HVE Core Documentation
HVE Core gives your team production-ready agents, reusable prompts, coding instructions, and executable skills for GitHub Copilot. You get structured workflows (Research → Plan → Implement), schema-enforced quality gates, and role-specific tooling across 10 engineering disciplines. Install from the VS Code Marketplace and start shipping with AI-assisted engineering in minutes.
Choose Your Extension
| HVE Core All | HVE Installer | |
|---|---|---|
| What you get | Every agent, prompt, instruction, and skill in the framework | Pick only the collections you need |
| Best for | Teams that want the full toolkit out of the box | Teams that prefer a curated, lightweight setup |
| Install | Install HVE Core All | Install HVE Installer |
Not sure which to choose? See the installation methods comparison for a detailed breakdown.
Find Your Path
New to HVE Core?
Get up and running with installation, configuration, and your first AI-assisted workflow.
- Install HVE Core covers three setup paths from marketplace extension to developer clone
- Run your first workflow walks through an end-to-end RPI example
- Browse available collections to see what each bundle includes
Leading a Team?
Set up HVE Core for your team with governance, collections, and customization options.
- Team adoption guide covers governance, naming conventions, and onboarding
- Collections overview explains how to bundle and distribute artifacts
- Customization guide covers the full spectrum from lightweight instructions to fork-and-extend
Contributing to HVE Core?
Create and maintain agents, prompts, instructions, and skills for the framework.
- Contributing guide explains artifact authoring standards
- Templates provide starting points for ADRs, BRDs, and security plans
- Architecture overview documents system design, components, and build pipelines
Going Deeper?
Explore advanced capabilities including Design Thinking coaching, security planning, and methodology reference.
- Design Thinking guides teams through nine methods across three spaces
- Project Planning covers ADR creation, BRD/PRD building, architecture diagrams, and security plan generation
- Security documentation covers threat modeling and security planning
- RPI methodology explains the Research, Plan, Implement agent coordination pattern
Roles
HVE Core provides dedicated tooling for 10 engineering roles, each with curated agents, prompts, and starter workflows. Find your role guide on the Role Guides page.
AI-Assisted Project Lifecycle
HVE Core supports a 9-stage lifecycle from initial setup through ongoing operations. Each stage maps to specific agents, prompts, and role-specific guidance.
- Stage overview provides a full lifecycle map
- Implementation (Stage 6) is the highest-density stage with 30+ assets
- Discovery (Stage 2) covers research, requirements, and BRD creation
Agent Systems
Specialized agents are organized into functional groups that combine agents, prompts, and instruction files into cohesive workflows.
- RPI Orchestration separates complex tasks into research, planning, implementation, and review phases
- Project Planning creates ADRs, BRDs, PRDs, architecture diagrams, and security plans through guided AI workflows
- GitHub Backlog Manager automates issue discovery, triage, sprint planning, and execution
- Additional systems are documented in the Agent Catalog
RPI Methodology
Research, Plan, Implement (RPI) decomposes complex engineering tasks into three specialized agents that collaborate through structured handoffs.
- Why RPI? explains the problem statement and design rationale
- Task Researcher, Task Planner, and Task Implementor cover each agent
- Using Together describes agent coordination patterns
Design Thinking
The dt-coach agent guides teams through nine Design Thinking methods across problem space, solution space, and validation.
- Design Thinking Guide provides the overview and method catalog
- Why Design Thinking? explains when to reach for DT
- Using the DT Coach covers agent usage
Browse all Design Thinking docs →
Prompt Engineering
HVE Core structures AI artifacts with protocol patterns, input variables, and a four-stage maturity lifecycle.
- Prompt Builder Agent provides interactive artifact creation with sandbox testing
- AI Artifacts Overview covers common patterns across artifact types
- Activation Context explains when artifacts activate within workflows
Quick Links
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Customization Guide | Adapt HVE Core to your workflow |
| CHANGELOG | Release history and version notes |
| CONTRIBUTING | Repository contribution guidelines |
| Scripts README | Automation script reference |
| Extension README | VS Code extension documentation |
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