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Gentle Shell
Turn Pi into a senior-architect development harness with SDD, subagents and strict TDD evidence.
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What is Gentle Shell?
Gentle Shell transforms the Pi agent into el Gentleman, a senior-architect style development harness. It enforces spec-driven development with SDD and OpenSpec, orchestrates subagents, demands strict TDD evidence, applies review guardrails and discovers skills, all from your shell.
Pros
- Enforces disciplined spec-driven development and TDD
- Subagent orchestration with review guardrails
- Opinionated senior-architect workflow out of the box
Cons
- Opinionated workflow will not suit every team
- Requires the Pi agent and shell comfort
- Advanced concepts assume experienced developers
Who should use Gentle Shell
Senior developers who want a disciplined, spec-driven agent harness.
Who may not need it
Casual users of AI coding tools.
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