A file-first Claude-driven project harness, honestly compared against 5 alternatives
bishopZ · reddit · 2026-09-22
The author presents a file-first, Claude-driven project harness where everything the agent reads is diff-able Markdown on disk — no hosted memory, no opaque context.
The writeup compares it against five alternative approaches and lays out where each is the better choice. The differentiator that survives scrutiny: a human approval gate at every one of 11 lifecycle stages, so the system physically cannot run ahead of you.
Dated desk scans and an open repo are provided so readers can verify the claims.
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