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Agent skill

Project Init

by athola in athola/claude-night-market

Scaffolds new projects with git, CI/CD workflows, pre-commit hooks, and build config.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Project Init

skills CLI
$ npx skills add athola/claude-night-market --skill project-init -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install athola/claude-night-market project-init --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/athola/claude-night-market.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/attune/skills/project-init .claude/skills/project-init && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
project-init
GitHub stars
342
Token cost
~1.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
438 words
Files
4
Skills in repo
160
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Scaffolds new projects with git, CI/CD workflows, pre-commit hooks, and build config.

  • Works in 7 steps: Detect or Select Language → Collect Project Metadata → Review Existing Files → …
  • Starting a new Python
  • SKILL.md covers Use When, Workflow, Error Handling and Success Criteria, plus 2 more sections
  • Calls make, git and python3

What it does

Project Init is an agent skill from athola/claude-night-market. Scaffolds new projects with git, CI/CD workflows, pre-commit hooks, and build config. Use when starting a new Python, Rust, or TypeScript project from scratch.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files (for example `modules/language-detection.md`, `modules/metadata-collection.md` and `modules/template-rendering.md`).

It sits in Development, covering Project scaffolding, Git workflow and CI/CD. It works with Python, Git, Rust and TypeScript. The repository describes itself as: 23 Claude Code plugins: TDD enforcement hooks, git/PR workflows, spec-driven development, code review, project lifecycle, fix-from-error, maintenance automation, context… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Starting a new Python
  • TypeScript project from scratch

Example prompts

  • “Use the project-init skill to scaffold new projects with git, CI/CD workflows, pre-commit hooks, and build config”
  • “/project-init”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Detect or Select Language
  2. Collect Project Metadata
  3. Review Existing Files
  4. Render and Apply Templates
  5. Initialize Git (if needed)
  6. Verify Setup
  7. Next Steps

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9f3eb00. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • make
    • git
    • python3
    • pytest

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Project Init loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 43 tokens; SKILL.md has 438 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~43
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from athola/claude-night-market at commit 9f3eb00, republished under its MIT licence (© athola). 438 words, ~1,153 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/project-init/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 3 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
project-init
description
Scaffolds new projects with git, CI/CD workflows, pre-commit hooks, and build config. Use when starting a new Python, Rust, or TypeScript project from scratch.
alwaysApply
false
model
sonnet
modules
./modules/language-detection.md, ./modules/metadata-collection.md, ./modules/template-rendering.md
model_hint
standard
role
entrypoint

Project Initialization Skill

Interactive workflow for initializing new software projects with complete development infrastructure.

Use When

  • Starting a new Python, Rust, or TypeScript project
  • Updating existing project tooling to current standards
  • Need to set up git, GitHub workflows, pre-commit hooks, Makefile
  • Want consistent project structure across team
  • Converting unstructured project to best practices
  • Adding missing configurations to established codebases

Workflow

1. Detect or Select Language

Load modules/language-detection.md

  • Auto-detect from existing files (pyproject.toml, Cargo.toml, package.json)
  • If ambiguous or empty directory, ask user to select
  • Validate language is supported (python, rust, typescript)
2. Collect Project Metadata

Load modules/metadata-collection.md

Gather:

  • Project name (default: directory name)
  • Author name and email
  • Project description
  • Language-specific settings:
    • Python: version (default 3.10)
    • Rust: edition (default 2021)
    • TypeScript: framework (React, Vue, etc.)
  • License type (MIT, Apache, GPL, etc.)
3. Review Existing Files

Check for existing configurations:

bash
ls -la

Verification: Run the command with --help flag to verify availability.

