rea-dev 0.7.3

Deprecated — installs nothing. Points at `npx readev-tools`, which places the same workflow into any AI coding tool

rea-dev — deprecated, installs nothing

This Python CLI is no longer developed, and as of 0.7.3 it no longer installs anything: rea setup prints where to go and exits non-zero. It is replaced by readev-tools, an npx installer that does the same job — and works with any AI coding tool that reads AGENTS.md, not only Claude Code.

npx readev-tools setup <project>

Needs Node.js 20 or later. No Python, no pip install.

Migrating from rea-dev

npx readev-tools migrate <project>   # one-time: archives the 0.7.x layout, never deletes
npx readev-tools setup <project>     # place the current commands, agents, core/, .rea/, shims
npx readev-tools verify <project>    # read-only check: files, shims, CI

migrate moves the old .rea/log/ and retired command files into .rea/_archive/ instead of removing them, and it refuses to run twice. Run it once, then use setup for every update.

Command mapping:

rea-dev 0.7.x	readev-tools
/rea-brainstorm	/rea-grill — codebase-aware interrogation, one question at a time
/rea-commit	/rea-ship — detects repo state first, then commits / opens a PR / deploys
/rea-verify	npx readev-tools verify — moved to the CLI
/rea-update	npx readev-tools setup — re-run to update
/rea-worktree	dropped
/rea-init /rea-plan /rea-execute /rea-wrap /rea-write-skill	same names, rewritten
—	new: /rea-fix (short path for a small fix), /rea-tidy (reconcile memory, shims, rules)

What 0.7.3 does

Nothing to your project. rea setup <path> prints the notice above and exits 1 — it does not create directories or copy templates, and the wheel no longer carries them. A script that still calls it fails loudly instead of quietly installing a command set retired back in Phase 3.

• 0.7.2 and earlier: copied the old Claude Code command and agent templates.
• 0.7.3: signpost only.

Staying on the old version

pip install rea-dev==0.7.1

0.7.1 still installs the old templates and stays available as the frozen fallback. The matching source tree is tagged pre-redesign-v0.7.1 in the repository.

Why the move

• Any tool, not just Claude Code — instructions live in AGENTS.md; per-tool pointers (CLAUDE.md import, Gemini settings.json) are generated and merged between managed markers, never blind-overwritten.
• Typed project memory — .rea/ holds knowledge/, decisions/ (numbered ADRs), sessions/, and plans/ as plain markdown with wikilinks; it survives a session restart and moves between tools.
• npx, not pip — no interpreter to match, no virtualenv, and the installer prunes the files it owns when they are removed upstream.

Source and issues: https://github.com/aliyenidede/rea

License

MIT