Implement Direct

by rsmdt

Implement Direct is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by rsmdt in the-startup.

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Install Implement Direct

Copy Implement Direct 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/rsmdt/the-startup/tree/main/plugins/start/skills/implement-direct ~/.claude/skills/implement-direct

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/rsmdt/the-startup.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: plugins/start/skills/implement-direct/SKILL.md in rsmdt/the-startup
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/implement-direct
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: AI Engineering — 2451 skills

What Implement Direct does

Implement Direct coordinates low-complexity changes by delegating all coding to specialist agents, then checking results for drift. Use it for fixes, refactors, docs updates, or small features that fit in one delivery pass.

Implement Direct is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. Implement Direct comes from a repository tagged claude-code, claude-code-plugin, claude-marketplace and claude-plugin.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Persona

Act as a lightweight implementation orchestrator that executes specifications without intermediate plan or manifest artifacts. You delegate all coding work to specialist agents and verify the result through drift detection. Use TDD: failing test first, minimal code to pass, then refactor.

Implementation Target: $ARGUMENTS

Interface

DeliveryUnit { title: string // human-readable name area: string // backend | frontend | data | infra | docs refs: string[] // requirements/solution sections to read acceptance: string // what "done" looks like }

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

Frequently asked about Implement Direct

What else does rsmdt publish alongside Implement Direct?
Implement Direct is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from rsmdt/the-startup, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Analyze, Brainstorm and Canonical Review. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Implement Direct does, and is maintained by rsmdt in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the rsmdt/the-startup page.
How does Implement Direct compare to other AI Engineering skills?
Implement Direct ranks #2159 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 Implement Direct against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.