Can I use this for solo projects?

Absolutely. For solo developers, a constitution helps reduce decision fatigue and serves as a vital record of design decisions for long-term maintenance.

How does this skill improve AI-assisted coding?

It provides Claude with a specific set of rules and constraints to follow, ensuring the AI generates code and specifications that are consistent with your existing architecture rather than making arbitrary decisions.

When is the best time to create a constitution?

It is best to create a constitution after the first two or three features are implemented, once clear patterns and standards begin to emerge from the codebase.

Does it support automated generation?

Yes, when used with spec-kit, you can initialize a constitution manually or use automated prompts to extract existing patterns from your project files.

What is a project constitution?

A project constitution is a living document that defines the architectural principles, coding standards, and patterns that all features and implementations in a specific project must follow.

Project Constitution Manager

Name: Project Constitution Manager
Author: rhuss

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Learning & Documentation

Defines and enforces project-wide architectural principles, coding standards, and implementation patterns to ensure consistent development.

About

The Project Constitution Manager is a specialized skill for Claude Code designed to establish a formal foundation for Specification-Driven Development (SDD). It allows teams and individual developers to document recurring architectural decisions, security requirements, and API standards in a centralized 'constitution' file. By making implicit standards explicit, this skill enables Claude to validate new feature specifications against established project rules, preventing architectural drift and ensuring that every code implementation adheres to the project's unique quality gates and best practices.

Key Features

Security, testing, and performance requirement tracking
Automated constitution generation via spec-kit integration
1 GitHub stars
Formal architectural principle and rationale documentation
Decision log for tracking historical architectural changes
Standardized API design and error handling pattern enforcement

Use Cases

Establishing consistency across a large-scale codebase with multiple features
Validating feature specifications to ensure alignment with project standards
Onboarding new developers by providing a clear record of design decisions

About

Key Features

Security, testing, and performance requirement tracking
Automated constitution generation via spec-kit integration
1 GitHub stars
Formal architectural principle and rationale documentation
Decision log for tracking historical architectural changes
Standardized API design and error handling pattern enforcement

Use Cases

Establishing consistency across a large-scale codebase with multiple features
Validating feature specifications to ensure alignment with project standards
Onboarding new developers by providing a clear record of design decisions