Autopilot

Overview

Autopilot handles the entire development lifecycle autonomously from a simple idea description — requirements analysis, technical design, planning, parallel implementation, QA cycling, and validation.

The goal is to produce working code from a 2-3 line description. Internally it uses ralph, ultrawork, and ultraqa, moving to the next phase as each one completes.

Usage

/oh-my-claudecode:autopilot "REST API for a bookstore with CRUD operations using TypeScript"

Also activated via magic keywords.

autopilot build me a CLI tool that tracks daily habits
build me a todo app with React and PostgreSQL
I want a chat application with WebSocket support

Execution Phases

Autopilot consists of 6 phases.

Phase 0 - Expansion

Expands the user's idea into a detailed spec.

• Analyst (Opus) extracts requirements
• Architect (Opus) writes the technical specification
• Output: .omc/autopilot/spec.md

If a ralplan consensus plan already exists, Phases 0 and 1 are skipped. If a deep-interview spec exists, it is used as Phase 0 output.

Phase 1 - Planning

Generates an implementation plan from the spec.

• Architect (Opus) writes the plan
• Critic (Opus) validates the plan
• Output: .omc/plans/autopilot-impl.md

Phase 2 - Execution

Implements the plan using Ralph + Ultrawork.

• Simple tasks: Executor (Haiku)
• Standard tasks: Executor (Sonnet)
• Complex tasks: Executor (Opus)
• Independent tasks run in parallel

Phase 3 - QA

Iterates in UltraQA mode until all tests pass.

• Build, lint, test, fix failures
• Up to 5 iterations
• If the same error repeats 3 times, it is treated as a root issue and execution stops

Phase 4 - Validation

Performs parallel reviews.

• Architect: validates functional completeness
• Security-reviewer: checks for security vulnerabilities
• Code-reviewer: reviews code quality
• All reviewers must approve

Phase 5 - Cleanup

Deletes all state files when complete.

Examples

# Specify a concrete domain and tech stack
autopilot A REST API for a bookstore inventory with CRUD operations using TypeScript

# Clear feature description
build me a CLI tool that tracks daily habits with streak counting

# 3-Stage pipeline (highest quality)
/oh-my-claudecode:deep-interview "vague idea"
  → /oh-my-claudecode:ralplan --direct
    → /oh-my-claudecode:autopilot

Options

Configurable in .claude/settings.json.

{
  "omc": {
    "autopilot": {
      "maxIterations": 10,
      "maxQaCycles": 5,
      "maxValidationRounds": 3,
      "pauseAfterExpansion": false,
      "skipQa": false,
      "skipValidation": false
    }
  }
}

Related Skills

• ralph - handles the execution loop inside autopilot
• ultrawork - handles parallel execution inside autopilot
• ultraqa - Phase 3 QA cycling for autopilot
• deep-interview - pre-interview to clarify vague ideas
• ralplan - consensus-based planning

Reference