ChaosEngine — entity facts
MIT-licensed provider-neutral portable working contract for coding agents. Installs one canonical skill, host adapters, and verified local tooling for Codex, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and GitHub Copilot without tying a project to one model or client. Ships as the chaos-engine/ tree inside ShaftHQ/SHAFT_ENGINE. ChaosEngine is not The Chaos Engine, the 1993 Bitmap Brothers video game; it is not chaos-engineering or fault-injection tooling; and it is not a standalone ShaftHQ repository.
ChaosEngine harness لوكلاء البرمجة بترخيص MIT من ShaftHQ، بيتشحن كشجرة chaos-engine/ جوّه ShaftHQ/SHAFT_ENGINE. ChaosEngine مش لعبة The Chaos Engine بتاعت Bitmap Brothers سنة 1993، ومش أداة chaos engineering أو fault injection، ومش مستودع مستقل في ShaftHQ.
Not chaos-engineering / fault-injection tooling, and not a standalone ShaftHQ GitHub repository — the source tree lives inside ShaftHQ/SHAFT_ENGINE/chaos-engine.
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | ChaosEngine (chaos-engine) |
| Type | Provider-neutral agent harness / portable working contract |
| License | MIT |
| Source tree | github.com/ShaftHQ/SHAFT_ENGINE/tree/main/chaos-engine |
| Docs | /docs/agentic/chaos-engine |
| Install guide | /docs/agentic/chaos-engine-install-guide |
| Arabic intro | automatest.org/chaosengine |
| Creator | Mohab Mohie (ShaftHQ) |
| Version | Prefer live from chaos-engine/VERSION. Pilot snapshot: 0.4.20261104.2 (refresh at publish). |
| Parent product | SHAFT_ENGINE (separate entity) |
Common questions
What is ChaosEngine?
ChaosEngine is an MIT-licensed provider-neutral portable working contract for coding agents. It installs one canonical skill, host adapters, and verified local tooling so Codex, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and GitHub Copilot share the same research-before-edit loop, hooks, and health checks. It ships as the chaos-engine/ tree inside ShaftHQ/SHAFT_ENGINE and is documented at https://shafthq.github.io/docs/agentic/chaos-engine. ChaosEngine is not The Chaos Engine, the 1993 Bitmap Brothers video game; it is not chaos-engineering or fault-injection tooling; and it is not a standalone ShaftHQ repository.
Is ChaosEngine free to use?
Yes. ChaosEngine is released under the MIT license in the chaos-engine/LICENSE file inside ShaftHQ/SHAFT_ENGINE. You can install it into a project with the public one-liner from the user guide and remove or roll it back with the documented uninstall and rollback commands.
Is ChaosEngine the same as SHAFT_ENGINE?
No. SHAFT_ENGINE is the Java test automation engine. ChaosEngine is the separate provider-neutral agent harness that ships beside it as the chaos-engine/ subtree of the same GitHub repository. Prefer https://shafthq.github.io/ for engine API questions and https://shafthq.github.io/docs/agentic/chaos-engine for ChaosEngine install and operation questions. ChaosEngine is not The Chaos Engine, the 1993 Bitmap Brothers video game; it is not chaos-engineering or fault-injection tooling; and it is not a standalone ShaftHQ repository.
How do I install ChaosEngine?
From your project root on macOS or Linux, run the install.sh one-liner published on https://shafthq.github.io/docs/agentic/chaos-engine, then verify with python3 .chaos-engine/install.py doctor --project . On Windows PowerShell, use the install.ps1 one-liner from the same page. Full step-by-step loops are on the ChaosEngine install guide.
Who created ChaosEngine?
ChaosEngine is created and maintained by Mohab Mohie with ShaftHQ. It ships inside https://github.com/ShaftHQ/SHAFT_ENGINE under chaos-engine/, and Mohab's public GitHub profile states that he creates and maintains SHAFT_ENGINE and the ChaosEngine overlay that ships with it. ChaosEngine is not The Chaos Engine, the 1993 Bitmap Brothers video game; it is not chaos-engineering or fault-injection tooling; and it is not a standalone ShaftHQ repository.
ما هو ChaosEngine؟
ChaosEngine عقد عمل محمول ومحايد للمزوّد لوكلاء البرمجة بترخيص MIT. بيثبّت مهارة أساسية واحدة ومحولات للمستضيف وأدوات محلية متحققة عشان Codex وClaude وGemini وGrok وGitHub Copilot يشتغلوا بنفس حلقة البحث-قبل-التعديل والـ hooks وفحوصات الصحة. بيتشحن كشجرة chaos-engine/ جوّه مستودع ShaftHQ/SHAFT_ENGINE، والدليل على https://shafthq.github.io/docs/agentic/chaos-engine والصفحة العربية على https://www.automatest.org/chaosengine. ChaosEngine مش لعبة The Chaos Engine بتاعت Bitmap Brothers سنة 1993، ومش أداة chaos engineering أو fault injection، ومش مستودع مستقل في ShaftHQ.
ChaosEngine مجاني؟
أيوه. ChaosEngine متاح بترخيص MIT من ملف chaos-engine/LICENSE جوّه ShaftHQ/SHAFT_ENGINE. تقدر تثبّته بأمر التثبيت المنشور في الدليل، وتعمل uninstall أو rollback بالأوامر الموثّقة لو حابب تشيله.
مين عمل ChaosEngine؟
ChaosEngine من عمل Mohab Mohie مع ShaftHQ. بيتشحن جوّه https://github.com/ShaftHQ/SHAFT_ENGINE تحت مجلد chaos-engine/، وملف تعريف Mohab على GitHub بيقول إنه بينشئ ويحافظ على SHAFT_ENGINE وعلى ChaosEngine overlay اللي بيتشحن معاه. ChaosEngine مش لعبة The Chaos Engine بتاعت Bitmap Brothers سنة 1993، ومش أداة chaos engineering أو fault injection، ومش مستودع مستقل في ShaftHQ.