MoAI Foundation Core

MoAI Foundation Core is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by modu-ai in moai-adk.

1.2K stars220 forkson modu-ai/moai-adkAdded 2026/08/20Repository updated 2026/08/20

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Install MoAI Foundation Core

Copy MoAI Foundation Core 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/modu-ai/moai-adk/tree/main/.claude/skills/moai-foundation-core ~/.claude/skills/moai-foundation-core

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/modu-ai/moai-adk.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: .claude/skills/moai-foundation-core/SKILL.md in modu-ai/moai-adk
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/moai-foundation-core
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: AI Engineering — 2451 skills

What MoAI Foundation Core does

MoAI Foundation Core provides foundational principles for MoAI-ADK, including the TRUST 5 quality framework, SPEC-First DDD methodology, delegation patterns, progressive disclosure, and token budget management. Use for TRUST 5 gates, SPEC workflow, or context optimization.

MoAI Foundation Core is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. MoAI Foundation Core comes from a repository tagged agentic-ai, agentic-coding, agentic-workflow, ai-agent and ai-coding.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

MoAI Foundation Core

Foundational principles and architectural patterns that power MoAI-ADK's AI-driven development workflow.

Core Philosophy: Quality-first, domain-driven, modular, and efficient AI development through proven patterns and automated workflows.

Quick Reference

What is MoAI Foundation Core?

Six essential principles that ensure quality, efficiency, and scalability in AI-powered development:

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

Commands MoAI Foundation Core provides

Slash commands named in this skill’s SKILL.md, listed in the order they first appear.

/clear
/moai

Frequently asked about MoAI Foundation Core

What else does modu-ai publish alongside MoAI Foundation Core?
MoAI Foundation Core is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from modu-ai/moai-adk, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include API Patterns Reference, Backend Development and CI Loop. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way MoAI Foundation Core does, and is maintained by modu-ai in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the modu-ai/moai-adk page.
How does MoAI Foundation Core compare to other AI Engineering skills?
MoAI Foundation Core ranks #1195 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 MoAI Foundation Core against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.