Unpack
a lightweight way to steer Codex/Claude with phased docs
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I've been using LLMs for long discovery and research chats (papers, repos, best practices), then distilling that into phased markdown (build plan + tests), then handing those phases to Codex/Claude to implement and test phase by phase.The annoying part was always the distillation and keeping docs and architecture current, so I built Unpack: a lightweight GitHub template plus docs structure and a few commands that turns conversations into phases/specs and keeps project docs up to date as the agent builds. It can also generate Mintlify-friendly end-user docs.There are other spec-driven workflows and tools out there. I wanted something conversation-first and repo-native: plain markdown phases, minimal ceremony, easy to adapt per stack.Example generated with Unpack (tiny pokedex plus random monsters):Demo: https://apresmoi.github.io/pokesvg-codex/Phases index: https://github.com/apresmoi/pokesvg-codex/blob/main/.unpack/...I’d love feedback on what the “minimum good” phase/spec format should be, and what would make this actually usable in your workflow.--------Repo: https://github.com/apresmoi/unpack
HN · launched Feb 11, 2026 · 7 upvotes (top 62%) · 0 views
Niche: prompt engineering and management tools · 173 launches, 13 in the last 7 days ▼ -19% · Explore this niche →
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- Dev tools
- Developer
- AI feature
- Hobby / open-source project
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Yes It is a developer utility script/tool that breaks planning documents into sequential markdown phases and feeds them into AI coding assistants.
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