humanlayer/12-factor-agents

Prompt Engineering

What are the principles we can use to build LLM-powered software that is actually good enough to put in the hands of production customers?

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6.1

GitHub Metrics

Stars

22.9k

Forks

1.8k

Open Issues

Watchers

201

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Weekly Commits

Language

TypeScript

License

NOASSERTION

Last Commit

Sep 21, 2025

Created

Mar 31, 2025

Latest Release

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Synced: Jun 3, 2026

Quality Scores

Documentation Qualityw: 20%

5.6

No dedicated docs site. Description: 138 chars. Stars signal: 22,948. Contributors: 16. Score: 5.6/10

Community Healthw: 20%

7.5

Stars: 22,948. Contributors: 16. Watchers: 201. Forks: 1,753. Issue ratio: 0.1%. Score: 7.5/10

Maintenance Velocityw: 15%

2.4

Last commit: 255d ago. Weekly commits: 0. No releases published. Maturity bonus: 1.2y old. Score: 2.4/10

API Design & DXw: 20%

7.6

Stars/issues ratio: 850. Typed language: TypeScript. No dedicated API docs. License: NOASSERTION. Popularity signal: 22,948 stars. Score: 7.6/10

Production Readinessw: 15%

5.1

Battle-tested: 22,948 stars. Peer review: 16 contributors. No versioned releases. Licensed: NOASSERTION. Age: 1.2 years. Maintenance: last commit 255d ago. Score: 5.1/10

Ecosystem Integrationw: 10%

8.1

Fork interest: 1,753. Major ecosystem: TypeScript. License: NOASSERTION. Adoption: 22,948 stars. Score: 8.1/10