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ADLC Framework

Enterprise AI Agent Governance, Testing & Deployment Orchestration

Version: 3.7.2 | Enforcement Hooks: 22 | Components: 632

What is ADLC?​

The Agent Development Lifecycle (ADLC) framework provides enterprise-grade governance for AI agent teams. It implements 7 constitutional principles with 22 enforcement hooks and 75 anti-pattern preventions to ensure safe, reliable, and auditable AI operations.

ADLC is a framework, not a product

ADLC adds governance to your existing Claude Code workflow through agents, hooks, and skills. It works by adding a .claude/ directory to your project — there is no separate server or service to run.

Quick Start​

# Install via npm
npx adlc@latest

# Or add as submodule to your project
git submodule add https://github.com/1xOps/adlc-framework.git .adlc
ln -s .adlc/.claude .claude
ln -s .adlc/.specify .specify

Key Features​

FeatureDescription
15 Constitutional AgentsProduct Owner, Cloud Architect, Security, and 12 specialists
109 Marketplace AgentsCurated enterprise specialists across 11 domains
122 Slash CommandsCDK, Terraform, K3D, FinOps, SpecKit workflows
103 Core SkillsReusable capability packages with bundled references
22 Enforcement HooksDeterministic governance gates (tool-call level)
3-Tier TestingSnapshot → LocalStack → AWS Sandbox
Component MarketplaceBrowse and install 632 components
New to ADLC?

Start with the ADLC Workflow page — it explains the mandatory coordination pattern that every agent and command depends on.

Seven Principles​

  1. Acceptable Agency - HITL approval for git, deployments, cost >$100/mo
  2. Interoperability - MCP standard, OAuth, least-privilege
  3. Evaluation-First - 100% code coverage, ≥95% agent behavior
  4. Hybrid Deployment - LocalStack (Tier 2) + AWS Sandbox (Tier 3)
  5. Observability - MELT telemetry, evidence logging
  6. Governance - 22 enforcement hooks before deployment
  7. Agent Engineering - Orchestrator pattern (50-100 LOC agents)

Next Steps​

All components are available in the marketplace

All 632 ADLC components — agents, commands, skills, hooks, and MCP configurations — are browsable and installable from the Component Marketplace. You do not need to clone the full framework to use individual components.