Linked-Intent Dev· v0.1
Plate 00 / Intro For agentic coding

How to write code when your compiler speaks English.

  1. LID is the language.
  2. Claude is the compiler.
  3. Code is the output.

Modern coding agents rarely write bugs. What they write are intent gaps — places where the agent assumed one meaning and you held another. LID closes those gaps by giving your agent a dialect of English it can compile faithfully: specs are source, code is compiled output, and every intent change cascades downstream. A minimum system. Not a factory.

Install On GitHub
Plate 01 / Quickstart

Three commands, inside Claude Code.

Register the marketplace, install the plugin, bootstrap your project. After that you describe what you want to build and the skill walks you through design, specs, and tests before it writes any code.

Corporate environment blocks marketplaces? Clone the repo directly — same plugins, same behavior.

  1. /plugin marketplace add jszmajda/lid

    Register the marketplace in Claude Code.

  2. /plugin install linked-intent-dev@jszmajda-lid

    Install the core workflow plugin.

  3. /linked-intent-dev:lid-setup

    Bootstrap your project — adds a docs/ tree and LID directives to CLAUDE.md.

Plate 02 / Demonstration

See the cascade.

The most persuasive thing about LID isn't the prose — it's watching intent propagate. Describe a change in English. The agent updates the LLD, cascades through the specs, regenerates the tests, and rewrites the code. Two minutes, one real project.

001CASCADE · LLD → SPECS → TESTS → CODE
Plate 03 / Entry points

Which path is yours?

Four starting points, depending on where you're coming from. Each one has a short orientation on the Start page.

01 / Path

Evaluating

Decide if LID solves a problem you have. Skim, browse an example, read on.

Orient 02 / Path

Starting new

Greenfield project. Install, describe what you want, let the skill walk you through it.

Begin 03 / Path

Existing codebase

Brownfield. Map the code first, then layer LID's discipline on top of what exists.

Map 04 / Path

Scoped to a subsystem

Solo trying LID on one slice of a larger non-LID project. Scoped mode is made for this.

Scope