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May 19, 2026
By Teun
AIPS v7.0 adds global-first setup for Claude Code projects
AIPS v7.0 is a Claude Code plugin that moves shared AI setup into global files under ~/.claude/ while keeping only the minimum project-specific state in each repo. The project says this reduces repeated setup work, preserves sessions after /clear or crashes, and supports migration from v6.0 with one command.
AIPS v7.0 is a Claude Code plugin built around what its author calls a hybrid global-first architecture. According to the project’s README, the idea is simple: anything that should be shared across projects is installed once on the machine, while each repository keeps only the state that truly belongs to that project.
The project is aimed at users who keep running the same setup steps in every new repo. The README says that often means rewriting CLAUDE.md, .cursorrules, AGENTS.md, copying hooks, maintaining backup scripts, and redoing memory and session setup after a crash, /clear, or project rename. AIPS is designed to reduce that repetition.
The install flow starts at the machine level. According to the project, users run a single bash install script that registers the AIPS marketplace in ~/.claude/, installs or updates four bundled plugins, and drops hooks, agents, commands, skills, output styles, and a statusline into the global Claude configuration.
Those bundled plugins are codex-plugin-cc, caveman, agentmemory, and RTK. The README says codex-plugin-cc provides /codex:* commands for Claude-to-Codex relay, caveman adds terse output styles, agentmemory provides persistent memory with a systemd unit, and RTK is a Rust-based token-saving CLI proxy.
Per project, users run /aips:init inside a repo. AIPS says it creates a .priv-storage/ area, writes a shorter CLAUDE.md, and sets up symlinks so AGENTS.md and .cursorrules point to the same source file. It also registers project data with a global sessions mirror and memory store.
The project says /aips:init detects four cases: a fresh project, a v5.x migration, an idempotent re-init, or a partial repair. In migration mode, it backs up the old setup, reduces a large AI_PROJECT_SETUP.md file to a shorter deprecation stub, removes old custom /codex-* commands, and writes a v7.0 marker.
AIPS also emphasizes recovery. According to the README, session state survives crashes, /clear, compaction, and project renames through a three-tier autosave setup and a path-hash-based mirror under ~/.claude/sessions/. The project says users can rebind moved projects with /aips:rebind <old-path> and inspect what is global or local with /aips:scope.
The uninstall path is also described as conservative by default. The README says /aips:uninstall removes only the plugin and aips-* symlinks unless the user opts into broader flags such as --purge, --remove-data, or --all.
AIPS v7.0 is described as the current supported release, with 11 /aips:* slash commands, four bundled plugins, and a three-line statusline tested on Linux, macOS, and Git Bash/WSL. The project says v6.0 users can move to v7.0 with /aips:upgrade --to v7.0.
The README also says other AI tools get policy-only support through shared rule files, while Claude Code gets the full plugin experience. For now, the project positions Claude Code as the primary target and says broader parity is on the roadmap.
