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paul
Plan-Apply-Unify workflow commands for structured development in Claude Code
- Stars
- 1.3k
- License
- MIT
- Last commit
- Aug 2026
- Last release
- Mar 2026
- Language
- JavaScript
626 on 3 Apr 20261,260 on 30 Oct 2026
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Overview
PAUL installs 26 slash commands into Claude Code that enforce a plan, apply, unify loop. Plans carry Given/When/Then acceptance criteria, each task is checked against the spec after execution, and project state lives in a .paul/ directory (STATE.md, ROADMAP.md, per-phase PLAN and SUMMARY files). Implementation stays in-session; subagents are used only for research and discovery.
Who it is for: Claude Code users who want a structured plan-and-close workflow
Strengths
- State persists in plain markdown files under .paul/, so sessions resume with /paul:resume
- Each task gets an Execute/Qualify check against its acceptance criteria, with four status codes
- Installs with one npx command, globally or per project, on Mac, Windows and Linux
- Scope-adaptive plans (quick-fix, standard, complex) with a coherence check before approval
Weaknesses
- Works only with Claude Code; no other coding agent is mentioned
- Graph, cost attribution and rule injection need BASE v2, linked from a community site
- Mandatory UNIFY step and per-task qualification add process overhead to small changes
- Claims such as subagent output being ~70% quality are stated without benchmarks
What it needs
- no GPU
- Needs Claude Code, Node.js (npx)
- Models: Claude
Quick answers
Is paul open source?
Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the MIT license.
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