Spring Boot is a Java workable choice for browser extension. GreatCTO auto-detects both — adds the browser-extension archetype overlay, wires browser-extension-specific gates, and runs 83 specialist agents around your existing Spring Boot workflow.
GreatCTO reads your pom.xml / build.gradle and detects spring-boot + browser-extension archetype from signals: imports, file structure, env vars, README hints.
Attaches the browser-extension archetype overlay: archetype-specific reviewer + compliance gates. Override if your specifics differ; the defaults are sensible for Spring Boot-style projects.
qa-engineer runs ./gradlew check / SpotBugs / JaCoCo coverage; security-officer scans for deserialization sinks + Spring SpEL injection; performance-engineer profiles JVM + GC patterns.
Bugs you've hit before in other Spring Boot projects (connection-pool exhaustion, ORM N+1 queries, retry storms) — the agent's Step 0 includes the prior detection order. MTTR drops 94 % on second occurrence (methodology).
$ cd my-spring-boot-app && npx great-cto init ✓ scanning manifests… found manifest ✓ stack: spring-boot (Java) ✓ archetype: browser-extension ⚠ archetype + stack combo is unusual — review overlay manually ✓ 83 agents ready $ /start "add browser-extension feature" ▸ architect drafting ARCH-browser-extension.md… ▸ pm decomposing into beads tasks… ⚐ gate:plan — your approval needed
Approve → 3 senior-devs run in parallel worktrees → 5 reviewers fan out in parallel → gate:ship → deploy. One real run walked stage-by-stage: /proof.
This is the shape of what senior-dev drafts for "browser-extension feature" — auth first, schema validation, and the audit line the browser-extension reviewer requires before gate:ship opens.
// src/main/java/.../BrowserExtensionController.java — reviewed by 5 agents
@RestController
@RequestMapping("/browser-extension")
class BrowserExtensionController {
@PostMapping
@PreAuthorize("isAuthenticated()") // security-officer: auth before handler
ResponseEntity<Result> create(@Valid @RequestBody BrowserExtensionRequest req,
Principal user) {
var result = service.handle(req, user); // qa-engineer: bean validation enforced
audit.log(user.getName(), "browser-extension feature", result.confidence()); // gate:browser-extension
return ResponseEntity.ok(result);
}
}browser-extension overlay.Productivity extensions with minimal host permissions.
Enterprise extensions passing Chrome Web Store review.
Cross-browser extensions (Chrome / Firefox / Safari).
Spring Boot (Java) is not a typical fit for browser extension. The archetype overlay still attaches, but you may want to override defaults more aggressively. Check the browser-extension archetype page for the typical stack list and decide if your case is the right tool / right archetype.
No black-box "AI does it all" loop. GreatCTO is a deterministic state machine — 8 stages, 22 nodes, 2 human gates. Every node maps to a real agent on GitHub. Inspect the state machine →
$ npx great-cto init
Free, MIT, runs locally. Built as a Claude Code plugin — install with one command.
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