Aido

Aido is a development workflow plugin that guides Claude Code through structured software engineering tasks.

Aido is a workflow plugin designed for engineers using Claude Code who want to maintain rigorous oversight over AI-generated code. It structures feature development into explicit stages including planning, implementation with test-driven development, commit organization, pull request creation, and review handling. Every feature centers around a SPEC.md file that tracks context, intent, out of scope items, and acceptance criteria. The agent proposes specifications, plans, and implementations, but stops at major decisions to ask for your approval. It integrates with your repository rules, reading from CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md to ensure consistency with your architecture and standards.

Aido at a glance

Best for: Software engineer
Pricing: Free
Released: November 2026
Category: AI coding tool
Website: github.com/joebew42/aido

Key features

Draft and refine feature specifications in SPEC.md
Implement features using test-driven development
Organize clean commit histories
Create pull requests and handle review feedback
Verify implementations against agreed specifications
Resolve database migration conflicts
Assess architecture area by area

Use it for

Developing new software features with AI assistance
Managing multi-phase software engineering projects
Verifying pull requests against acceptance criteria
Organizing and cleaning up commit histories

Companions

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