Dan’s Anchor System
Dan’s Anchor System (DAS) is a structured system for organizing the documents, projects, and knowledge that an AI coding agent like Claude Code works with. It gives every project a predictable shape, so an agent can navigate, plan, and maintain it without re-learning the layout each time.
The system is built from five kinds of parts:
- Skills are the
/-invocable verbs (create, groom, mint, audit, and more), grouped by what they do. - Facets are per-document structural specs (backlog, roadmap, PRD, architecture, and so on).
- Disciplines are cross-cutting conventions the agent reads (workflow, markdown, verification).
- Traits are the paradigms a project declares in its
.anchorfile (Code, Paper, Topic, Drive, Commit). - Rulesets are the machine-checkable constraints that keep all of the above consistent.
Skill groups
| Group | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Anchor | Create, install, move, migrate, publish, and archive anchors |
| Track | Plan and groom work: backlog, questions, workflow state |
| Drive | Move work forward: feature, crank, mint, finalize, land |
| Dev | Build software: architect, code, fix, PR flow |
| Doc | Author documents: markdown, diagrams, editing |
| Hygiene | Keep anchors healthy: audit, tidy, dedupe, rewire, maintain |
| Search | Research and purchasing: find, survey, compare, buy |
| Utility | Everyday helpers: cook, ctrl, exp, snip |
How it works
Each skill lives in its own folder with a SKILL.md entry point. When a user types /skill-name action (for example /feature, /groom, /audit), the agent reads the corresponding action file and runs the workflow defined there.
The whole system is declarative (written in markdown, not code), composable (parts reference each other), and auditable (rulesets check that anchors conform).
License
MIT License. See LICENSE for details.