Mandrel is a Claude Code-first workflow framework for agentic AI coding assistants. It ships a system prompt, personas, a two-tier skill library, baseline rules, slash-command workflows, and a GitHub-backed orchestration engine — distributed as a Git submodule into your project's.agents/ directory.
Last commit July 17, 2026, 117 days ago.
6 GitHub stars and 0 Honeystax upvotes. Copy the install, test the workflow, then decide if it earns a permanent slot.
You can test this quickly and remove it cleanly if it misses.
Starts at 6. Added: last commit 117 days ago +14, GitHub health 42/100 +14, no security policy +8, no contributing guide +4, no code of conduct +3.
AI Agent
Claude Code
Model
Claude
Fastest way to find out if mandrel belongs in your setup.
Copy the install command, run a real test, and back it out cleanly if it slows you down.
git clone https://github.com/dsj1984/mandrel ~/.claude/skills/mandrelRun this first. You will know quickly if the workflow earns a permanent slot.
rm -rf ~/.claude/skills/mandrelNo messy cleanup loop. If it misses, remove it and keep moving.
Install Location
~/ └─ .claude/ ├─ commands/ ├─ skills/ │ └─ mandrel/ ← installs here ├─ agents/ └─ settings.json
mandrel is listed on Honeystax as a Skill for Claude Code, since May 19, 2026. Its code is at github.com/dsj1984/mandrel, with 6 GitHub stars and 0 open issues. Last commit July 17, 2026, 117 days ago. GitHub's community health check gives it 42 out of 100.
Source: GitHub repository
Source check: July 18, 2026
Upstream commit: July 17, 2026
Repository state: Not marked archived
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