# bro

> A set of agent skills that restate AI responses, recap work, and render status boards to keep humans and AI aligned.

bro is a collection of practical agent skills from backnotprop for daily work with AI coding agents. Its README tagline is "Alignment shouldn't be so hard." It installs through the skills CLI, as a Claude Code plugin, or as a Codex plugin.

## What It Is

bro is a skill pack for AI agents that focuses on keeping the human and the agent on the same page. Each skill is a command that changes how the agent communicates or reports on work, such as restating a response in plain language or summarizing recent activity.

## Included Skills

- `bro` restates the last AI response in plain language.
- `readback {prompt}` restates the user's prompt clearly to confirm alignment.
- `facts` lists the critical facts to know before or after an implementation.
- `recap` gives a two- or three-sentence recap of recent work, focused on what happened last.
- `clean-room` gets an independent verdict from a fresh agent with no access to the current conversation.
- `status` renders work in flight as an ASCII status board in the terminal.
- `ladder` renders one lane of work as a vertical progress ladder, with done items on top and todo items below.

## Latest Addition: Ladder

The latest skill is `/ladder [lane]`. It renders one lane of work top to bottom, with a line marking where the work stands today, followed by the next step.

## Setup Path

Install with `npx skills add backnotprop/bro`. For Claude Code, add the marketplace with `/plugin marketplace add backnotprop/bro` and then run `/plugin install bro@bro`. For Codex, run `codex plugin marketplace add backnotprop/bro` and then `codex plugin add bro@bro`.

## Features
- Restates the last AI response in plain language
- Readback of prompts to confirm alignment
- Lists critical facts around an implementation
- Short recaps of recent work
- Clean-room verdict from a fresh agent
- ASCII status board for work in flight
- Vertical progress ladder for a lane of work

## Integrations
Claude Code, Codex

## Platforms
API, CLI

## Pricing
Open Source

## Links
- Website: https://github.com/backnotprop/bro
- Repository: https://github.com/backnotprop/bro
- EveryDev.ai: https://www.everydev.ai/tools/bro