If files exist (Makefile, .gitignore, etc.):

  • Show what would be overwritten
  • Ask for confirmation or selective overwrite
  • Offer merge mode (preserve custom content)
4. Render and Apply Templates

Load modules/template-rendering.md

Run initialization script:

bash
python3 plugins/attune/scripts/attune_init.py \
  --lang {{LANGUAGE}} \
  --name {{PROJECT_NAME}} \
  --author {{AUTHOR}} \
  --email {{EMAIL}} \
  --python-version {{PYTHON_VERSION}} \
  --description {{DESCRIPTION}} \
  --path .

Verification: Run the command with --help flag to verify availability.

The script also scaffolds the project decision journal: docs/tradeoffs.md and docs/lessons-learned.md. These are append-only logs that later workflows (brainstorm, specify, plan, execute, review) write to as decisions and lessons arise. Existing journal files are never overwritten. The format follows the leyline:decision-journal contract; init uses leyline's template when present and a vendored copy otherwise, so it works with or without leyline installed.

Verification: Confirm docs/tradeoffs.md and docs/lessons-learned.md exist and each contains an ## Active index and an ## Archive section.

Show full SKILL.md (171 more words)Show less
5. Initialize Git (if needed)
bash
# Check if git is initialized
if [ ! -d .git ]; then
  git init
  echo "Git repository initialized"
fi

Verification: Run git status to confirm working tree state.

6. Verify Setup

Validate setup:

bash
# Check Makefile targets
make help

# List created files
git status

Verification: Run git status to confirm working tree state.

7. Next Steps

Advise user to:

bash
# Install dependencies and hooks
make dev-setup

# Run tests to verify setup
make test

# See all available commands
make help

Verification: Run pytest -v to verify tests pass.

Error Handling

  • Language detection fails: Ask user to specify --lang
  • Script not found: Guide to plugin installation location
  • Permission denied: Suggest chmod +x on scripts
  • Git conflicts: Offer to stash or commit existing work

Success Criteria

  • All template files created successfully
  • No overwrites without user confirmation
  • Git repository initialized
  • make help shows available targets
  • make test runs without errors (even if no tests yet)

Exit Criteria

  • Template files for the selected language are created (or, in dry-run, reported) with no unconfirmed overwrites.
  • docs/tradeoffs.md and docs/lessons-learned.md exist, each with an ## Active index and an ## Archive section.
  • A pre-existing journal file is detected and left unmodified.
  • Git is initialized (unless --no-git) and make help lists targets.
  • Running with --dry-run writes no files, including the journal.

Examples

Example 1: New Python Project
**Verification:** Run `pytest -v` to verify tests pass.
User: /attune:project-init

© athola, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files in plugins/attune/skills/project-init of athola/claude-night-market.

  • SKILL.md
  • modules/language-detection.md
  • modules/metadata-collection.md
  • modules/template-rendering.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9f3eb00

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Questions about Project Init

What does Project Init do?

Scaffolds new projects with git, CI/CD workflows, pre-commit hooks, and build config. Project Init is an agent skill from athola/claude-night-market. Scaffolds new projects with git, CI/CD workflows, pre-commit hooks, and build config.

When should I use Project Init?

Project Init fits situations like: starting a new Python; typeScript project from scratch.

How do I install Project Init in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add athola/claude-night-market --skill project-init -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/attune/skills/project-init in athola/claude-night-market) into .claude/skills/project-init in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Project Init in Codex?

Run `npx skills add athola/claude-night-market --skill project-init -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/attune/skills/project-init in athola/claude-night-market) into .agents/skills/project-init in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Project Init in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add athola/claude-night-market --skill project-init -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/project-init, .gemini/skills/project-init, .github/skills/project-init and .opencode/skills/project-init in your project.

What does Project Init need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Project Init needs the command-line tools its instructions call (make, git, python3 and pytest). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Project Init access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Project Init safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Project Init use?

Project Init is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Project Init use?

About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Project Init?

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Who maintains Project Init?

athola (a GitHub user) maintains it in athola/claude-night-market, which has 342 GitHub stars. The repository holds 160 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: athola/claude-night-market on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.