Ralph Once

by sterlingcrispin

Ralph Once is a DevOps skill for Claude Code, published by sterlingcrispin in claude_slash_commands.

200 stars18 forkson sterlingcrispin/claude_slash_commandsAdded 2026/09/05Repository updated 2026/03/31

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Install Ralph Once

Copy Ralph Once 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/sterlingcrispin/claude_slash_commands/tree/main/ralphonce ~/.claude/skills/ralphonce

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/sterlingcrispin/claude_slash_commands.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: ralphonce/SKILL.md in sterlingcrispin/claude_slash_commands
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/ralphonce
Collection: One of 11 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: DevOps — 973 skills

What Ralph Once does

Ralph Once works on one highest-priority feature from current_ project documents, then tests it, updates the plan and progress log, and commits the change. Use it for a focused implementation pass.

Ralph Once is cataloged under DevOps on DirSkills. Ralph Once comes from a repository tagged claude-skills and codex-skills.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Ralph Once - Single Feature Implementation Cycle

You are about to execute a focused, single-feature development cycle. Follow these steps precisely:

Step 1: Read Current Documents

Find and read ALL files in the current project that start with current_ (e.g., current_PROGRESS.md, current_PRD.json, or for example current_SYSTEM-PLAN.md, or any other `current_* files could be .txt , .json , .md or other). These contain the project roadmap, PRD, and progress tracking.

Step 2: Identify the Highest Priority Feature

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

Commands Ralph Once provides

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

/ralphonce

Frequently asked about Ralph Once

What else does sterlingcrispin publish alongside Ralph Once?
Ralph Once is one of 11 skills that DirSkills catalogs from sterlingcrispin/claude_slash_commands, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Audit Handoff, Checkpoint and Codex Audit. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Ralph Once does, and is maintained by sterlingcrispin in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the sterlingcrispin/claude_slash_commands page.
How does Ralph Once compare to other DevOps skills?
Ralph Once ranks #881 by stars among the 973 DevOps skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Backend Patterns, API Connector Builder and Migration. 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 Ralph Once against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.