What is Gangsta?
An AI agentic skills framework for spec-driven development, organized around the Borgata metaphor.
What is Gangsta?
Gangsta is an AI agentic skills framework for spec-driven development. It provides a structured protocol — organized around the metaphor of a Borgata (mafia family) — that turns chaotic AI-assisted coding into disciplined, repeatable operations.
The core idea: Before you write a single line of code, you write a spec. Before you execute, you plan. The Heist Pipeline ensures every feature goes through reconnaissance, debate, and approval before implementation begins.
The 1% Rule
The framework's single most important behavioral rule:
If there's even a 1% chance a Gangsta skill applies to what you're doing, you must invoke it. No rationalizing your way around the framework.
This means no skipping steps, no deciding "this is too simple for a Heist," and no going straight to code. The framework exists because undisciplined AI agents produce unreliable output — the skills enforce the discipline that produces reliable results.
The Heist Pipeline
Every feature development cycle in Gangsta is called a Heist — a 6-phase operational process: