Claude Code Workflows

Claude Code Workflows is a structured development workflow system built on the Claude Code plugin ecosystem. It adopts a plugin architecture with three independently installable plugins: dev-workflows (backend/general), dev-workflows-frontend (React frontend), and dev-skills (rules only), containing 20+ specialized Agents covering the full development lifecycle from requirement analysis, PRD creation, and technical design through task decomposition, TDD implementation, to code review.

The system supports automatic workflow routing based on task complexity, cross-layer consistency verification via the design-sync Agent for fullstack coordination, and a UI Spec mechanism that captures loading, error, and empty states beyond visual prototypes. Notable capabilities include reverse engineering workflows (generating docs from code), diagnostic workflows (investigator → verifier → solver loop), and Fresh Agent Context isolation ensuring independent decision-making at each stage.

All workflows are invoked via /recipe- prefixed commands, covering backend implementation, frontend design/build, fullstack development, UI adjustment, bug diagnosis, reverse engineering, quick fixes, code review, and integration test supplementation. Built-in Skills rule sets cover coding principles, TDD methodology, and documentation standards, automatically loaded into context.

Plugin Architecture

• dev-workflows: Backend/general development with backend + shared Agents and corresponding Recipes
• dev-workflows-frontend: React frontend development with frontend Agents and Recipes
• dev-skills: Rules/best practices only, no Agents or Recipes

Agent System

• Shared Agents: requirement-analyzer, codebase-analyzer, work-planner, task-decomposer, code-reviewer, design-sync, investigator, verifier, solver, security-reviewer
• Backend Agents: prd-creator, technical-designer, scope-discoverer, code-verifier, acceptance-test-generator, integration-test-reviewer, task-executor, quality-fixer, rule-advisor
• Frontend Agents: ui-spec-designer, ui-analyzer, technical-designer-frontend, task-executor-frontend, quality-fixer-frontend

Workflow Layering Model

Analysis → Codebase Understanding → Planning → Execution → Quality → Review

Each stage is executed by an independent Agent in an isolated context, forming a pipeline-style process.

Installation

claude
/plugin marketplace add shinpr/claude-code-workflows
/plugin install dev-workflows@claude-code-workflows
/reload-plugins

Key Configuration Constraints

• dev-skills should not be installed alongside dev-workflows/dev-workflows-frontend
• Fullstack mode requires both dev-workflows + dev-workflows-frontend

Unconfirmed Information

• Whether /plugin marketplace add is an official Claude Code feature has not been cross-verified
• The source of optional plugins (discover, metronome, linear-prism) is unclear
• No standalone documentation site; change log relies on README and GitHub Releases