MetaFrame

428 curated frameworks for product, software, and design management — one unified library.

English | 中文

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What is MetaFrame?

MetaFrame is an open-source, bilingual knowledge base that consolidates 428 professional frameworks from three major sources into a single, well-organized library. It covers the full spectrum from product thinking to software architecture to team management.

Sources

Source	Focus	Frameworks	Status
PMFrame.works	Product Management	100	Curated
SDFrame	Software Design	317	Curated
DMGT Toolkit Pro	Design Management	21 (unique)	Curated

After deduplication: 428 unique frameworks across 13 categories.

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Categories

#	Category	Count	Description
🧠	Thinking & Strategy	28	Mental models, strategic analysis, problem framing
🔍	User & Research	9	User research, empathy, validation methods
🎨	Design & Ideation	40	Creative methods, prototyping, UX design
🏗️	Architecture & Systems	64	System design, patterns, distributed systems
💻	Code & Engineering	43	Coding practices, design patterns, refactoring
✅	Testing & Quality	29	Testing strategies, QA, reliability
🚀	Delivery & Operations	24	CI/CD, DevOps, SRE, infrastructure
📈	Growth & Product	92	Product strategy, metrics, prioritization
🔒	Security & Privacy	24	Security architecture, threat modeling
🤖	AI & Automation	11	AI agents, LLM patterns, human-AI collaboration
👥	Team & Collaboration	27	Team dynamics, leadership, project management
📊	Observability & DX	20	Monitoring, logging, developer experience
🔌	API & Integration	17	API design, integration patterns

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Quick Start

Browse Online

Navigate the frameworks/ directory to explore by category.

Use with AI Agents

MetaFrame is designed to work with AI coding assistants (Hermes, Claude, Cursor, etc.). Each framework is a self-contained Markdown file with:

• Name (Chinese + English)
• Category and metadata
• Description and use cases
• Step-by-step instructions
• Best practices (Do's and Don'ts)
• Source attribution

Install as Skills (Hermes Agent)

# Clone and symlink
git clone https://github.com/Grepoch/metaframe.git
ln -s $(pwd)/metaframe/frameworks ~/.hermes/skills/metaframe

Programmatic Access

import os
frameworks = []
for category in os.listdir('frameworks'):
    cat_path = os.path.join('frameworks', category)
    if os.path.isdir(cat_path):
        for f in os.listdir(cat_path):
            if f.endswith('.md'):
                with open(os.path.join(cat_path, f)) as fh:
                    frameworks.append({'category': category, 'file': f, 'content': fh.read()})

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File Structure

metaframe/
├── README.md              # This file (English)
├── README.zh-CN.md        # Chinese README
├── ABOUT.md               # Project background (English)
├── ABOUT.zh-CN.md         # 项目背景（中文）
├── LICENSE                # MIT License
├── .gitignore
├── frameworks/
│   ├── thinking/          # 🧠 28 frameworks
│   ├── research/          # 🔍 9 frameworks
│   ├── design/            # 🎨 40 frameworks
│   ├── architecture/      # 🏗️ 64 frameworks
│   ├── engineering/       # 💻 43 frameworks
│   ├── quality/           # ✅ 29 frameworks
│   ├── delivery/          # 🚀 24 frameworks
│   ├── growth/            # 📈 92 frameworks
│   ├── security/          # 🔒 24 frameworks
│   ├── ai/                # 🤖 11 frameworks
│   ├── team/              # 👥 27 frameworks
│   ├── observability/     # 📊 20 frameworks
│   └── api/               # 🔌 17 frameworks
└── scripts/               # Utility scripts (future)

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Here's how you can help:

1. Add a framework: Create a new .md file in the appropriate category
2. Improve content: Enhance existing framework descriptions
3. Fix translations: Improve Chinese/English translations
4. Report issues: Open an issue for incorrect or missing information

Framework File Template

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name: metaframe-your-framework-slug
category: thinking
description: "Framework Name | Short Description"
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# Framework Name (框架名称)

**English Name**: Framework Name
**Category**: Thinking & Strategy
**Author**: Original Author, Year

## Description

What this framework does and when to use it.

## Steps

1. Step one
2. Step two
3. ...

## Best Practices

### Do
- Best practice 1

### Don't
- Common mistake 1

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> **Source**: Attribution

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License

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

Attribution

This project builds upon the excellent work of:

• PMFrame.works — https://pmframe.works
• SDFrame by Caldis — https://sdframe.caldis.me
• DMGT Toolkit Pro by Zihan Huang — https://dmgt.z1han.com

The framework concepts and methodologies are public knowledge. Specific descriptions are original content or adapted with attribution.

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Stats

Metric	Value
Total Frameworks	428
Categories	13
Languages	Chinese + English
Sources	3 (deduplicated)
File Format	Markdown
License	MIT