OpenAURA is a CI-native Python CLI that generates recurring project briefs from
delivery signals and writes markdown reports into aura-docs/.
This page is the technical package reference. The human/product README lives in the GitHub repository.
- Python 3.11 or newer
- A model provider key for Anthropic or OpenAI
- At least one signal connector, currently GitHub or Azure DevOps
The project CI verifies Python 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, and 3.14.
python -m pip install open-auraThe package installs the aura console command.
Create aura.config.yml at the root of the repository where briefs should be written:
project: "my-project"
trigger: weekly
schedule: "friday-5pm"
model: "anthropic:claude-sonnet-4-6"
signals:
github:
repo: "owner/repository"
token_env: GITHUB_TOKEN
default_branch: main
kpis:
- throughput
- cycle_time
- blockers
- bug_count
custom_kpis: []
output:
folder: "aura-docs"Supported trigger values are:
weeklyon-mergeboth
The schedule field is documentation for humans. The actual cron schedule belongs
in your CI workflow.
OpenAURA reads secret values from environment variables. The config file stores only the variable names.
| Purpose | Default variable |
|---|---|
| Anthropic models | ANTHROPIC_API_KEY |
| OpenAI models | OPENAI_API_KEY |
| GitHub connector | GITHUB_TOKEN |
| Azure DevOps org | AZURE_DEVOPS_ORG |
| Azure DevOps project | AZURE_DEVOPS_PROJECT |
| Azure DevOps token | AZURE_DEVOPS_TOKEN |
Model strings beginning with anthropic: require ANTHROPIC_API_KEY. Model strings
beginning with openai: require OPENAI_API_KEY.
aura validate
aura run
aura run --dry-run
aura run --trigger on-merge
aura manifestoaura validate checks the config and required environment variables without making
API or LLM calls.
aura run gathers signals, scores the project state, summarizes the brief, and writes
markdown to the configured output folder.
aura run --dry-run prints the structured brief JSON instead of writing a file.
Install OpenAURA in a workflow with pip:
- uses: actions/setup-python@v6
with:
python-version: "3.13"
- run: python -m pip install open-aura
- run: aura validate
- run: aura run
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
OPENAI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_API_KEY }}The repository includes starter workflow templates for weekly, on-merge, and combined trigger modes.
By default, briefs are written to:
aura-docs/
Each brief is markdown, intended to be committed back to the same repository by CI.