A safety guard for AI coding tools.

AI agents can make a big mistake in a second. yokoten stops it before it happens.

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Start

You need Node 22.23.4 or later. Then run:

cd your-project
npx yokoten

That’s it: one command, nothing to set. Run it again any time; it does only what is still missing.

The first run shows one screen: what it set up, where you are, and the next command.

yokoten 0.1.2 · set up; stage 1 of 5, safety net

  ok          guard on for Claude Code on this computer
  ok          37 files written in this project, none of yours changed

  MISSING     ~/.config/yokoten/private-marks is missing or has no marks
              Type your name, your city or a domain; it is not shown.
              Fix: `npx yokoten marks add`

  done        12 of 26 steps
  next        Run your tests on every push
  to do       Put the project on GitHub or Gitea
  to do       Name the owner (CODEOWNERS)
  to do       Set up the bot account
  to do       Add a license and a security policy
  can't check 9 steps read the code host; doctor checks them after a push

  note        16 uncommitted files, the oldest changed 1 minute ago

Next: `git add -A && git commit -m "chore: add yokoten"`
More: `npx yokoten doctor --all` shows every check and 5 notes

What it stops

It protects	It stops
Your work	a force push, a hard reset, deleting `.git`
Your secrets	a commit that adds a key, a private email or an IP address
Your releases	a new tag, a package publish, making a repo public
The code you run	a download that runs before anyone reads it
The guard itself	skipping the commit check, or switching it off

When it stops something, it says why and what to do instead:

yokoten stopped this: git push origin v1.2.0 pushes a release tag [release]

  Why       Only the owner decides when to release.

  Instead   Stop and tell the owner: only the owner releases, with the steps in
            How to release; do not look for another way.

  More      https://github.com/yokoten-labs/yokoten/blob/main/docs/guide.md#how-to-release

How it works

A program, not an AI. The same command always gets the same answer, in under a fifth of a second, at no cost.
Three places. Your AI tool asks yokoten before each command or edit; yokoten also checks each commit and runs in CI.
Leaves your settings alone. It keeps your choices, and saves a copy before it changes a file of yours.
Many AI sessions in one repo. yokoten conflicts says which open change to merge first, and the guard stops an edit to a file another open change is moving.

The commands

You need one command to start. Four more help along the way.

Command	What it does
`npx yokoten`	sets up what is missing, then shows where you are and the next step
`yokoten check`	looks for secrets and broken rules before you commit; the commit check runs it too
`yokoten desk`	gives one task to one AI, in its own fenced desk
`yokoten kanban`	shows the team at a glance, live and read only (preview)
`yokoten tidy`	lists old branches, worktrees and desks; `--local` saves them, then moves them to its trash folder

yokoten help --all lists the rest, in groups by job: Start, Work, Guard, Merge and CI, Maintain.

Works with

Any AI model works. The guard checks the commands the agent runs, not the model.

Agents: the guard runs with each agent below. The agent table in the guide holds the evidence: the date, how each run went, and what to know first.

Agent	Verified end to end	Needs `npx yokoten trust` first	Models tested
Claude Code	✅ yes	no	`deepseek-flash`
GitHub Copilot CLI	✅ yes	yes	`gpt-6-luna` (Auto)
Antigravity CLI (`agy`)	✅ yes	no	`gemini-3.8-flash-high`
Codex CLI	✅ yes	yes	`deepseek-flash`
Muse Code	✅ yes	yes	`muse-spark-1.3-contributor`
DeepSeek Harness (`dsh`)	✅ yes	no	the default DeepSeek model
Grok CLI (`grok`)	✅ yes	yes	the default model
Gemini CLI	not yet	no	—
OpenCode	✅ yes	no	`opencode-go/deepseek-v4.1-flash`, `opencode-go/glm-5.3-flash`

Programming languages: any. doctor finds the test command for JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java, .NET, Ruby, PHP, Swift, Elixir, Dart and make test.
Platforms: Linux, macOS and WSL. Native Windows is in beta, in Git Bash and PowerShell 7.

More ways to install

npx yokoten runs all three for you. Each one still runs alone:

npx yokoten install     # once per computer
npx yokoten init        # once per project
npx yokoten doctor      # where you are, and the one next step

Claude Code plugin: /plugin marketplace add https://github.com/yokoten-labs/yokoten.git, then /plugin install yokoten@yokoten. Use the plugin or npx, not both.
Versions: Stable (the default), Beta or Dev; see which version to install.
CI only: use it as a GitHub Action.
Node: 22.23.4+, 24.22.1+ or 26.12.1+.
UTC: the commit check asks for UTC commit times. npx yokoten doctor names the line for your shell.

Roadmap

Done, v0.1.1: the five protections on for everyone; many AI sessions in one repo.
Now, v0.1.2: five commands up front, yokoten, check, desk, kanban and tidy; another model than the writer reviews each change.
Later: a lesson one project learns becomes a check for every project.

Yokoten (横展) is a word from Toyota’s factories: a fix that one line finds goes to every line.

Learn more

The guide · The standard · Decisions · Changelog · Milestones · Contributing · Security

MIT license. Built by coolwhite and a team of AI agents.

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