Agent skill

Project Initializer

by Drchronx in Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit

Initialize a structured academic research project workspace.

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Install Project Initializer

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill project-initializer -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit project-initializer --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/Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/'本地Skills功能分类库/16_科研项目管理与版本控制Skills/project-initializer' .claude/skills/project-initializer && 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/

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Install the "project-initializer" agent skill from https://github.com/Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit/tree/main/%E6%9C%AC%E5%9C%B0Skills%E5%8A%9F%E8%83%BD%E5%88%86%E7%B1%BB%E5%BA%93/16_%E7%A7%91%E7%A0%94%E9%A1%B9%E7%9B%AE%E7%AE%A1%E7%90%86%E4%B8%8E%E7%89%88%E6%9C%AC%E6%8E%A7%E5%88%B6Skills/project-initializer into .claude/skills/project-initializer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "project-initializer", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit/tree/main/%E6%9C%AC%E5%9C%B0Skills%E5%8A%9F%E8%83%BD%E5%88%86%E7%B1%BB%E5%BA%93/16_%E7%A7%91%E7%A0%94%E9%A1%B9%E7%9B%AE%E7%AE%A1%E7%90%86%E4%B8%8E%E7%89%88%E6%9C%AC%E6%8E%A7%E5%88%B6Skills/project-initializer

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill project-initializer -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit project-initializer --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/'本地Skills功能分类库/16_科研项目管理与版本控制Skills/project-initializer' .agents/skills/project-initializer && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

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Install the "project-initializer" agent skill from https://github.com/Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit/tree/main/%E6%9C%AC%E5%9C%B0Skills%E5%8A%9F%E8%83%BD%E5%88%86%E7%B1%BB%E5%BA%93/16_%E7%A7%91%E7%A0%94%E9%A1%B9%E7%9B%AE%E7%AE%A1%E7%90%86%E4%B8%8E%E7%89%88%E6%9C%AC%E6%8E%A7%E5%88%B6Skills/project-initializer into .agents/skills/project-initializer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "project-initializer", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill project-initializer -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit project-initializer --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/'本地Skills功能分类库/16_科研项目管理与版本控制Skills/project-initializer' .cursor/skills/project-initializer && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

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Install the "project-initializer" agent skill from https://github.com/Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit/tree/main/%E6%9C%AC%E5%9C%B0Skills%E5%8A%9F%E8%83%BD%E5%88%86%E7%B1%BB%E5%BA%93/16_%E7%A7%91%E7%A0%94%E9%A1%B9%E7%9B%AE%E7%AE%A1%E7%90%86%E4%B8%8E%E7%89%88%E6%9C%AC%E6%8E%A7%E5%88%B6Skills/project-initializer into .cursor/skills/project-initializer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "project-initializer", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit.git --path '本地Skills功能分类库/16_科研项目管理与版本控制Skills/project-initializer'

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill project-initializer -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit project-initializer --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/'本地Skills功能分类库/16_科研项目管理与版本控制Skills/project-initializer' .gemini/skills/project-initializer && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

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Install the "project-initializer" agent skill from https://github.com/Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit/tree/main/%E6%9C%AC%E5%9C%B0Skills%E5%8A%9F%E8%83%BD%E5%88%86%E7%B1%BB%E5%BA%93/16_%E7%A7%91%E7%A0%94%E9%A1%B9%E7%9B%AE%E7%AE%A1%E7%90%86%E4%B8%8E%E7%89%88%E6%9C%AC%E6%8E%A7%E5%88%B6Skills/project-initializer into .gemini/skills/project-initializer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "project-initializer", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit project-initializer

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill project-initializer -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/'本地Skills功能分类库/16_科研项目管理与版本控制Skills/project-initializer' .github/skills/project-initializer && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

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Install the "project-initializer" agent skill from https://github.com/Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit/tree/main/%E6%9C%AC%E5%9C%B0Skills%E5%8A%9F%E8%83%BD%E5%88%86%E7%B1%BB%E5%BA%93/16_%E7%A7%91%E7%A0%94%E9%A1%B9%E7%9B%AE%E7%AE%A1%E7%90%86%E4%B8%8E%E7%89%88%E6%9C%AC%E6%8E%A7%E5%88%B6Skills/project-initializer into .github/skills/project-initializer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "project-initializer", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill project-initializer -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit project-initializer --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/'本地Skills功能分类库/16_科研项目管理与版本控制Skills/project-initializer' .opencode/skills/project-initializer && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

