Open-Foundry: Multi-Agent Debate Framework with Claude Code

What Open-Foundry Does

Open-foundry addresses a specific frustration with Claude Code: when it provides complex analysis, the extended thinking process remains a black box. If the conclusion is wrong, there's no way to trace which assumption failed. This framework solves that by creating multi-agent debates with fully externalized reasoning.

How It Works

You define a mission with a question and a panel of agents, each with a distinct persona and explicit "negative space" — things they refuse to do. The orchestrator picks who speaks next based on discussion dynamics, with agents challenging each other's claims across 20-30 turns. A synthesizer produces the final deliverable.

The entire process is autonomous — you can walk away and come back to a finished session. Because each agent is a stateless claude -p call, all thinking must be externalized into files.

What You Get

A full transcript where every claim is attributed to a specific agent at a specific turn
Orchestrator logs explaining why each speaker was chosen
Per-agent working notes
The reasoning process becomes a readable, searchable artifact

Human-in-the-Loop Capability

You can press Ctrl+\ at any point to pause and inject a message. In the sample session, the creator noticed all 6 agents were assuming a team with senior engineers — nobody was addressing solo developers. One intervention at turn 8 redirected the entire discussion.

Sample Session

You can browse a real session without cloning:

Transcript — 6 agents debating "Should AI replace code review?"
Synthesis — the deliverable
Orchestrator log — why each speaker was chosen

What It's Not

Open-foundry is not a replacement for Claude Code CLI. If you know what to ask and want a fast answer, use Claude directly. This framework is for questions complex enough that you want multiple perspectives challenging each other — and you need to show (or audit) how the conclusion was reached.