AKC Rules (moved to a standalone repository)

The cycle-as-a-single-rules-file lives in its own repository: shimo4228/akc-cycle.

It distills the six AKC phases (Research, Extract, Curate, Promote, Measure, Maintain) plus Scaffold Dissolution into one behavioral rules file you can drop into an agent's rules directory — the lightweight install path for the whole cycle, without installing the six standalone cycle skills.

Installing

# clone, then copy the rule into your global rules directory
cp rules/common/akc-cycle.md ~/.claude/rules/common/akc-cycle.md

Since v1.1.0 the same repository also ships the nine cycle-phase skills as a Claude Code plugin (/plugin marketplace add shimo4228/akc-cycle) — the rules file stays the minimal floor, the plugin adds the skill layer. The repository's README covers the per-phase trigger table, both install paths, and the one-way sync model.

Why it moved

This file previously held the full rules text, but the same content also lives as a live rule in the author's harness — and the two copies drifted. Publishing the rule as its own repository gives it a single source of truth (the harness copy, mirrored one-way), the same distribution model as the cycle skills and the design-pattern skills. The decision records that motivate the cycle (the "why") stay here in docs/adr/.