Plan-Apply-Unify Loop — Structured AI-assisted development for Claude Code. Quality over speed-for-speed's-sake.
# Add to your Claude Code skills
git clone https://github.com/ChristopherKahler/paulPlan-Apply-Unify Loop — Structured AI-assisted development for Claude Code.
<br>npx paul-framework
Works on Mac, Windows, and Linux.
<br>"Quality over speed-for-speed's-sake. In-session context over subagent sprawl."
<br>Why PAUL · Getting Started · The Loop · Commands · How It Works
</div>I build with Claude Code every day. It's incredibly powerful — when you give it the right context.
The problem? Context rot. As your session fills up, quality degrades. Subagents spawn with fresh context but return ~70% quality work that needs cleanup. Plans get created but never closed. State drifts. You end up debugging AI output instead of shipping features.
PAUL fixes this with three principles:
Loop integrity — Every plan closes with UNIFY. No orphan plans. UNIFY reconciles what was planned vs what happened, updates state, logs decisions. This is the heartbeat.
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In-session context — Subagents are expensive and produce lower quality for implementation work. PAUL keeps development in-session with properly managed context. Subagents are reserved for discovery and research — their job IS to gather context.
Acceptance-driven development — Acceptance criteria are first-class citizens, not afterthoughts. Define done before starting. Every task references its AC. BDD format: Given [precondition] / When [action] / Then [outcome].
The complexity is in the system, not your workflow. Behind the scenes: structured state management, XML task formatting, loop enforcement. What you see: a few commands that keep you on track.
Builders who use AI to ship — software, campaigns, workflows, automations, anything that benefits from structured execution.
PAUL isn't just for code. It manages marketing campaigns, funnel builds, email sequences, and automation workflows with the same rigor it brings to software development.
You describe what you want, Claude Code builds it, and PAUL ensures: