tlm-cli 0.4.1

TLM - Your AI Tech Lead. It's the annoying agent which doesn't let claude cut corners

TLM — AI Tech Lead for Claude Code

The annoying agent that makes Claude do the right thing.

TLM sits inside Claude Code and enforces TDD, tests, and spec compliance — automatically. It scans your project, identifies gaps, and hooks into Claude to enforce quality.

Quick Start

pipx install tlm-cli
tlm auth <your-api-key>
cd your-project
tlm install

That's it. Open Claude Code and start working — TLM activates automatically.

What Happens

1. tlm auth <key> — Save your API key (one-time)
2. tlm install — Scans your project, sends to server for assessment, shows gaps, selects quality tier, installs Claude Code hooks
3. Work in Claude Code — TLM interviews you before features, enforces TDD, blocks deploys, warns on gaps
4. tlm check — Manual quality gate before deployment

How It Works

TLM scans your project and sends the file tree + samples to the server for assessment. The server returns recommendations (gaps) ranked by severity:

Phase 5: Project Gaps (4 found)
┌──────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ critical  CI/CD      No CI/CD pipeline   │
│ critical  Testing    No tests found      │
│ high      Infra      No staging env      │
│ medium    Ops        No monitoring       │
└──────────────────────────────────────────┘

You choose a quality tier (high/standard/relaxed) and TLM enforces accordingly.

Commands

Command	What it does
tlm auth <key>	Save API key
tlm install	Full setup: scan, assess, quality tier, gaps, hooks
tlm scan	Re-scan and show recommendations
tlm gaps	Show active project gaps
tlm check	Run quality gate before deploy

Quality Tiers

Tier	Behavior
HIGH	Block on any gap. Spec review required. Multi-model code review.
STANDARD	Block on critical gaps. Spec review on blockers. Single-model review.
RELAXED	Warn only. No spec blocking. Mechanical checks only.

Hooks

TLM installs 6 Claude Code hooks:

• session_start — Loads project context, gaps, quality rules
• prompt_submit — Phase-specific guidance, gap warnings
• guard (Write/Edit) — Blocks code during interview, enforces TDD
• compliance (Bash) — Review gate on git commit
• deployment (Bash) — Always blocks deploys until tlm check passes
• stop — Session cleanup

License

MIT