capstanby BytesNation View on GitHub

Open source MIT license

Give your
AI crew
a process.

Capstan takes Claude Code from concept to delivery, with independent review and three human approval gates.

Install Capstan View on GitHub

A Claude Code plugin by BytesNation.

A copper line drawing of a capstan, connected to the five crew roles: Scout, Architect, Builder, Reviewer, and Courier.
Start an effort/capstan:effort add rate limiting to the public API

You approve the checkpoints.

The run stops at each gate.

  1. 1

    Concept

    Gate 1
  2. 2

    Plan

    Gate 2
  3. 3

    Build + review

  4. 4

    Deliver

    Gate 3

Independent review

A fresh reviewer checks the spec and standards without the builder's context.

Work in slices

Build reviewable pieces in isolated worktrees, then verify the merged result.

Resume with context

Keep decisions and effort state across sessions.

Put Capstan to work.

Install for Claude Code

claude plugin marketplace add MokeyBytes/capstan
claude plugin install capstan@bytesnation

Restart Claude Code, then run /capstan:setup.

Read the docs