three-man-team

A structured 3-agent AI dev team — Architect, Builder, Reviewer. Built from production use. Token-optimized. Works with Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor, and any AI that supports context files.

The Problem With AI Coding Tools

AI coding tools are powerful but undisciplined. They read entire codebases when they need one function. They add features nobody asked for. They drift mid-task. They burn tokens on every session doing work that didn't need to happen.

The solution isn't a better prompt. It's a process.

Three Man Team gives you three agents with distinct jobs, clear handoffs, and rules that prevent the most expensive failure modes. The Architect plans and deploys. The Builder builds exactly what the brief says. The Reviewer doesn't pass work that isn't right.

Why Three Agents

DeepMind's multi-agent research shows teams of 3-5 with structured artifact handoffs outperform both solo agents and larger groups. Three is not arbitrary — it is the minimum for meaningful review and the maximum before coordination overhead eats the gain.

The roles map to how real software ships:

• Someone who understands the whole system and owns the deploy
• Someone who builds fast and clean
• Someone who catches what the builder missed

Quick Start

Choose your install type:

Per-project install (recommended)

One project, one install. Clone directly into your project folder.

Step 1 — Navigate to your project folder and clone

git clone https://github.com/russelleNVy/three-man-team.git .cursor/skills/three-man-team

Step 2 — Run setup and follow the instructions

cd .cursor/skills/three-man-team && ./setup

Setup takes over from here. It will give you the exact commands to run and the prompt to paste into Cursor to get started. Follow what it prints.

Global install (all projects)

Install once, use in any project.

Step 1 — Clone to your global Cursor skills folder

git clone https://github.com/russelleNVy/three-man-team.git ~/.cursor/skills/three-man-team
cd ~/.cursor/skills/three-man-team && .