icc-development

name: icc-development description: Development guide for contributing to the Intelligent Claude Code (ICC) framework. Use when working on ICC source code, creating skills, updating hooks, or modifying behaviors.

ICC Framework Development Guide

This skill provides guidance for contributing to the Intelligent Claude Code framework itself.

Project Structure

intelligent-claude-code/
├── src/
│   ├── skills/          # Distributed skills (main source)
│   ├── hooks/           # Claude Code hooks (enforcement)
│   ├── behaviors/       # Behavioral guidance files
│   └── ...
├── .claude/
│   └── skills/          # Local project skills (symlinks + dev tools)
├── docs/                # Documentation
├── install/             # Installation scripts
└── CLAUDE.md            # Project entry point

Key Principle

This project IS the ICC framework source.

• Changes to src/skills/ affect what users install
• Changes to src/hooks/ affect enforcement rules
• Local .claude/skills/ contains symlinks for testing

Creating New Skills

Location

• Distributed skills: src/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md
• Project-local skills: .claude/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md

Skill Structure

---
name: skill-name
description: Brief description for skill matching. Include trigger phrases.
---

# Skill Title

Content with sections, examples, and guidance.

Testing Skills Locally

Setup symlinks (once per clone):

cd .claude/skills
ln -sf ../../src/skills/commit-pr commit-pr
ln -sf ../../src/skills/git-privacy git-privacy
# Add more symlinks as needed for skills being developed

Workflow:

1. Create/modify skill in src/skills/
2. Add symlink in .claude/skills/ if new skill
3. Test by invoking the skill via description matching
4. Commit changes to src/skills/ (source)

Modifying Hooks

Location

src/hooks/*.js

Key Hooks

• summary-file-enforcement.js - File placement rules
• agent-infrastructure-protection.js - System file protection

Testing Hooks

Hooks are installed to ~/.claude/hooks/ during installation. For local testing, manually copy or symlink.

Adding Behaviors

Location

src/behaviors/*.md

Guidelines

• Behaviors are always-active structural rules
• Keep minimal - use skills for conditional guidance
• Import in CLAUDE.md with @./path/to/behavior.md

Rollout Process

1. Develop: Make changes in src/
2. Test locally: Use symlinks in .claude/skills/
3. Commit: Follow conventional commit format
4. PR: Create PR for review
5. Release: Merge triggers installation update

Do NOT

• Modify ~/.claude/skills/ directly (that's installed location)
• Commit to main branch directly
• Add AI attribution (git-privacy enforced)
• Create overly broad hooks that block legitimate work

Naming Conventions

• Skills: lowercase-hyphenated
• Hooks: lowercase-hyphenated.js
• Behaviors: lowercase-hyphenated.md
• Commit types: feat, fix, docs, refactor, test, chore, style, perf