_______ _
|__ (_) | |
/ / _ ____ ___ ___ | |_ ___
/ / | | '__/ __/ _ \| __/ _ \
/ /__| | | | (_| (_) | || __/
/_____|_|_| \___\___/ \__\___|
Building practical open source tools that improve developer workflows
Robert Allen is a DevOps engineer, technologist and open source maintainer based in Farmville, Virginia. By day, he drives infrastructure automation at HMH. By evening, he builds developer tools that solve real problems in technology and agriculture. And somehow also runs a regenerative pasture farm.
Creator of swagger-php (5K+ stars), the PHP library for generating OpenAPI documentation from annotations. Much appreciation to the community of contributors and users who have made it a success over the years.
- Open Source Tooling - Creating and maintaining tools that developers actually use
- AI-Assisted Development - Building Claude Code plugins, agents, and workflows
- DevOps & Platform Engineering - Infrastructure automation, CI/CD, AWS architecture
- Architecture Documentation - ADRs, decision tracking, knowledge capture
Last updated: 2026-01-18
Ranked by recent contributions, community engagement, and development activity.
| Repository | Description | Tech | Activity |
|---|---|---|---|
| swagger-php | A php swagger annotation and parsing library | PHP | ✨ Active |
| subcog | Persistent memory system for AI coding assistants. Captures ... | Rust | ✨ Active |
| git-adr | 🏛️ Architecture Decision Records in git notes - no files, no... | Rust | 📈 Growing |
| homebrew-tap | Homebrew formula for git-adr - Architecture Decision Records... | Ruby | 📈 Growing |
| adrscope | A lightweight visualization tool for Architecture Decision R... | Rust | 📈 Growing |
| structured-madr | Structured MADR: Machine-readable Architectural Decision Rec... | JavaScript | 📈 Growing |
| human-voice | Claude Code plugin to detect and prevent AI-generated writin... | JavaScript | 📈 Growing |
| lsp-tools | LSP-first code intelligence for Claude Code with strong enfo... | Shell | 📈 Growing |
- aesth (Unknown) - Craft-focused design system management plugin for Claude Code, powered by Subcog...
- gh (Python) - Claude Code plugin with 12 git workflow commands, GitHub Copilot configuration, ...
- agents (Python) - Claude Code plugin with 115+ specialized Opus 4.5 agents organized by domain, 54...
- nsip (Python) - Claude Code plugin for NSIP (National Sheep Improvement Program) sheep breeding ...
- documentation-review (Unknown) - Claude Code plugin for comprehensive documentation management: review, create, u...
I maintain a comprehensive ecosystem of Claude Code extensions for AI-assisted development:
- marketplace - Claude Plugin Marketplace listing Claude Code plugins
- lsp-marketplace - Curated marketplace of 28 LSP-enabled Claude Code plugins with strong enforcement patterns
- subcog - Semantic memory with vector search and RRF retrieval
- documentation-management - Plugin for managing architecture docs, ADRs, decision tracking
- adr-lifecycle-management - Plugin for creating, updating, and tracking ADRs
The marketplace repository contains 100+ specialized agents organized by domain:
| Category | Agents |
|---|---|
| Core Development | frontend, backend, fullstack, API design, microservices |
| Language Specialists | Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Java, PHP |
| Infrastructure | DevOps, SRE, Kubernetes, Terraform, cloud architecture |
| Quality & Security | code review, security audit, testing, performance |
| Data & AI | ML engineering, data science, LLM architecture |
This account uses standardized templates and automation for consistency across repositories.
| Template | Stack |
|---|---|
| python | Python 3.12+, uv, ruff, pyright |
| typescript | Node 22, pnpm, ESLint 9, Vitest |
| go | Go 1.23+, golangci-lint |
| rust | Stable, clippy, cargo-deny |
| docs-site | Astro, Starlight, MDX |
# Use in any repository
jobs:
ci:
uses: zircote/.github/.github/workflows/reusable-ci-python.yml@mainLanguages PHP | Python | TypeScript | Go | Rust
Infrastructure AWS | Docker | Kubernetes | Terraform | GitHub Actions
AI Integration Claude Code | GitHub Copilot | MCP Protocol
Platforms Linux | macOS | AWS (Solutions Architect certified)
- Developer Experience First - Tools should reduce friction, not add it
- Automation Over Documentation - Encode knowledge in code
- Open by Default - Share solutions that might help others
- Practical Over Perfect - Ship working software, iterate based on usage
- GitHub Issues - For project-specific discussions
- Pull Requests - The best way to propose changes