---
title: "Run Claude Code with spec-driven quality gates via Pilot Shell"
description: "Wrap Claude Code sessions in a spec, approval, and verification workflow before risky implementation work lands."
verification: "listed"
source: "https://github.com/maxritter/pilot-shell"
author: "Max Ritter"
publisher_type: "individual"
category:
  - "Templates & Workflows"
framework:
  - "Claude Code"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "maxritter/pilot-shell"
  github_stars: 1645
---

# Run Claude Code with spec-driven quality gates via Pilot Shell

Wrap Claude Code sessions in a spec, approval, and verification workflow before risky implementation work lands.

## Prerequisites

Claude Code, curl, bash, macOS/Linux/WSL2

## Installation

Choose whichever fits your setup:

1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.

Install command or upstream instructions:

```
Install with `curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/maxritter/pilot-shell/main/install.sh | bash`, then enter a project and run `pilot` or `ccp` to start a spec-driven Claude Code session.
```

## Documentation

- https://pilot-shell.com/docs

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/run-claude-code-with-spec-driven-quality-gates-via-pilot-shell/)