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RAPID orchestrates AI coding assistants within containerized development environments. It wraps tools like Claude Code, OpenCode, and Aider to provide a unified, secure, and reproducible developer experience.

• Manages dev container lifecycle - rapid start / rapid stop handle everything
• Auto-configures AI coding tools - Installs and configures Claude, OpenCode, Aider inside containers
• Handles secrets injection - 1Password, Vault, or environment-based secret loading
• Generates agent instruction files - Creates AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md with project context
• Supports concurrent AI agents - Run multiple agents in tmux-style panes

npm install -g @rapid-dev/cli
rapid init
rapid start
rapid dev

RAPID is both a tool and a methodology for effective AI-assisted development:

RAPID supports Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to extend AI agent capabilities:

# List available MCP server templates
rapid mcp list --templates

# Add servers
rapid mcp add context7
rapid mcp add tavily
rapid mcp add playwright

# Check status
rapid mcp status

Built-in templates include:

• context7 - Documentation context for libraries
• tavily - Web search and data extraction
• playwright - Browser automation
• github - GitHub operations
• filesystem - File system access
• memory - Persistent knowledge graph

RAPID uses rapid.json for project configuration:

{
  "version": "1.0",
  "agents": {
    "default": "claude",
    "available": {
      "claude": {
        "cli": "claude",
        "instructionFile": "CLAUDE.md"
      }
    }
  },
  "secrets": {
    "provider": "1password",
    "vault": "Development"
  }
}

• RAPID Overview - How RAPID works
• Agent Integration - AI tool integration model
• Container Lifecycle - Container management

• Quickstart - Get running in 5 minutes
• CLI Reference - Command documentation
• Agent Configuration - Setting up AI tools
• Secrets Management - 1Password/Vault setup
• Agent Files - AGENTS.md generation

• rapid.json Specification - Configuration reference
• Supported Agents - Compatibility matrix
• Dev Container Security - Security best practices

• Example rapid.json - Complete configuration example

flowchart TB
    subgraph CLI["RAPID CLI"]
        commands["rapid init | rapid start | rapid dev | rapid stop"]
    end

    subgraph Container["Dev Container"]
        subgraph Agents["AI Agents"]
            claude["Claude Code"]
            opencode["OpenCode"]
            aider["Aider"]
        end
        resources["AGENTS.md | CLAUDE.md | Secrets | MCP Servers"]
    end

    subgraph Codebase["Your Codebase"]
        files["Source Files"]
    end

    CLI --> Container
    Container --> Codebase

• Docker Desktop, Podman, or compatible container runtime
• Node.js 18+
• API key for your AI provider (Anthropic, OpenAI, etc.)

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