ForgeTrail Forge the path. Keep the trail.

Try ForgeTrail

Prove ForgeTrail in one sitting: write a what, not how spec, drop it next to ForgeTrail Lite, and let your coding agent create the appledger/ folder the next chat will read.

You need: any LLM chat and any coding agent that reads files.

You do not need: Node, MCP, or forgetrail on PATH.

Important: Use a new empty project folder. Do not run this inside a clone of the ForgeTrail methodology repo.

The first project-state artifact to look for is appledger/profiles/forgetrail.yaml, plus a session record. How a second session uses the ledger: Continuity.

Kickoff

  1. Write docs/GENESIS.md (what, not how) in a new empty folder.
  2. Add Lite: copy FORGETRAIL_LITE.md to .forgetrail/FORGETRAIL_LITE.md. Node optional: pnpm dlx forgetrail install --lite --with-genesis-stub.
  3. Paste the kickoff line from the Try docs. Approve the Phase 1 brief before any scaffold.
Full recipe in the docs → Install, CLI, MCP

Stuck? Open a Try ForgeTrail checklist issue.