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Multiplayer AI Framework

A composable packet of five builder skills for coordinating multiple AI agents from research and launch through implementation and proof.

Michael BroughtonVersion 0.1.0

AI is capable. Capability is not a process.

I use agents every day to research, plan, build, and test software. The useful leap was not finding one perfect prompt. It was giving different kinds of work different operating systems, then making every handoff inspectable.

This release is the public version of that system. It is a set of five installable skills, not a magic autonomous team. They coordinate through files, checklists, statuses, exact Git commit identifiers, and proof from commands that actually ran. A person still owns the decisions and the consequences.

01 / Choose the lane first

New product and established product

Greenfield work and production changes have different failure modes. Treating them as the same job creates either unnecessary ceremony or dangerous confidence.

Lane A

A new product

Start with Project Launch to define the product, audience, constraints, launch surface, and proof. Then hand the accepted build guide to Project Build Orchestrator to execute it in small, verified phases, with Audit and Verify as the final independent proof loop.

Idea → product brief → build guide → verified release candidate

Lane B

An established product

Start with Feature Pipeline to ground the request in the actual codebase, challenge scope, and ship a reviewable change. Use Audit and Verify as the independent review and real-product verification loop.

Intent → reality audit → small change → adversarial review → evidence

Deep Research is an add-on for either lane. I use it when the work depends on current facts, a market landscape, user evidence, or technical choices that should not come from memory alone.

02 / The stack

Five skills, five jobs

  1. 01

    Project Launch

    Turns an early idea into a decision-ready product brief and launch sequence. It forces clarity on the user, wedge, scope, risks, and evidence before the build accelerates.

  2. 02

    Project Build Orchestrator

    Runs a greenfield plan as a sequence of bounded delivery phases. Each phase has an owner, inputs, outputs, gates, and a receipt before the next phase inherits it.

  3. 03

    Feature Pipeline

    Handles non-trivial changes to an existing codebase. It inspects reality first, narrows the request, writes an executable ledger, and keeps implementation small enough to review honestly.

  4. 04

    Audit and Verify

    Separates building from certification. A fresh reviewer inspects the exact diff, classifies findings, runs the real surface, and repeats after fixes because fixes can introduce new bugs.

  5. 05

    Deep Research

    Builds a source-backed answer instead of a fluent guess. It keeps citations close to claims, distinguishes evidence from inference, and makes uncertainty visible.

03 / Coordination

The skills talk through artifacts

“Talk to each other” is easy shorthand, but it can imply more automation than exists. The reliable mechanism is an artifact contract. One skill produces a named file or verified state; the next reads that output and has explicit permission to continue, stop, or return it for revision.

  • Briefs and build guides carry the product intent and accepted scope.
  • Ledgers and statuses show what is proved, pending, blocked, or deliberately deferred.
  • Exact Git SHAs pin review to the code that was actually inspected.
  • Proof receipts record raw commands, outcomes, and browser evidence rather than “tests passed” as a vibe.

That structure also makes the system recoverable. A new agent or a human can reconstruct what happened from durable evidence instead of depending on hidden conversation state.

04 / Control

Authority stays separate from capability

An agent may be capable of editing code, opening a pull request, changing infrastructure, or sending a message. That does not mean it has authority to do all of those things. The system treats scope, credentials, deployment, external communication, money, and destructive actions as separate grants.

It also separates implementation from certification. The builder cannot simply declare its own work clean. Review points to an exact base and head SHA, tests run against that state, and any fix changes the state and triggers a refreshed review. This does not guarantee correctness. It makes the evidence specific, repeatable, and harder to hand-wave.

05 / Limits

What this system does not promise

  • It does not make models deterministic or eliminate product judgment.
  • It does not guarantee bug-free software. Independent review and real-product testing reduce risk; they do not erase it.
  • It does not create automatic runtime communication between agents. Coordination depends on tools that can read the shared artifacts.
  • It is not universally compatible with every agent host. The public packages are plain skill directories, but each environment may require its own installation convention.
  • It does not authorize production deployment, credential use, spending, or external communication on its own.

06 / Install

Download the system

Download a ZIP, inspect its README and manifest, then extract the skill directory into the skills location used by your agent host. Keep the directory intact: support files, references, and scripts are part of the package. The bundles include a setup guide and a lock manifest.

Public release 0.1.0 · MIT licensed · No embedded credentials

Bundles

  • Core Bundle

    Project Launch, Project Build Orchestrator, Feature Pipeline, and Audit and Verify.

    ZIP · 30,572 bytesDownload
  • Complete Bundle

    Everything in Core, plus Deep Research.

    ZIP · 39,486 bytesDownload

Individual skills

  • Project Launch

    Turns a product idea into a launch plan with positioning, scope, sequencing, and release gates.

    ZIP · 8,189 bytesDownload
  • Project Build Orchestrator

    Coordinates a greenfield build through explicit artifacts, phases, status changes, and verification receipts.

    ZIP · 7,383 bytesDownload
  • Feature Pipeline

    Takes a change to an established product from intent through grounded planning, implementation, and review.

    ZIP · 5,651 bytesDownload
  • Audit and Verify

    Adversarially reviews the exact change, runs the real product, and loops until material findings are resolved.

    ZIP · 5,337 bytesDownload
  • Deep Research

    Produces source-backed research with citations, uncertainty, and a visible evidence trail.

    ZIP · 8,179 bytesDownload