GreatCTO is an open-source AI agent orchestration harness and engineering pipeline framework created by Anatoly Velikiy (avelikiy). It coordinates multi-role software delivery workflows by automating handoffs between distinct engineering personas, including Product Managers, Architects, Senior Developers, QA Engineers, Security Officers, Performance Engineers, DevOps, and L3 Support. In daily use, GreatCTO manages structured tasks across different pipeline phases. Tasks are tracked via the Beads lifecycle protocol or local task manifests (.great_cto/tasks.md). The harness interacts with LLMs through integrations such as Claude plugins (.claude-plugin) and standardized skill protocols, guiding autonomous execution through phase boundaries and formal task decomposition. GreatCTO distinguishes itself by enforcing strict verification and artifact governance rather than trusting self-reported agent success. It integrates structural linting (artifact-lint), local CI execution (ci-local), and workflow parity validators (guard-parity.mjs) to ensure that agent-generated deliverables, tests, and security assertions are systematically validated before pipeline progression. The project is open-source under public GitHub distribution, designed for local-first execution with built-in dashboard metrics and task cost-tracking utilities.
Tags: AI, ai agent, cli, developer tools, OpenSource, productivity