# Starter Harness — The Folder Structure That Makes AI Code Work

> Free download. The disciplined folder scaffold — CLAUDE.md, docs, rules, checklists, tests, feedback — that turns prompts into real shipped software. Same harness used to build Scale B.O.S.S. and the site you're on.

## The Starter Harness — the folder structure that makes AI code actually work.

Prompts are not enough. Stop vibe coding. The harness gives Claude (or any AI coding agent) the planning docs, rules, checklists, and feedback loops it needs to produce code you can actually ship.

- The folder structure that turns prompts into real working sessions.
- Drop into any new repo. Start a Claude Code session. The harness does the rest.
- Same scaffold used to ship Scale B.O.S.S. and the harness behind this website.

## What's inside

- `CLAUDE.md` — the orchestration router every session reads first.
- `docs/` — planning + spec scaffolds and the project's living plan.
- `rules/` — the build, design, security, observability, and testing rules every change must pass.
- `checklists/` — Definition of Done + per-phase verification gates.
- `tests/` — the loop that stops AI guesses from shipping as code.
- `feedback/` — how observations from production feed back into context, rules, and docs.

## How to use it

Drop the harness into any new repo. Open the project in Claude Code (or your preferred AI coding agent). The agent reads `CLAUDE.md`, picks up the rules, follows the checklist, and produces shippable work end-to-end. Read the five-phase framework first if you want the why behind the structure.

Read the framework: https://aicodethatworks.com/start-here

## Download

Hand us your email and we'll send the ZIP — plus a short series of follow-up notes covering how to use the harness inside a real session.

## Next step

Get the Starter Harness: https://aicodethatworks.com/starter-harness

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