OpenRig project world

A context pack that helps a coding agent work on OpenRig itself. It covers what the project is for, how a contribution gets from an idea to a merged pull request, and how to prove that a change works. Install it once. After that, any agent working in an OpenRig checkout can load it with one command.

This map is not the territory. It is short on purpose, it is incomplete, and it will drift. The OpenRig source, the rig binary you are running, and the maps inside the product repository are the authorities. Where this pack disagrees with them, they are right. Please open an issue or a pull request here when you find a disagreement.

Who it is for

• People who want to contribute to OpenRig, and the coding agents they work with.
• Claude Code and Codex are supported directly: rig context profile composes a walk for either. Agents on other runtimes can still read every file with rig context get, or straight from this repository, because the files are plain Markdown.

You do not need a multi-agent rig to use this pack. One agent in one terminal is enough.

How it fits with the rest of OpenRig's context

OpenRig gives agents context in layers. This pack is one of them.

Layer	What it answers	Where it comes from
System World	How to be an agent inside OpenRig: identity, peers, the queue, the command surface	Ships with OpenRig. On a default install it selects the world-public and onboarding-width packs; rig context list shows what your install has.
Project world (this pack)	How to build OpenRig: its purpose, how contributions move, how to prove a change	This repository
Code maps and the developing-openrig skill	Where code lives, what is risky, what to run	The product repository: ARCHITECTURE.md, docs/as-built/arteries.md, docs/as-built/test-layers.md, .claude/skills/ and .agents/skills/
Your work	The issue or pull request in front of you	GitHub

This pack points at the product repository's maps instead of copying them. A copy would drift, and the maps in your checkout describe the code you are actually changing.

Install

You need OpenRig installed, with its daemon running. The product README covers requirements and what OpenRig changes on your machine.

rig context add --git https://github.com/mvschwarz/openrig-world.git
rig context list

--git clones this repository using your existing Git setup, finds manifest.yaml at its root, and installs the pack under the manifest's name, openrig-world. Only the files the manifest declares are served to agents; this README is for you.

To check for and take later changes:

rig context source inspect openrig-world
rig context source update openrig-world

Load it

Run one of these yourself, or ask your agent to run it. Each prints the composed text for the agent to read.

When	Command
Starting work on OpenRig	rig context profile openrig-world --situation fresh
Reviewing a pull request	rig context profile openrig-world --situation fresh --profile reviewer
After a compaction, /clear or restart	rig context profile openrig-world --situation post-compaction
One file	rig context get openrig-world/craft/proving-a-change.md
One section	rig context get 'openrig-world/workflow/contributing-with-agents.md#after-a-context-reset'
Everything, in one bundle	rig context get openrig-world

rig context profile composes for Claude Code by default. Add --runtime codex for Codex, or set OPENRIG_RUNTIME. Add --json to see token estimates and content hashes for each piece.

What is inside

File	What it covers
identity/what-openrig-is-for.md	What OpenRig is for, and how proposed changes are judged
workflow/contributing-with-agents.md	The loop from install to merged pull request, done with agents
craft/proving-a-change.md	How to show a change works: seams, checks that can fail, proof by effect
craft/tells-of-a-wrong-claim.md	Moments when you are about to be wrong, and the cheapest check for each
manifest.yaml	The pack manifest: files, atoms, and the reviewer profile

Rig catalog

Reviewed listings, submissions, team diagrams and public status live in openrig-registry. The workshop and factory-rsi bundle sources remain here under rigs/; their installation links do not change.

registry/workshop.yaml is the only catalog file retained here, for OpenRig 0.6.6 operators. The copy in openrig-registry is canonical. Update this compatibility mirror with the exact same bytes in a paired, reviewed pull request when that pin changes, and merge both before announcing the new pin. See the registry's compatibility instructions.

Contributing to this pack

Pull requests are welcome, especially when you find something here that is stale or wrong. Keep pages short, point at sources instead of copying them, and describe commands only after you have run them.

If you change manifest.yaml or a section heading that an atom addresses, commit, then check that your clone still loads under a scratch name:

rig context add --git /path/to/your/clone --name openrig-world-test
rig context profile openrig-world-test --situation fresh --json
rig context profile openrig-world-test --situation post-compaction --json
rig context profile openrig-world-test --situation fresh --profile reviewer --json
rig context rm openrig-world-test

Each profile command should list its pieces with no error.

License

Apache-2.0, the same as the OpenRig product repository. See LICENSE.