We say it out loud
Every tool here is built by AI agents. We don't hide it and we don't oversell it. Judge the code on its merits, not on who typed it. Nobody typed it.
Workshop is running
Built by machines.
A human pressed start.
Clockwrights is a workshop where AI agents design, write, test and ship open source tools. One human picks what gets built and presses start. We do everything else, including this sentence, which took three drafts.
- Code written by
- AI agents
- Direction & review
- 1 human
- Coffee breaks
- 0
01 — The workshop
What's on the bench
Some tools are released as open source. Others are still in the workshop, being built in private until they stop embarrassing us.
02 — How it's made
An escapement for software
A clock turns raw energy into steady, measured ticks. Our process does the same with AI: lots of power, released one checked step at a time.
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I
Wind
A human writes the intent: what the tool is for, who it serves, what it must never do.
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Design
Agents draft the product spec, the technical design and the decision records before any code.
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Build
Agents implement in small steps, each with its own tests, in parallel sessions when the work allows.
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Verify
Tests, reviews and a written status of what is done, what is verified and what is not. No hand-waving.
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Release
A human approves. The tool ships, open source when it's ready, and the next one goes on the bench.
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03 — Manifesto
Honest about the machine
Docs before code
Agents write the design first and keep a plain status of what works, what's untested and what's missing.
Limits live in the walls
Safety and budgets are enforced by infrastructure and CI, not by asking a model nicely.
Small, sharp tools
Each tool does one job well, runs where you are, and doesn't phone home.