productionos-help

productionos-help

Show how to use ProductionOS — explains commands, recommended workflows, best flows to run, and usage guidelines.

Inputs

Parameter	Values	Default	Description
target	path or context	cwd	What to operate on

ProductionOS — Usage Guide

Getting Started

ProductionOS v1.0.0-beta.1 is your AI engineering team — 80 agents, 41 commands, 17 hooks, 6 CLI tools, and dual Claude/Codex targets. Here's how to use it effectively.

What's New in v1.0

• Always-present hooks — Security scan on auth/payment files, telemetry on every edit, review hints after 10+ changes, session handoff on exit
• CLI tools — pos-init, pos-config, pos-analytics, pos-update-check
• Auto-activating skills — Skills trigger based on file patterns (auth → security-scan, .tsx → frontend-audit)
• Continuous learning — Extracts patterns from sessions, builds instincts with confidence scoring
• /frontend-upgrade — CEO vision + parallel swarm for frontend transformation

Step 0: Preamble

All ProductionOS commands run the shared preamble (templates/PREAMBLE.md) before execution. This includes environment check, prior work discovery, agent resolution, cost estimation, and prompt injection defense.

Quick Reference

COMMAND                          WHEN TO USE
/production-upgrade              Audit and improve any codebase (start here)
/omni-plan                       Full 13-step pipeline for major work
/omni-plan-nth                   Recursive perfection — loops until 10/10
/auto-swarm "task"               Throw agents at any task in parallel
/auto-swarm-nth "task"           Recursive swarm until 100% coverage
/max-research "topic"            500-1000 agents — exhaustive research (nuclear)
/deep-research "topic"           Research anything before building
/agentic-eval                    Evaluate quality with CLEAR framework
/security-audit                  7-domain security deep-dive
/context-engineer                Build token-optimized context packages
/logic-mode "idea"               Validate a business idea
/learn-mode "topic"              Interactive code tutor
/productionos-pause              Save pipeline state for later
/productionos-resume             Resume from checkpoint
/productionos-update             Update to latest version
/frontend-upgrade                CEO-enriched frontend transformation
/productionos-help               This guide

CLI Tools

pos-init                         Initialize ~/.productionos/ state
pos-config list|get|set          Manage settings
pos-analytics                    Usage dashboard
pos-update-check                 Version check

Recommended Workflows

Flow 1: "I want to improve an existing codebase"

Step 1: /production-upgrade              Run a baseline audit
Step 2: Review the findings in .productionos/
Step 3: /omni-plan-nth                   Recursive improvement until 10/10

This is the most common flow. /production-upgrade gives you a quick health score, then /omni-plan-nth iterates until every dimension is perfect.

Flow 2: "I'm starting a new project/feature"

Step 1: /logic-mode "describe your idea"     Validate the concept
Step 2: /deep-research "relevant domain"     Research best practices
Step 3: /omni-plan --focus=architecture      Plan the architecture
Step 4: /auto-swarm-nth "build the feature"  Execute with parallel agents
Step 5: /production-upgrade validate         Final validation pass

Flow 3: "I need to research something first"

Step 1: /deep-research "your topic"          Deep 8-phase research
Step 2: /omni-plan                           Plan using research findings

The research artifacts in .productionos/RESEARCH-*.md are automatically consumed by /omni-plan — no duplicate work.

Flow 4: "I want maximum quality on everything"

/omni-plan-nth                              Just run this

/omni-plan-nth is the top-level orchestrator. It will invoke /deep-research, /auto-swarm-nth, /plan-ceo-review, /plan-eng-review, /security-audit, and any other skill it needs. It loops until every dimension scores 10/10.

Flow 5: "Quick security check"

/security-audit                             7-domain OWASP/MITRE/NIST audit

Flow 6: "Understand a codebase I didn't write"

Step 1: /learn-mode "walkthrough"            Interactive guided tour
   — or —
Step 1: /auto-swarm "reverse-engineer this codebase" --mode explore

Flow 7: "Prepare for a code review / PR"

Step 1: /production-upgrade validate         Quick validation pass
Step 2: Review .productionos/ output
Step 3: Fix any findings
Step 4: Commit and push

How Commands Connect

Commands produce artifacts in .productionos/ that downstream commands consume:

/deep-research ──→ RESEARCH-*.md ──→ /omni-plan (skips re-research)
/production-upgrade ──→ AUDIT-DISCOVERY.md ──→ /omni-plan (skips discovery)
/omni-plan ──→ OMNI-PLAN.md ──→ /auto-swarm (task decomposition)
/security-audit ──→ AUDIT-SECURITY.md ──→ /production-upgrade (security context)

Rule: Never redo work. If a prior command already produced findings, the next command should consume them.

The Orchestration Hierarchy

/omni-plan-nth (TOP — can invoke ANY command, loops until 10/10)
    |
    ├── /omni-plan (13-step pipeline per iteration)
    │   └── /auto-swarm-nth (execution engine within iterations)
    │       └── Each agent can invoke skills within its scope
    |
    ├── /deep-research (on-demand investigation)
    ├── /security-audit (on-demand security check)
    ├── /agentic-eval (on-demand quality evaluation)
    └── External: /plan-ceo-review, /plan-eng-review, /qa, /browse, /ship

Tips

1. Start with /production-upgrade if you're unsure — it's the lightest pipeline
2. Use /omni-plan-nth when you want maximum quality — it runs everything
3. Check .productionos/ after any command — all findings go there
4. Run bun run skill:check to verify ProductionOS itself is healthy (100%)
5. Run bun run dashboard to see which reviews have been completed
6. Use /learn-mode to understand unfamiliar code before auditing it
7. The -nth variants run until perfect — standard variants run once
8. External skills (gstack, superpowers) enhance capabilities but aren't required

Validation Commands

bun run skill:check      # Health dashboard (should report 100%)
bun run validate          # Agent frontmatter validation (78/78)
bun run audit:context     # Token budget tracking
bun run dashboard         # Review readiness per branch
bun test                  # Automated test suite (118 tests)

Getting Help

• CLAUDE.md — Auto-loaded instructions and command reference
• ARCHITECTURE.md — Why decisions were made (with implementation status)
• CONTRIBUTING.md — How to add agents and commands
• CHANGELOG.md — What changed in each version
• TODOS.md — Known gaps and planned improvements

Error Handling

Scenario	Action
No target provided	Ask for clarification with examples
Target not found	Search for alternatives, suggest closest match
Missing dependencies	Report what is needed and how to install
Permission denied	Check file permissions, suggest fix
State file corrupted	Reset to defaults, report what was lost

Guardrails

1. Do not silently change scope or expand beyond the user request.
2. Prefer concrete outputs and verification over abstract descriptions.
3. Keep scope faithful to the user intent.
4. Preserve existing workflow guardrails and stop conditions.
5. Verify results before concluding.