Flow Define

Flow Define is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by nyldn in claude-octopus.

4K stars374 forkson nyldn/claude-octopusAdded 2026/08/16Repository updated 2026/08/16

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Install Flow Define

Copy Flow Define into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/nyldn/claude-octopus/tree/main/skills/flow-define ~/.claude/skills/flow-define

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/nyldn/claude-octopus.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/flow-define/SKILL.md in nyldn/claude-octopus
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/flow-define
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: AI Engineering — 2451 skills

What Flow Define does

Flow Define orchestrates multiple AI providers to scope requirements, capture user vision, and align stakeholders during the Double Diamond Define phase. Use it after discovery to turn research into a shared definition.

Flow Define is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. Flow Define comes from a repository tagged ai-agents, ai-orchestration, claude-code, claude-code-plugin and codex.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Host: Codex CLI — This skill was designed for Claude Code and adapted for Codex. Cross-reference commands use installed skill names in Codex rather than /octo:* slash commands. Use the active Codex shell and subagent tools. Do not claim a provider, model, or host subagent is available until the current session exposes it. For host tool equivalents, see skills/blocks/codex-host-adapter.md.

Pre-Definition: State Check

Before starting definition:

Read .octo/STATE.md to verify Discover phase complete
Update STATE.md:
- current_phase: 2
- phase_position: "Definition"
- status: "in_progress"

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Flow Define

What else does nyldn publish alongside Flow Define?
Flow Define is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from nyldn/claude-octopus, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include AI Debate Hub, Agent Topology Audit and Code Review. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Flow Define does, and is maintained by nyldn in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the nyldn/claude-octopus page.
How does Flow Define compare to other AI Engineering skills?
Flow Define ranks #540 by stars among the 2451 AI Engineering skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Architecture Decision Records, AI-First Engineering and Agentic OS. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Flow Define against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.