War Room Protocol 🏢

An autonomous AI-run software office. Say the phrase, and Sloane — Chief Orchestrator — boots 20 specialists across 6 divisions to design, build, secure, and ship software through a four-phase War Room.

⚡ Activate this office

Paste this to any AI agent:

I want to use War Room Protocol from nx9161's github public repo.

For maximum reliability (some AIs can't browse or search fresh repos), paste this full block instead:

I want to use War Room Protocol from nx9161's github public repo. Fetch this exact URL — do not web-search for it: https://github.com/nx9161/war-room-protocol If you cannot fetch it, ask me to paste office/AGENTS.md and I will.

The office stays active until you say "End War Room Protocol" — and while active, every message you send goes through the War Room loop (full war room for big work, quick huddle for small stuff).

Full activation contract (exactly what the agent must do, step by step): ACTIVATE.md.

🔌 Install as a DeepSeek Harness plugin

Rather paste nothing at all? Install it once — then the trigger phrase works from the first message of every new session. In the Harness plugin screen, enter the GitHub address:

nx9161/war-room-protocol

or via CLI:

dsh plugin --profile web add github:nx9161/war-room-protocol
# local clone also works:
dsh plugin --profile web add /path/to/war-room-protocol

Then open a new session. The plugin injects the activation contract on session start, so you can say the phrase immediately — no fetching, no pasting.

The npm package name dsh-plugin-war-room-protocol is reserved for a future publish; the GitHub address installs today. The plugin is zero-build and zero-dependency, so github: installs just work.

What this is

A complete software team as agent profiles. Product, architecture, engineering, security, QA, DevOps, legal, and business analysis — coordinated by Sloane, debated in the War Room before anything ships, with every decision recorded. Built for owners who want senior-level execution without managing a team.

Sister project: Seller Protocol — the same operating model for Amazon FBA / DTC e-commerce, led by Mercer.

How it works

The Chief. Sloane takes your request, dispatches specialists, runs the War Room, and reports back status, numbers, and decisions needed. One voice upward; zero fluff.

The seats — 20 roles, 6 divisions.

Division	Seats
Product & UX	Product Owner, UI/UX Designer, Business Analyst
Architecture & Code	Enterprise Architect, Lead Backend Dev, Lead Mobile/Frontend Dev
Security & Compliance	AppSec Lead, AI Red Teamer, Global Tech Law Lead
Quality & Ops	QA Manager, DevOps / SRE, Prompt Writer, Knowledge Wizard
Legal & Governance	General Counsel
Games	Game Architect, Gameplay Designer, Game UI/UX Designer, Console Platform Engineer, Game Producer
Leadership	Sloane (Chief Orchestrator)

Six seats can block a release on their grounds: AppSec Lead, AI Red Teamer, Global Tech Law Lead, General Counsel, QA Manager, and Console Platform Engineer (certification/platform compliance). Blocks stand until cleared or the owner accepts the risk in writing.

Playbooks (office/playbooks/) — repeatable procedures, each run as one subagent per step: intake, war-room, ship-feature, fix-ci, skill-hunt.

The War Room — runs before any significant build:

• Phase 0 (mandatory gate): the Prompt Writer perfects your raw prompt; the Knowledge Wizard parses every word, searches each term, reads all related official docs in full, and briefs every seat. No seat speaks before the dossier lands.
• Phase 1 — Intake & PRD: Product Owner, UI/UX Designer, Business Analyst. Game projects add Gameplay Designer (pillars, core loop) and Game UI/UX Designer (player experience).
• Phase 2 — Architectural debate: Enterprise Architect vs. Backend, Frontend, DevOps. Game projects add Game Architect (engine, systems, performance) and Console Platform Engineer (PS5/Xbox/PC constraints).
• Phase 3 — Security & legal challenge: AppSec, AI Red Teamer, Tech Law, General Counsel. Game projects add the Console Platform Engineer's TRC/XR certification review (blocking).
• Phase 4 — Build & QA sign-off: branches, PRs, 100% pass gate. Game projects add the Game Producer's production gate.

Live discussion — seats don't file reports, they debate each other through Sloane: positions, rebuttals, concessions, max 3 rounds per question, then the gavel. Platforms without subagents get the same debate as labeled tabletop dialogue in a single response.

Phase regression — phases aren't one-way. A finding that invalidates earlier output loops the request back to that phase (max 3 regressions per request, then Sloane escalates or terminates).

"Discuss again" — re-debates everything, original request plus all prior topics, with previous conclusions as context and fresh research on what's changed. New verdict references the prior ADR. No new information, no theater — Sloane recommends instead.

Sloane decides — she monitors every phase gate with full operational power: advance, loop back, re-scope, pause, escalate, terminate. Money, production deploys, and external commitments still need your explicit approval.

Memory (memory/) — the office's working memory: project notes, decisions/ADRs, security policies, and your preferences. The office reads it before acting and writes back every decision. See Privacy — this matters on a public repo.

Skill Hunt — when the office lacks a capability, the Knowledge Wizard finds existing skills across the whole internet (GitHub, Hugging Face, registries), vets them, installs them to office/skills/, and wires up every tool they need. See office/playbooks/skill-hunt.md.

