code_review()), anti-sycophancy checks
• Standalone verification: loki verify -- Run Loki's deterministic gates (build, tests, static analysis, secret scan, dependency audit) against any branch or PR diff, including code written by other agents or humans. CI-ready exit codes (0 VERIFIED, 1 CONCERNS, 2 BLOCKED), machine-readable evidence at .loki/verify/evidence.json. Inconclusive evidence is never reported as VERIFIED (v7.27.0).
• Living spec and pre-build interrogation -- loki spec locks a spec and detects drift deterministically (spec.lock, drift-report.json, and a SPEC_DRIFT finding in loki verify with CI exit codes), so you can tell when the build diverges from what was agreed. loki grill runs a Devil's-Advocate interrogation of the spec before you build, surfacing gaps and contradictions early (v7.28.0).
• Mid-flight model switching + Claude Fable tier -- switch the model a live run uses from the dashboard (applies at the next iteration, current run only), with Claude Fable available as a premium tier at its published $10/$50 per MTok (2x Opus). For every model lever (session pin to Fable, mid-flight override, architect pass) and every LOKI_MAX_TIER path, the loki plan quote, the dashboard's reported model, and the actual dispatched model agree, with the ceiling enforced (v7.31.0).
• A calmer CLI -- the help surface is ~20 grouped workflow entries instead of a 70-command wall; merged commands live on as aliases that forward byte-identically with a one-line stderr pointer, so no script breaks (v7.31.0).
• Guided first build: loki quickstart -- four quick questions (setup check, one-line idea, template pick, plan review) and your build starts; pressing Enter through every step builds the sample Todo app. The plan step quotes the real cost/time estimate before anything is spent, and loki demo now confirms its estimate the same way. If no AI provider CLI is installed, Loki offers to install Claude Code (consent-gated, interactive terminals only) (v7.29.0).
• Live App Preview -- The dashboard embeds the locally-running app in an iframe so you can interact with it immediately during a build. Use loki preview (alias loki open) to print the URL and open it in your browser. Local-first: no hosted service, no vendor lock (v7.24.0).