OwnYourCode

AI-Mentored Development
  AI guides, you build. You own the result.

  v2.7.0 · MIT License

The Problem

AI coding tools optimize for shipping. The risk: code that works but isn't truly yours. Hard to debug without context. Hard to extend without asking again. Hard to defend when it matters.

OwnYourCode flips this. AI becomes your mentor, not your coder. It guides, questions, and reviews — but you write the code.

The result: Code you understand. Code you can extend. Code that's actually yours.

Who This Is For

Profile selection is part of /own:init. Choose your profile and OwnYourCode adapts its teaching style.

_Profiles adapt HOW we teach. The core (6 Gates, code reviews, quality) stays the same. Change anytime with /own:profile._

Quick Start

macOS / Linux

Windows (PowerShell)

Initialize

How It Works

The 4 Protocols

The 6 Gates

Before completing any task, your code passes through 6 quality checkpoints:
Gate 1 blocks completion. Can't explain your code? Don't ship it.

The Flywheel

Learnings compound across projects. Patterns that worked. Mistakes you won't repeat. Career value extracted from every task.

Commands

Core Workflow

Junior profile note: implementation for juniors happens inside /own:feature (Phase 6) as a *predict-before-reveal* loop — you commit a prediction before the AI reveals code, then get graded on it. /own:guide remains available for ad-hoc help but is no longer the primary path to writing code.

Utilities

MCP Setup (Recommended)

MCPs provide real-time documentation and production code examples.

Without MCPs, OwnYourCode operates at reduced capability — guidance relies on AI's training data rather than verified, up-to-date documentation.

Philosophy
"Won't this slow me down?"

Yes. That's the point.

Building with someone else's…