# new-project

Interviews the developer about project stack and scaffolds feature folders, CLAUDE.md, configs, and agent rules.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 74
- Author: sneg55
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/sneg55/agent-starter/tree/HEAD/skills/new-project/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-14
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/new-project

## What it does

The skill initializes greenfield projects from scratch. It runs a step-by-step interview to collect the project name, description, and tech stack. If the stack uses TypeScript with a UI framework, it asks whether to enable Tailwind v4 and `@shadcn/lint`. It also inspects `~/.claude/` for existing starter hooks and skills to avoid reinstalling components already on the machine.

After the interview, it creates a feature-first layout under `src/features/`, along with folders for tests, scripts, and shared types. It places canonical templates for `CLAUDE.md`, `.gitignore`, `.env.example`, `CLAUDE.local.md`, and starter rules in `.claude/rules/starter-patterns.md`. The workflow requires a local path to the cloned `agent-starter` repository because templates are copied directly from disk.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sneg55/agent-starter --skill new-project -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/new-project/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/new-project/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sneg55/agent-starter --skill new-project -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/new-project/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sneg55/agent-starter --skill new-project -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/new-project/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install sneg55/agent-starter new-project
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/new-project/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sneg55/agent-starter --skill new-project -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/sneg55/agent-starter --path skills/new-project
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/new-project/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sneg55/agent-starter --skill new-project -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/sneg55/agent-starter/tree/HEAD/skills/new-project/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- scaffold a feature-based folder structure
- generate `CLAUDE.md` and agent rules from repository templates
- create `.gitignore`, `.env.example`, and local instruction files
- audit and install missing starter hooks across the system

## Example prompts
- Set up a brand new project using the new-project skill
- Bootstrap our new repository with new-project

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: new-project
description: Full project bootstrap - interviews the developer (name, description, stack, components), then scaffolds directory structure, CLAUDE.md, config files, hooks, skills, and first commit.
user_invocable: true
allowed-tools:
- Read
- Write
- Edit
- Bash
- Glob
---

# New Project Bootstrap

<!-- Mirrors AGENT.md in the agent-starter repo. If guides change, update this skill to match. -->

Use when starting a new project from scratch. Scaffolds a complete AI-friendly project following the agent-starter patterns: feature-based directory structure, CLAUDE.md with memory taxonomy, config files, optional hooks and skills, first commit.

For existing projects, use `/adopt-project` instead.

## Phase 0: Detect what's already installed

Hooks and skills install **system-wide** under `~/.claude/`, so they're shared
across every project. Detect them first and never ask about components that are
already present. Run:

```bash
# Hooks: install.sh stamps this file with the installed version
HOOKS_VER=$( [ -f ~/.claude/hooks/.agent-starter-version ] && cat ~/.claude/hooks/.agent-starter-version || echo "" )
HOOKS_N=$( ls ~/.claude/hooks/*.sh 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ' )

# Skills: the starter skills this bootstrap installs
for s in commit commit-push-pr simplify remember dream new-project adopt-project reflect; do
  [ -d ~/.claude/skills/$s ] && echo "skill:$s present" || echo "skill:$s missing"
done
echo "hooks: version ${HOOKS_VER:-none}, $HOOKS_N scripts"
```

Interpret the output:
- **Hooks installed** if `.agent-starter-version` exists (or hook scripts are
  found). Record the stamped version.
- **Skills installed** per directory listed as `present`.

Carry this into the interview and scaffold: only ask about, and only install,
what's **missing**. If a stamped hooks version is present but older than the
repo `VERSION` (checked in Phase 1 once you have the repo path), note that an
update is available and offer to re-run `install.sh` (idempotent) - don't force it.

## Phase 1: Interview

Ask these questions **one at a time** before taking any action:

1. **Project name** - what is the name of the project?
2. **Description** - one sentence describing what it does.
3. **Tech stack** - language, framework, package manager (e.g. "TypeScript, Next.js, pnpm").
   - **Tailwind design-system lint** - ask this follow-up only when the stack is
     TypeScript/JavaScript with a UI framework (React, Next.js, Remix, Vite +
     React): "Does the project use Tailwind v4, and should I add `@shadcn/lint`
     (blocks raw palette colors, arbitrary values, inline styles, unknown
     classes, and restyling design-system components via `className`)? yes/no".
     Record the answer; it drives the optional block in Phase 2 step 3. Skip
     the question for non-UI stacks.
4. **Optional components** - ask **only about what Phase 0 reported as missing**.
   If hooks and all skills are already installed, skip this question entirely -
   state what was detected ("Hooks v0.4.4 and all 8 skills already installed
   system-wide, skipping") and move on. Otherwise offer the missing set:
````
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