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Install the "project-initializer" agent skill from https://github.com/Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit/tree/main/%E6%9C%AC%E5%9C%B0Skills%E5%8A%9F%E8%83%BD%E5%88%86%E7%B1%BB%E5%BA%93/16_%E7%A7%91%E7%A0%94%E9%A1%B9%E7%9B%AE%E7%AE%A1%E7%90%86%E4%B8%8E%E7%89%88%E6%9C%AC%E6%8E%A7%E5%88%B6Skills/project-initializer into .opencode/skills/project-initializer/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "project-initializer", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: project-initializer
GitHub stars: 134
Token cost: ~406 tokens
SKILL.md length: 151 words
Files: 3 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo: 53
Repo updated: May 19, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Custom licence

At a glance

Initialize a structured academic research project workspace.

Works in 5 steps: Create or propose a stable project… → Generate AGENTS.md with project-specific… → Generate… → …
Creating doctoral project folders
SKILL.md covers Inputs, Workflow, Hard Constraints and Script, plus 1 more section
Runs Python scripts from its folder

What it does

Project Initializer is an agent skill from Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit. Initialize a structured academic research project workspace. Use for creating doctoral project folders, AGENTS.md, project dashboard, literature/data/analysis/manuscript/submission/log directories, research project templates, and reproducible project scaffolds for papers, experiments, EEG/BCI projects, or dissertations.

Its SKILL.md is about 410 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including scripts (for example `agents/openai.yaml` and `scripts/create_project_skeleton.py`).

It sits in Data & Analytics, covering Project scaffolding, Essays and academic help and Data analysis. The repository describes itself as: AI Agent 科研全流程教学包，能教学生从零部署 Codex、Claude Code、OpenClaw、Hermes 等 Agent，学会使用 Skills、飞书、AMiner、AI4Scholar、Zotero、Obsidian…

When your agent uses it

Creating doctoral project folders
Project dashboard
Literature/data/analysis/manuscript/submission/log directories
Research project templates

Example prompts

“/project-initializer”

Requirements

Python 3

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

Create or propose a stable project folder structure.
Generate AGENTS.md with project-specific rules.
Generate 00_project_dashboard/project_status.md.
Generate starter files for weekly plan, research log, data lineage, manuscript versions, and submission tracker.
Explain where raw data, processed data, literature, scripts, outputs, and manuscript files should go.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit aab1133. 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
Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
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 Initializer loads about 406 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 85 tokens; SKILL.md has 151 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~85
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~406

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 151 words (~406 tokens).

“Use this skill when starting a new research project or converting a messy folder into a structured workspace.”

— opening of SKILL.md by Drchronx, Custom licence

name: project-initializer

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (scripts) in 本地Skills功能分类库/16_科研项目管理与版本控制Skills/project-initializer of Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit.

SKILL.md
agents/openai.yaml
scripts/create_project_skeleton.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit aab1133

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Questions about Project Initializer

What does Project Initializer do?

Initialize a structured academic research project workspace. Project Initializer is an agent skill from Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit. Initialize a structured academic research project workspace.

When should I use Project Initializer?

Project Initializer fits situations like: creating doctoral project folders; project dashboard; literature/data/analysis/manuscript/submission/log directories; research project templates.

How do I install Project Initializer in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill project-initializer -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (本地Skills功能分类库/16_科研项目管理与版本控制Skills/project-initializer in Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit) into .claude/skills/project-initializer in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Project Initializer in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill project-initializer -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (本地Skills功能分类库/16_科研项目管理与版本控制Skills/project-initializer in Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit) into .agents/skills/project-initializer in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Project Initializer 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 Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit --skill project-initializer -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-initializer, .gemini/skills/project-initializer, .github/skills/project-initializer and .opencode/skills/project-initializer in your project.

What does Project Initializer need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Project Initializer needs Python for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Project Initializer access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Project Initializer 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Project Initializer use?

Project Initializer has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Project Initializer use?

About 406 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.6k 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 Initializer?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Project Initializer: Setup Workspace (probabl-ai/skills, 135 stars), Exploratory Data Analysis (Oleafly/Oleafly, 205 stars), Add Remote Endpoint (nextcloud/android-library, 106 stars) and dotclaude Project Setup (poshan0126/dotclaude, 871 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Project Initializer?

Drchronx (a GitHub user) maintains it in Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit, which has 134 GitHub stars. The repository holds 53 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on May 19, 2026.

Source: Drchronx/ai-agent-research-starter-kit on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Project Initializer

Install Project Initializer

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Files

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Install Project Initializer

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Files

Compare with similar skills

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