Getting Started

Set up Datarim in under 5 minutes

1 Prerequisites

You need Claude Code installed and running.

# Install Claude Code (if not already)
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
claude --version

2 Install Datarim

git clone https://github.com/Arcanada-one/datarim.git
cd datarim
./install.sh

The installer copies skills, agents, commands, and templates to ~/.claude/.

3 Your First Task

Navigate to any project and start Claude Code:

cd /path/to/your/project
claude

# Inside Claude Code:
/dr-init Add dark mode toggle to settings page

Datarim analyzes your request, determines complexity (L1-L4), and creates task tracking in datarim/.

4 Follow the Pipeline

Not every task needs all 9 stages. Datarim routes by complexity:

Simple fix

init → do → reflect → archive

Standard feature

init → plan → do → qa → reflect → archive

Complex feature

init → prd → plan → design → do → qa → compliance → reflect → archive

Major project

All 9 stages + consilium + strategist review

5 Essential Commands

/dr-help List all commands

/dr-init Start a new task

/dr-status Check current progress

/dr-continue Resume from last checkpoint

/dr-do Implement planned changes

/dr-qa Run quality checks

/dr-reflect Create retrospective

/dr-write Create content

6 Project Structure

After /dr-init, your project gets:

your-project/
├── datarim/                 # workflow state (add to .gitignore)
│   ├── tasks.md             # active tasks
│   ├── backlog.md           # pending items
│   ├── activeContext.md     # current focus
│   ├── progress.md          # status overview
│   └── ...                  # prd/, creative/, reflection/
└── documentation/
    └── archive/             # completed tasks (commit this)
        ├── web/
        ├── infrastructure/
        └── ...

datarim/ is your local workflow — add to .gitignore. documentation/archive/ is project history — commit to git.

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