Reliant

Reliant is an agentic development environment (ADE). Like Cursor or Claude Code, it lets you chat with AI agents that read, write, and run code in your project. Unlike them, Reliant adds programmable workflows — multi-step, multi-agent processes defined in YAML that reduce the human in the loop and produce higher quality code more consistently.

Why workflows matter

In a typical AI coding tool, you are the orchestrator. You prompt, read the output, decide the next step, prompt again. For simple tasks that’s fine. For anything involving multiple steps — refactoring, code review, test-driven development, release prep — you’re doing the same manual choreography every time. Workflows automate that choreography. You define the steps, the agents, and the logic once. Then you run it.

Without workflows
With a Reliant workflow

Ask AI to review the code        (copy-paste diff)
Read the review                   (manually)
Ask AI to check for security      (copy-paste diff again)
Read that review                  (manually)
Synthesize both reviews           (you do this in your head)

# .reliant/workflows/code-review.yaml
nodes:
  - id: security_review
    workflow: builtin://agent
    args:
      system_prompt: "Review for security issues..."

  - id: style_review
    workflow: builtin://agent
    args:
      system_prompt: "Review for code quality..."

  - id: reviews_done
    join: all           # wait for both

  - id: summarize
    workflow: builtin://agent
    args:
      system_prompt: "Synthesize the reviews..."

Two agents review in parallel, a third summarizes. One click, every time.

What ships with Reliant

Reliant includes built-in workflows you can use immediately:

Workflow	What it does
agent	The default. Chat with an AI agent that can read, edit, search, and run commands in your project.
gsd	”Get Shit Done.” Discuss → research → plan → implement in parallel waves → verify. Fresh context per phase.
spec-driven	Spec-first development. Write requirements → plan technical approach → implement.
simplify-first	Refactor before building. Research simplifications → refactor → verify → plan → implement. For messy or legacy code.
superpowers	Mandatory TDD. Brainstorm → plan → write failing tests → implement until green → structured review.
get-it-right	For complex brownfield codebases. Expects first attempts to fail — attempt → evaluate → improve or restart → diagnose → final implementation.
one-ring	Full pipeline: planning → testing → implementation → checks → evaluate → refactor loop.
parallel-compete	Three agents implement the same thing in isolated worktrees. A reviewer picks the winner.
router	Classifies your request and routes it to the best workflow automatically.

You can also build your own — see Creating Custom Workflows.

What you can build

Beyond the built-ins, workflows let you encode any repeatable multi-step process: Automated code review — Parallel agents check security, style, and correctness. A third agent synthesizes findings into one review. Test-driven bug fixes — Write a failing test, loop: attempt fix → run tests → retry if failing. Stops when tests pass or hits an attempt limit. Refactor with guardrails — Analyze code for simplification opportunities, refactor, then verify that tests still pass before moving on. Competitive implementations — Three agents solve the same problem with different approaches in isolated worktrees. A reviewer picks the best one. Plan-debate — A proposer and critic alternate rounds, refining a plan until they converge. Better plans through adversarial thinking. Continuous autonomous development — Pick a task from a spec, implement it, verify it, commit it, pick the next task. Hands-off until done.

Config as code

Workflows are YAML files that live in .reliant/workflows/ inside your repository. This gives you things no other ADE offers:

History — Track who changed what workflow and when
Review — Workflow changes go through PRs like any other code
Consistency — Everyone on the team runs the same processes
Rollback — Revert a broken workflow like any other commit

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Quick Start

Key Concepts

​Why workflows matter

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​What you can build

​Config as code

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Install Reliant

Quick Start

Key Concepts

Why workflows matter

What ships with Reliant

What you can build

Config as code

Get started