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title: "What is OrchestKit?"
description: "The complete AI development toolkit for Claude Code — 106 skills, 36 agents, 175 hooks working together."
canonical: "https://orchestkit.yonyon.ai/docs/foundations/overview"
---

# What is OrchestKit?

The complete AI development toolkit for Claude Code — 106 skills, 36 agents, 175 hooks working together.

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OrchestKit is a **Claude Code plugin** that gives your AI assistant deep expertise in software engineering. Instead of explaining your stack on every prompt, OrchestKit injects the right knowledge at the right time.

## Before vs After

| Without OrchestKit | With OrchestKit |
|---|---|
| "Use FastAPI with async, SQLAlchemy 2.0..." | Just describe the feature |
| Manual code review checklists | `/ork:review-pr` runs 3 agents in parallel |
| Copy-paste commit conventions | `/ork:commit` writes conventional commits |
| "Remember to check OWASP..." | Security hooks fire automatically |
| Context lost between sessions | 3-tier memory persists everything |

## How It Works

When you type a prompt, OrchestKit works in three layers:

<Steps>
  <Step>
    ### Hooks (<Count k="hooks" />) fire automatically

    Security gates, auto-lint, and memory injection run on every action — you never invoke them directly.
  </Step>
  <Step>
    ### Agents (<Count k="agents" />) activate from keywords

    Say "review PR" and `security-auditor` spawns. Say "design API" and `backend-architect` activates. Multiple agents can run in parallel.
  </Step>
  <Step>
    ### Skills (<Count k="skills" />) inject into agents

    Reusable knowledge — FastAPI patterns, React hooks, OWASP checklist, RAG strategies — loaded on demand by whichever agent needs them.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## One Plugin

OrchestKit ships as a single plugin: **ork** — <Count k="skills" /> skills, <Count k="agents" /> agents, <Count k="hooks" /> hooks.

## Next Steps

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  <Card title="The 3 Building Blocks" href="/docs/foundations/skills-agents-hooks" description="Understand skills, agents, and hooks in depth" />
  <Card title="Install OrchestKit" href="/docs/getting-started/installation" description="Get up and running in 2 minutes" />
  <Card title="First 10 Minutes" href="/docs/getting-started/first-10-minutes" description="Guided walkthrough of your first session" />
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