install-chief

Install the Chief Agent Framework into the current project.

Arguments

The first argument is the target version (branch or tag). Optional.

• No argument → install the latest stable release (highest semver tag). Find it by running git ls-remote --tags https://github.com/thaitype/chief-agent-framework.git, strip refs/tags/, ignore ^{} entries, and pick the highest semver version.
• canary → latest canary branch (active development, unreleased)
• v1.0.0, v2.0.0, etc. → specific tagged version

Steps

1. Check for existing installation

Check if the Chief Agent Framework is already installed by looking for these signals:

1. .agents/agents/chief-agent.md exists
2. .chief/ directory exists
3. AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md at root contains the keyword "Chief Agent Framework" (check file content, not just existence — these files may exist from other setups)