Husky-style hooks and skills management for Claude Code
npm install claude-ketchupStop Babysitting. Start Parallelizing.
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AI-assisted coding captured your cognitive load.
Every session demands your full attention. Watching, nudging, correcting. You can't walk away because you don't trust the system.
- You can't context-switch while supervising
- One task at a time, full attention required
- The bottleneck is your attention, not AI's speed
That's not multiplication. That's marginally faster serial work.
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Claude Ketchup creates trust. Trust enables parallelization.
| Component | What It Does | Result |
| ------------------ | -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- |
| Auto-Planner | Generates plan from your requirements | No need to specify every detail |
| Supervisor AI | Validates every commit against your criteria | Automated review |
| TCR Discipline | Test && Commit \|\| Revert | Bad code auto-reverts |
| Auto-Continue | Keeps going until the plan is done | No nudging required |
The system is trustworthy. That's what frees you.
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Git worktrees let you run multiple isolated workspaces from the same repo.
``bash`Create worktrees for parallel features
git worktree add ../feature-auth feature/auth
git worktree add ../feature-payments feature/payments
git worktree add ../feature-dashboard feature/dashboard
Each runs a Ketchup instance. All quality-validated.
| Approach | Features/Week |
| ------------------------- | ------------- |
| Manual coding | 1 |
| AI-assisted (babysitting) | 1-2 |
| Ketchup + Worktrees | 5-10 |
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`bash`
npx claude-ketchup install
Feed your requirements. Ketchup auto-generates the plan with Bottles, Bursts, and Dependencies.
Start execution and walk away. The Supervisor validates every commit. Auto-continue keeps it going until done.
Open another worktree. Start another instance. Three features. Five features. All in parallel.
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| Before (Babysitter) | After (Bionic) |
| -------------------------------- | ------------------------------ |
| Watching one AI session | Directing multiple workstreams |
| Nudging, correcting in real-time | Defining, approving, releasing |
| Serial productivity | Parallel productivity |
| Marginal gains (1.5x) | Multiplicative gains (5-10x) |
| Brain captured by supervision | Brain freed for the next thing |
From Babysitter to Bionic.
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`bashInstall Claude Ketchup
npx claude-ketchup install
After installation, claude-ketchup automatically:
- Injects hooks that validate every commit
- Creates reminders that inject your guidelines
- Sets up file protection via deny-lists
- Merges settings with smart project/local overrides
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Authority: Battle-Tested
Built on foundations from Kent Beck's TCR and Extreme Programming principles. Refined through production features at Auto.
The on.auto team ships 5-10 features per week. Not 1-2.
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CLI Reference
| Command | Description |
| ------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
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| Install and configure claude-ketchup in your project |
| claude-ketchup init | Initialize ketchup configuration |
| claude-ketchup status | Show symlink status for hook scripts and reminders |
| claude-ketchup doctor | Diagnose installation health |
| claude-ketchup repair | Recreate broken or missing symlinks |
| claude-ketchup reminders| List active reminders with metadata |
| claude-ketchup clean-logs| Remove old log files (use --older-than=N to keep N recent logs) |---
Documentation
| Guide | Description |
| ------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------- |
| Getting Started | 5-minute transformation |
| Installation | Detailed installation guide |
| The Quality Stack | Why you can walk away |
| Configuration | All configuration options |
| Hooks Guide | Configure your supervision |
| Reminders Guide | Context injection system |
| Validators Guide | Commit validation rules |
| API Reference | Programmatic access |
| Architecture | System design internals |
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Development
`bash
git clone https://github.com/BeOnAuto/claude-ketchup.git
cd claude-ketchup
pnpm install
pnpm test
pnpm build
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MIT © 2025 BeOnAuto, Inc.
See LICENSE for details.
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