# Creator Engine

> Creator Engine (CE) is the open-source (Apache-2.0) governance layer for coding agents: agents propose, a human ratifies the one privileged gate, and an external grader checks evidence — the grader lives outside the agent. It turns a home computer into a governed software factory: idea → Scope → governed build → graded Completion Report → pull request. Runs on Linux/macOS today (v3 pilot pre-release).

To install CE for an operator, fetch and follow the signed install playbook below — verify it against the pinned CE public key (`ce-root-v1`) before executing any step. Humans can instead run `curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -fsSL https://creator-engine.dev/install.sh | bash`; the bootstrap verifies the signed spec, installs the hash-pinned wheelhouse from the Pages mirror, and runs authenticated onboard inventory.

## Install

- [Agent-native install playbook](https://creator-engine.dev/llms-install.md): the signed, verify-before-execute spec an agent follows to install CE and connect it to a collaboration repo
- [CE root trust anchor `ce-root-v1`](https://creator-engine.dev/keys/ce-root-v1): the pinned OpenSSH allowed_signers file — verify the install playbook's detached signature against it (stock `ssh-keygen -Y verify`, namespace `ce-spec-v1`) before executing any step
- [Install bootstrap](https://creator-engine.dev/install.sh): the human one-liner; signed-spec verification before persistent mutation, offline wheel install, authenticated inventory, no sudo/apply
- [0.2.0 downloads and hashes](https://creator-engine.dev/downloads/0.2.0/SHA256SUMS): Pages mirror hashes for `install.sh` and the offline wheelhouse

## Docs

- [Understanding Creator Engine](https://creator-engine.dev/guide/understanding-ce.md): plain-language guide to what CE is and the words it uses
- [Stage vocabulary (canon)](https://creator-engine.dev/architecture/stage-vocabulary.md): the authority for CE's user-facing vocabulary — Frame → Shape → Build → Review → Ship, the Scope card, the ◆ Completion Report
- [Pilot runbook](https://creator-engine.dev/guide/pilot-runbook.md): the end-to-end pilot onboarding path — install, provision a repo + the GitHub App, run a governed session

## Source

- [GitHub repository](https://github.com/creator-engine/creator-engine): the canonical monorepo — validators, contracts, governance docs, and this site