# UltraGoal

Turn Lazy Goals Into Agent Contracts

## What It Is

UltraGoal makes your agent transform a lazy goal into an Ultra Goal. Goal mode is amazing, but half the battle is writing a goal with enough detail to be effective: what done means, what's in scope, how to verify the work, how much autonomy the agent has, and when to stop. UltraGoal turns that rough intention into a working contract using the context already available to the agent, so there's less guessing and more doing. A normal goal asks the agent to start. An Ultra Goal makes the agent define the target before it starts moving. Invoke it as `/ultragoal fix the settings bug`; everything after `/ultragoal` is raw intent, and the skill sharpens it before the work begins. Deliberately narrow, portable, and open source: the handoff between human intent and agent goal state, not a prompt coach, planning ceremony, or approval step.

## More Context

UltraGoal sits at the handoff between human intent and agent execution. A rough request like "fix the settings bug" becomes a working contract: identify the failing behavior, inspect the relevant flow, preserve unrelated UI, run focused checks, and stop when the fix is verified.

The point is not more ceremony. It is preventing the agent from starting with an undefined finish line. That matters most when the user gives the kind of shorthand people naturally use in real work, where the desired outcome is obvious to them but underspecified for an autonomous coding agent.

## Media

- Primary image: https://www.justinwetch.com/ultragoal/banner.png

## Facts

- **Year:** 2026
- **Published:** 2026-06-17
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-17
- **Category:** AI, Open Source, Developer Tools
- **Tags:** AI, Agents, Skills, Codex, Claude, OpenAI, Open Source, Dev Tools, Automation, R&D
- **Canonical URL:** https://www.justinwetch.com/projects/ultragoal/

## Links

- [GitHub repo](https://github.com/justinwetch/UltraGoal) - source

## Tags

- AI
- Agents
- Skills
- Codex
- Claude
- OpenAI
- Open Source
- Dev Tools
- Automation
- R&D