Updated 3mo ago
by alicicek
tale-mode
A discipline plugin for Claude Code + OpenAI Codex — plan first, verify against the real code, receipts on every decision, independent adversarial review, and a self-armed loop that keeps going until a real check passes. Built by Fable to make any Claude work like a careful senior engineer.
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Steady at 37 stars — no new stars in the 16 days since Sep 30.
- 6 skills (6 skills found in its SKILL.md files)
- 2 forks (2 forks)
- 3mo ago last update (Last updated 3mo ago)
Install
Skills CLI
npx skills add alicicek/tale-mode
Asks which skills and agents to install. Just one: npx skills add alicicek/tale-mode --skill end-phase — add -g for every project.
Claude Code
git clone https://github.com/alicicek/tale-modecp -r "tale-mode/plugins/tale-mode/skills/end-phase" ~/.claude/skills/
Copies the end-phase skill into ~/.claude/skills/ for every project (use .claude/skills/ for one project). Repeat for the other skills listed below.
Plugin
/plugin marketplace add alicicek/tale-mode
Run inside Claude Code if the repository ships a plugin marketplace, then pick plugins from /plugin.
Skills can run code on your machine — read the SKILL.md first.
What it does
In the author's own words, from each skill's SKILL.md.
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end-phase
Explicitly end a tale-mode build phase by clearing the phase marker(s) under <project>/.claude/, which stops the Stop-hook's committed-gate enforcement for this repo. Invoke ONLY when the user explicitly asks to end the phase, stop or disarm the tale-mode phase loop, or clean up phase markers — never proactively, and never as a way to escape a failing gate.
plugins/tale-mode/skills/end-phase/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
kickoff-phase
Build ONE scoped phase of an existing multi-phase plan in a fresh session — re-verify the plan against the live code, interview the user sharply on real forks, then implement only that phase behind plan-mode approval with runnable verification and a fresh-eyes review. Invoke explicitly when starting a phase (the cross-platform form of /tale-mode:kickoff-phase; on Codex, name the plan-file + phase…
plugins/tale-mode/skills/kickoff-phase/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
plan-phase
Plan a large, multi-phase feature to a high bar — verify against the code, receipts on every decision, an adversarial fresh-eyes review, and runnable verification gates, decomposed into independently-shippable phases. Invoke explicitly when starting a big multi-session build (the cross-platform form of the /tale-mode:plan-phase command; on Codex, name the task in your prompt). On Claude Code, use…
plugins/tale-mode/skills/plan-phase/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
seed-gates
Scan a repo's package.json scripts, CI workflows, and equivalent manifests, then SUGGEST a committed .claude/tale-mode.json gate list for tale-mode's Stop-hook loop — suggestions only; this skill never writes the config unasked, never trusts it, and never arms anything. Invoke ONLY when the user explicitly asks to seed, suggest, or set up tale-mode gates for a repo.
plugins/tale-mode/skills/seed-gates/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
tale-mode
Make Claude work rigorously on complex or high-stakes tasks instead of one-shotting them. Triggers: "tale mode", "tale on" — or self-activates on hard multi-step work. Enforces staged planning, decisions-with-receipts, verifying claims against the real source (not memory), parallel delegation, an independent adversarial review for high-stakes output, and durable progress notes. Right-sizes itself…
plugins/tale-mode/skills/tale-mode/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab) -
trust
Reference for tale-mode's two user-only opt-in files — the committed-gate trust store (~/.claude/tale-mode-trust) and the Codex cwd-root opt-in (~/.tale-mode-allow-cwd-root) — and their security model. Invoke ONLY when the user explicitly asks how to trust a repo's committed tale-mode gates, about the "content-hash is NOT trusted" notice, or how to enable the autonomous loop on Codex. Do NOT load…
plugins/tale-mode/skills/trust/SKILL.md on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
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Review before you install
A skill is a set of instructions and scripts your agent will follow, and it can run code on your machine. Read the SKILL.md and any scripts first — this listing is not a security review.