Picking your harnesses

Brigade installs material on two independent axes: depth (how much shared baseline you want) and harnesses (which tools you actually use).

Four common combos

• Claude Code only: --harnesses claude, the lightest setup, just one writer.
• Claude Code + OpenClaw: --harnesses claude,openclaw, durable memory owner (OpenClaw) plus side writer (Claude Code).
• Claude Code + Codex + OpenClaw: --harnesses claude,codex,openclaw, both writers feed into OpenClaw as the canonical owner.
• Codex + OpenClaw: --harnesses codex,openclaw, Codex-first user with OpenClaw as the canonical store.

Choosing the canonical owner

The canonical memory owner is picked automatically by priority (openclaw > hermes > claude > codex > this-repo). Override with --owner.

Re-running init is safe

Re-running brigade init against an existing target is safe. It refuses to overwrite tracked files without --force. The managed .gitignore block is replaced between its markers without touching the rest of your file.

See the Quickstart for setup, verification, and the ingest flow.