AI-DLC Agent Skills

AI-Driven Development Life Cycle (AI-DLC) as Agent Skills for AI coding agents.

What is AI-DLC

AI-DLC is an AI-centric transformative approach to software development that emphasizes two powerful dimensions:

• AI Powered Execution with Human Oversight: AI systematically creates detailed work plans, actively seeks clarification and guidance, and defers critical decisions to humans. This is critical since only humans possess the contextual understanding and knowledge of business requirements needed to make informed choices.
• Dynamic Team Collaboration: As AI handles the routine tasks, teams unite in collaborative spaces for real-time problem solving, creative thinking and rapid-decision-making. This shift from isolated work to high-energy teamwork accelerates innovation and delivery.

For learning more about AI-DLC Methodology, read this blog and the Method Definition Paper referred in it.

Installation

Using npx

npx add-skill konippi/aidlc-skill

Note

Kiro CLI users: After installing skills, you need to manually add them to your custom agent's resources in .kiro/agents/<agent>.json:

{
  "resources": ["skill://.kiro/skills/**/SKILL.md"]
}

Usage

Start any software development request with:

Using AI-DLC, build a REST API for user management

Three-Phase Workflow

Inception Phase

Determines WHAT to build and WHY.

Stage	Description
Workspace Detection	Analyze project type (greenfield/brownfield)
Reverse Engineering	Analyze existing codebase
Requirements Analysis	Gather and validate requirements
User Stories	Create user stories and personas
Workflow Planning	Create execution plan
Application Design	High-level component design
Units Generation	Decompose into units of work

Construction Phase

Determines HOW to build it.

Stage	Description
Functional Design	Detailed business logic design
NFR Requirements	Non-functional requirements and tech stack
NFR Design	Incorporate NFR patterns
Infrastructure Design	Map to infrastructure services
Code Generation	Generate code per unit
Build and Test	Build and test all units

Operations Phase

Deployment and monitoring (future).

Documentation

All artifacts are generated in aidlc-docs/ directory:

aidlc-docs/
├── inception/
│   ├── plans/
│   ├── reverse-engineering/
│   ├── requirements/
│   ├── user-stories/
│   └── application-design/
├── construction/
│   ├── plans/
│   ├── {unit-name}/
│   └── build-and-test/
├── operations/
├── aidlc-state.md
└── audit.md