crewplane 0.1.0a3

A Markdown-native control plane for AI coding CLIs

Crewplane

A Markdown-native control plane for AI coding CLIs.

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Why Crewplane?

You already have AI coding tools you love. But they can't talk to each other. Claude doesn't know what Codex just wrote. Gemini can't review Claude's output.

Crewplane connects them. Define tasks in a Markdown file, assign each to an AI provider, and Crewplane runs them — in parallel when possible, in sequence when needed. Each tool reads and writes to a shared folder, so downstream tasks can build on upstream results.

No SDKs. No plugins. No vendor lock-in. If your AI tool has a CLI, it works.

Every step is a Markdown file. Inputs, outputs, reviews — all saved to .crewplane/execution-stages/ as readable Markdown. Inspect any step in your editor, diff it in git, or debug with cat. Nothing is a black box.

vs. Other Frameworks	Crewplane
Autonomous loops	Explicit DAG control — define exactly how agents work together, in sequence or in parallel
Hidden state	Externalized to markdown — fully auditable
Tight SDK coupling	CLI-first — zero provider lock-in
Black box debugging	Inspect .crewplane/execution-stages/ at any step
Adapter boilerplate	Works with any CLI that reads/writes files

"Crewplane doesn't try to understand your AI tools. It just gives them a shared workspace and gets out of the way."

⚠️ Security Note: {{file:path}} templates are restricted to the project root by default. Use settings.integrations.artifacts.options.allowed_template_paths for explicit external-file allowlisting.

Installation

Recommended isolated install:

uv tool install crewplane
crewplane --help

Crewplane can also be installed with the following supported methods:

# pipx
pipx install crewplane

# pip
python -m pip install crewplane

# install script for macOS and Linux
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crewplaneai/crewplane/master/install.sh | sh

# Homebrew
brew tap crewplaneai/crewplane && brew install crewplane

# npm wrapper
npm install -g crewplane

For a local checkout:

git clone https://github.com/crewplaneai/crewplane.git
cd crewplane
python -m pip install .

⚠️ Note: Provider CLIs are installed and authenticated separately. Crewplane does not install provider CLIs, does not manage provider credentials, and does not sandbox provider CLI execution.

See the installation guide for update, uninstall, and npm PATH troubleshooting.

First Run

crewplane init
crewplane validate
crewplane run --no-live

crewplane init creates .crewplane/config.yml, a default workflow, and additional example templates under .crewplane/workflows/example-templates/. The default run uses deterministic mock output and does not require provider CLIs, API keys, provider accounts, or config edits. It is scaffolding for validating the workflow and artifact path, not model output.

Inspect the first run artifacts under .crewplane/execution-stages/ and .crewplane/execution-results/, then follow provider setup when you are ready to run real provider CLIs.

Live Dashboard

For interactive runs, omit --no-live to open Crewplane's compact tmux dashboard. If you already completed the same mock run, add --force to bypass duplicate-skip:

crewplane run --force

The dashboard shows the workflow DAG, node status, selected provider output, and live log tails while the same durable artifacts are written under .crewplane/. It starts only when tmux is available, output is attached to a terminal, and provider log capture is enabled; otherwise Crewplane warns and continues with normal execution. See the observability guide for dashboard options and log inspection.

Workflow Shape

---
schema_version: "<current>"
name: "Quick Review"
nodes:
  - id: review.project
    mode: parallel
    providers: ["mock"]
---

## review.project
Review the current repository and report the highest-risk issues.

Full workflow authoring docs are in the workflow syntax reference.

Safety Boundary

Crewplane coordinates provider CLIs; it is not a security sandbox. Provider CLIs run with the permissions, approval mode, network access, and filesystem access configured for those tools.

Experimental workspace isolation can move selected provider source-tree work into Git-backed worktrees or writable snapshots, but it is still source-tree isolation only. It does not sandbox provider execution.

{{file:path}} template references are bounded to the project root by default. External files must be explicitly allowlisted with settings.integrations.artifacts.options.allowed_template_paths.

Where Next

The default mock run gives you the same workflow machinery used for real provider runs, so you can inspect the shape of the system before connecting external CLIs:

• 🔄 DAG Execution – Run independent nodes in parallel and dependency nodes in sequence
• 🔍 Cross-Review – Agents review each other's outputs with structured verdict detection
• 📝 Task Files – Frontmatter+Markdown (.task.md) workflows by default
• 🔌 Pluggable Providers – Works with any CLI-based AI tool; no API keys or auth managed by Crewplane
• 📁 Project-Local Config – Each project gets its own .crewplane/ directory
• 📂 Transparent Artifacts – Every intermediate step and final result saved to disk for full auditability
• 🖥️ Live Dashboard – Optional tmux UI shows DAG progress, node status, and selected provider logs
• 📊 Spend Observability – Run logs capture CLI capture status, provider token-report status, visible lower-bound estimates, and configured cost confidence summaries
• ⚡ Smart Caching – Workflow-signature idempotency skips identical successes and resumes failed or cancelled runs from validated node boundaries
• 🧪 Experimental Workspace Isolation – Opt-in Git-backed worktrees and writable snapshots can isolate provider source-tree edits in ordinary supported Git repositories

When you are ready to configure a project, start with the quickstart and then move into provider setup, examples, and reference material as needed:

• Documentation index
• Installation
• Quickstart
• Setup checklist
• Provider setup
• Examples
• Experimental workspace isolation
• Command reference
• Configuration reference
• Workflow syntax reference
• Artifact reference
• Security and trust

Contributing

If you're interested in contributing to Crewplane, please read our Contributing and local development before submitting a pull request.