ODIN — Outline-Driven Dev
100-skill Claude Code plugin for outline-driven, diagram-first, atomic-commit engineering
Test report
- Verdict
- Tested · Works
- Score
- Tested
- Jul 20, 2026
- Environment
- Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
⚠ This skill is no longer available upstream. Our re-check on Aug 10, 2026 couldn't find it any more (SKILL.md not found in repo tree). The test below is what we measured on Jul 20, 2026 and we're leaving it up as a record — but there is nothing left to install, so we've removed the command.
Fetched the tree via the GitHub API: 100 skills under skills/, plus .claude-plugin/plugin.json (v1.17.18) and mcp.json declaring 4 npx MCP servers (sequential/critic/shannon alwaysLoad:true). Read spec-driven/SKILL.md fully — clean frontmatter (name+description), well-authored gated SPECIFY→PLAN→TASKS→IMPLEMENT workflow, and its referenced references/domain-examples.md exists and matches. Security scan clean: no base64/exfil/secrets in the skill. Honest caveat: the README's "recommended" one-liner does `wget -O ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md`, silently overwriting your existing global CLAUDE.md, and the plugin auto-loads 3 npx MCP servers — real friction/risk at the suite level, though the tested spec-driven skill copies standalone and needs none of it. Trigger phrasings judged — ACTIVATE: (1) "build a new auth feature, spec it out first" (2) "requirements are fuzzy and this touches 3 modules, write a spec before coding" (3) "start a new project: define objective/boundaries/success criteria before implementation"; NOT: (4) "fix this typo in the README" (skill explicitly excludes single-line fixes) (5) "explain what this regex does" (read-only Q&A). All 5 correct.
Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works
- Installs cleanly 5/5
- Triggers reliably 5/5
- Output vs. baseline 8/10
- Docs & honesty 4/5
What ODIN — Outline-Driven Dev does
ODIN is a large Claude Code plugin (100 skills + 4 MCP servers) encoding an "outline-driven development" methodology: spec/plan/tasks/implement gating, diagram-first design, surgical AST edits, and atomic Conventional Commits. Individual skills trigger on natural-language cues (e.g. "spec this out first", "write a spec before coding") or /slash commands. Tested the representative spec-driven skill.
How to install ODIN — Outline-Driven Dev
Nothing to install: the source repository no longer has this skill. If the author brings it back, our daily re-check will pick it up and the command will reappear here.
Commands — how to trigger ODIN — Outline-Driven Dev
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/odin-plugin100-skill Claude Code plugin for outline-driven, diagram-first, atomic-commit engineering
It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:
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Set up outline-driven development with diagram-first planning for this repo -
Use the 46-agent ODIN workflow to plan this feature before coding -
Make atomic commits with AST-based edits instead of raw diffs
Frequently asked questions
- Is the ODIN — Outline-Driven Dev skill free?
- Yes. The skill itself is free from OutlineDriven/odin-claude-plugin. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
- Does ODIN — Outline-Driven Dev work with Claude Code?
- We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 20, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Fetched the tree via the GitHub API: 100 skills under skills/, plus .claude-plugin/plugin.json (v1.17.18) and mcp.json declaring 4 npx MCP servers (sequential/critic/shannon alwaysLoad:true). Read spec-driven/SKILL.md fully — clean frontmatter (name+description), well-authored gated SPECIFY→PLAN→TASKS→IMPLEMENT workflow, and its referenced references/domain-examples.md exists and matches. Security scan clean: no base64/exfil/secrets in the skill. Honest caveat: the README's "recommended" one-liner does `wget -O ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md`, silently overwriting your existing global CLAUDE.md, and the plugin auto-loads 3 npx MCP servers — real friction/risk at the suite level, though the tested spec-driven skill copies standalone and needs none of it. Trigger phrasings judged — ACTIVATE: (1) "build a new auth feature, spec it out first" (2) "requirements are fuzzy and this touches 3 modules, write a spec before coding" (3) "start a new project: define objective/boundaries/success criteria before implementation"; NOT: (4) "fix this typo in the README" (skill explicitly excludes single-line fixes) (5) "explain what this regex does" (read-only Q&A). All 5 correct.
- What is the ODIN — Outline-Driven Dev SkillProof Score?
- 8.8/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 4/5.
- How do I install ODIN — Outline-Driven Dev?
- Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
- Can I use ODIN — Outline-Driven Dev with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?
- The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.