What is OrchestKit?

OrchestKit is a Claude Code plugin that gives your AI assistant deep expertise in software engineering. Instead of explaining your stack on every prompt, OrchestKit injects the right knowledge at the right time.

Before vs After

How It Works

When you type a prompt, OrchestKit works in three layers:

Your Prompt
    │
    ▼
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│  HOOKS (89)                          │
│  Fire automatically on every action  │
│  Security gates, auto-lint, memory   │
└──────────────┬───────────────────────┘
               │
               ▼
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│  AGENTS (36)                         │
│  Activate from keywords in prompt    │
│  "review PR" → security-auditor     │
│  "design API" → backend-architect   │
└──────────────┬───────────────────────┘
               │
               ▼
┌──────────────────────────────────────┐
│  SKILLS (62)                         │
│  Knowledge injected into agents      │
│  FastAPI patterns, React hooks,      │
│  OWASP checklist, RAG strategies     │
└──────────────────────────────────────┘

Hooks are invisible guardians — they fire on every tool call, every prompt, every session start/stop. You never invoke them directly.

Agents are specialists — they activate when your prompt matches their keywords. Say "review this PR" and three agents spawn in parallel.

Skills are knowledge — reusable expertise that gets injected into agents. An agent doesn't need to know everything; it loads the right skills on demand.

Three Plugins

OrchestKit ships as three plugins so you install only what you need:

All include 89 hooks. orkl and ork include all 36 agents. The difference is skill coverage.

Next Steps