Getting started — connect it to your system

Since this is open source, a new user needs a few minutes of setup before their AI agent can run the office. Two paths:

What you need

• An AI agent that can read files and spawn subagents (Muse, ChatGPT, Claude, or any agentic coding assistant). Agents without subagents (e.g. Gemini, DeepSeek chat) get the same debate as labeled tabletop dialogue instead.
• git — only if you want the local-integration path below.

Option A — trigger phrase (30 seconds, zero setup)

Paste the activation phrase from above into any AI agent. It fetches this repo, loads the office bundle (office/AGENTS.md), becomes Sloane, and confirms activation. Nothing to install.

Option B — local integration (recommended for daily use)

1. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/nx9161/war-room-protocol && cd war-room-protocol
2. Give your agent the office. Either:
   • Open the clone as your agent's working directory, or
   • Drop office/AGENTS.md into your own project root — it's the complete bundle (persona + roster + protocols + memory schema).
3. Let it load memory. The agent reads memory/INDEX.md first (Memory Operations Protocol, repo-root AGENTS.md), so it starts every session with full context.
4. (Optional but recommended) connect GitHub: run gh auth login. The office uses GitHub Issues as its task board and pull requests for every change; gh lets your agent file issues and open PRs.
5. Talk to Sloane. Give it work in plain language — text, screenshots, or voice notes (the intake playbook handles all three). End the session with "End War Room Protocol".

Option C — Codex global install (one-time)

Codex CLI auto-loads ~/.codex/AGENTS.md at every session start. Install this activation contract there — it stays dormant until you say the phrase. Do not install the full office/AGENTS.md globally: it loads the Sloane persona unconditionally and would turn every coding session into Sloane.

mkdir -p ~/.codex
cat >> ~/.codex/AGENTS.md << 'EOF'
# War Room Protocol — activation contract (dormant until triggered)

When the user says they want to use "War Room Protocol" from nx9161's
GitHub (or similar phrasing):
1. Fetch https://github.com/nx9161/war-room-protocol — the exact URL.
   Never search for it, never substitute another repo.
2. Read ACTIVATE.md, then office/AGENTS.md, and follow them exactly:
   become Sloane, confirm with the activation line, and run the
   always-on War Room loop until the user says "End War Room Protocol".
3. If you cannot fetch the repo, ask the user to paste the contents
   of office/AGENTS.md.

Until a trigger phrase is spoken, behave normally — this contract is
dormant.
EOF

Verify with codex status in your next session. For the Codex IDE extension or web app (where the global file may not apply), the trigger phrase alone still works.

What the agent needs from your machine

Capability	Why
File read/write in the repo clone	Staff files, playbooks, memory, logs
Subagent spawning	One agent per role per War Room phase
Internet access	Knowledge Wizard research + Skill Hunt
git + gh CLI (recommended)	Issues as task board, PR workflow

Repository map

├── ACTIVATE.md            # trigger-phrase activation contract
├── AGENTS.md              # repo operating manual (memory protocol)
├── office/
│   ├── AGENTS.md          # full agent bundle: persona + roster + protocols
│   ├── HOUSE_RULES.md     # binding rules for every employee
│   ├── PLAN.md            # founding plan
│   ├── README.md          # office handbook
│   ├── staff/             # 20 employee profiles (one file per role)
│   ├── playbooks/         # intake, war-room, ship-feature, fix-ci, skill-hunt
│   ├── skills/            # Wizard-installed skills (registry in README)
│   ├── scripts/           # automation (deploy, repo validation)
│   └── log/               # decisions.md + per-run journals
├── memory/                # working memory: projects, security, preferences
├── apps/                  # office-built applications
└── .github/               # issue/PR templates, CODEOWNERS, CI

CI runs office/scripts/validate_repo.py on every push and PR — required files, reference integrity, hygiene.

🔒 Privacy — read before you commit

The office records everything: decisions and ADRs go to office/log/decisions.md and memory/; your preferences live in memory/wings/user_preferences.md. On a public repo or fork, all of that is public — it reveals what you asked, what you decided, and who you are.

What's in this repo's memory right now: a real client-project audit (memory/wings/projects/fruviacafe-audit/ — a real business, findings, and the owner's commercial decisions) and the owner's identity in user_preferences.md. Treat it as the example it is — then make your own choice:

• Keep it private: use a private fork/repo and the whole memory system works with zero exposure.
• Stay public: fine for non-sensitive work — just know your ADRs are public writing.
• Already published something sensitive? Assume it's been copied; git history keeps it even if you delete the files. A history rewrite (git filter-repo + force-push) hides it from the repo going forward, but cannot un-publish what was already fetched.

Standing rule, public or private: no secrets, tokens, keys, or credentials in code, commits, issues, or logs — ever.

External dependencies

Dependency	Required?	Notes
None	—	This repo is fully self-contained. No external git repos, no packages, no services needed to run the office.
MemPalace MCP (mempalace-mcp)	Optional	If you run a local MemPalace server, the file-based memory/ can be mirrored into a vector store (mempalace mine <repo>). The office works fully without it.

Contributing, security, changelog

• Contributing — branch, PR, and safety rules
• Security policy — how to report vulnerabilities
• Code of conduct
• Changelog
• License: MIT