The fastest honest path from this site to a Skill Contract sitting in your own repository. No signup. No download other than a Claude Code or Cursor plugin marketplace install. The Method is open; this page just sequences it.
Eight teaching frameworks. Each one a specific architectural discipline for AI-native systems. You do not need to memorize them; the names just give the rest of this quickstart its referent.
If you have three minutes, skim the framework headings. If you have ten, read the one sentence under each. The frameworks are: Skill Architecture (IM-01), Policy-as-Code (IM-02), Evidence-by-Design (IM-03), Skill Contract Schema (IM-04), Maturity Gate (IM-05), Capability Graph (IM-06), Tenant-Aware Design (IM-07), Multi-Tool Strategy (IM-08).
The Method ships as a plugin marketplace for Claude Code (and a parallel package for Cursor). One command. No account.
From inside Claude Code, run:
.cursor/marketplace.json instructions in the README). Other agents: each skill is a self-contained SKILL.md — open the file, paste it into your agent's system context, and continue.The /innorve-method skill is the index. It lists every other skill, what it produces, and which framework it implements. Always start here when you forget what's installed.
Thirty questions across the seven SDLC phases. You will land on a level on the Innorve Architect Ladder (L0 — AI User through L5 — Fellow) and the result page will tell you your weakest phase and recommend the specific Method skill to install for it.
This is not a quiz. There is no “correct” answer. Pick the option that honestly reflects your current practice. The result is only useful if it's honest.
The shortest path to a real artifact is to write a Skill Contract for any AI skill you already have an idea about. The skill walks you through it interactively and outputs a YAML file conforming to Skill Contract Schema v0.1.
From inside Claude Code or Cursor, in any folder of your choice:
./contracts/ containing a typed contract: input schema, output schema, evidence requirements, refusal modes, risk class, maturity stage, tenant posture. Validated against the open Skill Contract Schema spec.contracts/vendor-risk-assess.yaml as a starter. Then tweak it for something in your own world.The proof loop is complete. You read the Method, ran a diagnostic, installed a skill, and produced a Skill Contract that lives in your own repository. Three doors are open from here.
None is wrong. Pick the one that matches your appetite right now.
Eight weeks. Live faculty. A peer pod for life. A reviewed capstone that earns the L3 — AI-Native Architect designation. Cohort 1 starts June 14, 2026. Sixty seats.
Apply for Cohort 1 →Polish your artifact, post it publicly, submit it to the launch-week challenge. The strongest submissions are featured publicly and fast-tracked into Cohort 1 interviews.
See the Challenge →A working guild of architects shipping in public. Free forever. Skool invite in your inbox in ten minutes. No commitment beyond paying attention.
Join the community →https://innorve.academy/quickstart