Thunderus

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OVERVIEW

Thunderus is a coding agent harness built in Rust. It attempts to replicate and build upon the workflows of "Claude Code" and "Codex", but packaged as a standalone, provider-agnostic TUI tool.

It is designed for developers who want an agent that works in their repos, following strict "diff-first" and "shell-gated" safety protocols.

PHILOSOPHY

1. Harness > Chat

   • The interface is a TUI work-bench, not a conversational UI.

2. Shell-First

   • "Anything in the shell" is usable, but gated by approval modes.

3. Mixed-Initiative

   • Seamless collaboration.
   • If you type, the agent pauses.
   • If you edit, the agent reconciles.

4. Teaching Through Transparency

   • Output teaches as it works.
   • Progressive disclosure reveals complexity on demand, building user understanding of safety models, version control, and agent reasoning without overwhelming.

USAGE

$ thunder|thunderus|thndrs

> Create a new component for the video player...

[Drafting...]

[Action] Create file `src/video.rs`? [y/N]

For implementation status and tasks, see ROADMAP.txt.

INSPIRATION

For Agent Harness

Tool	Link
Crush (charm)	https://github.com/charmbracelet/crush
Claude Code	https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
Codex	https://github.com/openai/codex
OpenClaudia	https://github.com/dollspace-gay/OpenClaudia

For VCS

Tool	Link
Beads	https://github.com/steveyegge/beads
Chainlink	https://github.com/dollspace-gay/chainlink