Every DashClaw governance artifact in one place. Skills ship as zips you can drop into ~/.claude/skills/; plugins, hooks, and the MCP server install from a single command against the source repo.
Skill bundles
Self-contained skill directories Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, and Hermes Agent can load directly. Each zip contains a SKILL.md plus any references and scripts the skill needs.
SKILL.md + references
Teaches an agent how to use DashClaw correctly: risk thresholds, decision handling (allow / warn / block / require_approval), action recording, session lifecycle, plus six new sections for handoffs, secret hygiene, skill safety, open loops, learning, and in-session retrospection.
unzip dashclaw-governance.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/
Auto-installed when you install any of the agent plugins below. Source mirrors live in public/downloads/ and plugins/dashclaw/skills/ in the repo.
Agent plugins
One DashClaw plugin source, three ecosystems. Each plugin ships the MCP server config, both skills above, and an agent identity used to separate sessions by host (claude-code, codex, hermes).
manifests + skills + MCP configs
Full plugin bundle in one zip: the three plugin manifests (Claude Code / Codex / Hermes), MCP configs, both skills, assets, and PLUGIN_PARITY.md. Drop into your agent's plugin directory or extract for inspection. Manifest version v3.1.0.
unzip dashclaw-governance-plugin.zip # produces a dashclaw/ tree you can drop into ~/.claude/plugins/, ~/.codex/plugins/, etc.
plugins/dashclaw/.claude-plugin/plugin.jsonMCP server + governance skill, plus a hooks installer for PreToolUse / PostToolUse / Stop guards over Bash, Edit, Write, and MultiEdit.
# No clone required: npm i -g @dashclaw/cli dashclaw install claude # prompts for endpoint + API key dashclaw install claude --trial # hosted signup, paste the key # From a repo checkout: npm run hooks:install
plugins/dashclaw/.codex-plugin/plugin.jsonSame governance surface DashClaw ships for Claude Code, wired into Codex's ~/.codex/config.toml: MCP server config, PreToolUse / PostToolUse / Stop hooks, governance protocol in AGENTS.md. Idempotent; re-run after every git pull.
node cli/bin/dashclaw.js install codex \ --project /path/to/your/project # Optional: opt in to legacy notify config node cli/bin/dashclaw.js install codex \ --project /path/to/your/project --include-notify
plugins/dashclaw/.hermes-plugin/plugin.yamlEight lifecycle hooks: pre/post tool, pre/post LLM call with per-turn governance context injection, on-session start/end with live ingest finalize, secret redaction in tool output, and subagent_stop ROI tracking. Wires handoffs end-to-end across sessions.
# macOS / Linux bash scripts/install-hermes-plugin.sh # Windows powershell -File scripts/install-hermes-plugin.ps1 # Sanity check hermes dashclaw doctor
Model Context Protocol
15 governance tools plus 3 read-only resources. Ships inside every plugin above as the on-disk path mcp-server/bin/dashclaw-mcp.js. Also reachable as Streamable HTTP at /api/mcp on any DashClaw deployment, no install required.
{
"mcpServers": {
"dashclaw": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/DashClaw/mcp-server/bin/dashclaw-mcp.js",
"--agent-id", "claude-code"
],
"env": {
"DASHCLAW_URL": "https://your-instance.vercel.app",
"DASHCLAW_API_KEY": "oc_live_..."
}
}
}
}mcp_servers=[{
"type": "url",
"url": "https://your-instance.vercel.app/api/mcp",
"headers": {"x-api-key": "oc_live_..."},
"name": "dashclaw"
}]Full tool catalogue and resource list: /docs#mcp-server.
Claude Code hooks
Govern Claude Code tool calls without per-call SDK code. Installs four hooks (PreToolUse, PostToolUse, Stop, and a SessionStart memory digest) plus the tool-classification module into .claude/hooks/, then merges the relevant blocks into .claude/settings.json. Idempotent; re-run after every git pull to upgrade.
hooks + agent_intel + tests
The hook scripts (pretool, posttool, stop, and the enforcement-liveness probe), the dashclaw_agent_intel/ tool-classification module, default settings.json, and the test suite. Drop the unzipped hooks/ directory into your project's .claude/hooks/.
unzip dashclaw-claude-code-hooks.zip -d <your-project>/.claude/ # Then merge .claude/hooks/settings.json snippets into your .claude/settings.json
npm run hooks:install
node /path/to/DashClaw/scripts/install-hooks.mjs --target=.
The Stop hook captures per-turn LLM token usage from the session transcript and PATCHes it onto the action records the pretool opened during the turn; cost analytics light up without per-agent instrumentation. Required env: DASHCLAW_BASE_URL, DASHCLAW_API_KEY, optional DASHCLAW_HOOK_MODE=enforce.
Programmatic surface
For custom agents and frameworks. The 4-step governance loop and full method catalogue live in /docs. Versions current as of this build.
Canonical 31-method surface across core governance, durable execution finality, security scanning, sessions and the action graph, agent identity, risk signals, policy simulation, and team tasks.
npm install dashclaw
Broader Python surface (51 methods) with framework integrations: CrewAI task instrumentation and AutoGen conversation monitoring.
pip install dashclaw
Full integration reference, API method tables, OpenAPI spec, and self-host runbook live in /docs. Source code on GitHub.