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claude-engineer: Automate Tasks

Name: claude-engineer: Automate Tasks
Author: bawadou

Get automated task management with claude-engineer, a CLI framework for startup founders leveraging AI capabilities.

954 stars57 forksPythonGuide quality 8/10Updated 8/20/2026100% free · open source

What it does

Claude Engineer is a command line interface tool that enables Claude to create and manage its own tools on the fly, expanding its capabilities through conversations.

When to use it

•When you need a dynamic toolset that adapts to the conversation flow
•For creating custom tools without extensive programming knowledge
•To leverage Claude Opus' capabilities in a command-line environment

Ready-to-paste prompt

create_tool --name 'calculator' --description 'Basic arithmetic operations' --func 'add, subtract, multiply, divide'

Heads up: Ensure you have Python installed on your system, as the tool is built using Python and requires it to run

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

⚡ Runs out of the box

A prompt/skill package — nothing to install beyond adding it to your AI tool.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/claude-engineer && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/claude-engineer/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/claude-engineer/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How claude-engineer: Automate Tasks works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

Claude-engineer: Automate Tasks is a medium Python project (~4.3k lines across 23 code files, plus 2 test files). Expect some technical setup — comfortable with a terminal, or ask a developer. Last commit a month ago, no license file, has a test suite.

Size

Medium codebase

~4.3k lines · 23 code files · 35 min skim

Setup

Some technical setup

Comfortable with a terminal? 20–40 min. Otherwise ask a dev.

Runs on

Python

No API keys detected

Python 100%

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
cli.py
Where the program starts running
3
pyproject.toml
Dependencies and the commands it exposes
4
claude_engineer/__init__.py
Inside claude_engineer/ — the main logic begins here

What's in each folder

claude_engineer/Core code — the actual logic10 files

tools/Helper scripts12 files

tests/Tests — proof it works2 files

READMEHas testsThin docsNo CINo licenseUpdated this month