Agent skill

Init Project Course

Bootstrap a university course or module folder with the canonical teaching structure, guidance, and starter files.

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Install Init Project Course

skills CLI

$ npx skills add flonat/flonat-research --skill init-project-course -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install flonat/flonat-research init-project-course --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/flonat/flonat-research.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/init-project-course .claude/skills/init-project-course && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "init-project-course" agent skill from https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research/tree/main/skills/init-project-course into .claude/skills/init-project-course/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "init-project-course", 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/flonat/flonat-research/tree/main/skills/init-project-course

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 flonat/flonat-research --skill init-project-course -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install flonat/flonat-research init-project-course --agent codex

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/init-project-course .agents/skills/init-project-course && rm -rf skills-src

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

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

Paste into Codex

Install the "init-project-course" agent skill from https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research/tree/main/skills/init-project-course into .agents/skills/init-project-course/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "init-project-course", 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 flonat/flonat-research --skill init-project-course -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install flonat/flonat-research init-project-course --agent cursor

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/init-project-course .cursor/skills/init-project-course && 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/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "init-project-course" agent skill from https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research/tree/main/skills/init-project-course into .cursor/skills/init-project-course/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "init-project-course", 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/flonat/flonat-research.git --path skills/init-project-course

--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 flonat/flonat-research --skill init-project-course -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install flonat/flonat-research init-project-course --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/flonat/flonat-research.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/init-project-course .gemini/skills/init-project-course && 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/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "init-project-course" agent skill from https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research/tree/main/skills/init-project-course into .gemini/skills/init-project-course/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "init-project-course", 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 flonat/flonat-research init-project-course

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 flonat/flonat-research --skill init-project-course -a github-copilot

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/init-project-course .github/skills/init-project-course && 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/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "init-project-course" agent skill from https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research/tree/main/skills/init-project-course into .github/skills/init-project-course/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "init-project-course", 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 flonat/flonat-research --skill init-project-course -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 flonat/flonat-research init-project-course --agent opencode

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/init-project-course .opencode/skills/init-project-course && 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/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "init-project-course" agent skill from https://github.com/flonat/flonat-research/tree/main/skills/init-project-course into .opencode/skills/init-project-course/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "init-project-course", 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: init-project-course
GitHub stars: 145
Token cost: ~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length: 623 words
Files: 3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo: 83
Repo updated: Sep 29, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Bootstrap a university course or module folder with the canonical teaching structure, guidance, and starter files.

Works in 8 steps: Scan → Interview (4-5 questions max) → Organise → …
Migrating a course workspace
SKILL.md covers When to Use, When NOT to Use — Escalate, Phase 1: Scan and Phase 2: Interview (4-5…, plus 7 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Init Project Course is an agent skill from flonat/flonat-research. Bootstrap a university course or module folder with the canonical teaching structure, guidance, and starter files. Use when creating or migrating a course workspace. Not for checking an existing course without modifying it; use $audit-project-course.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/memory-and-settings.md` and `references/organise-templates.md`).

It sits in Development, covering Project scaffolding. The repository describes itself as: Shareable Claude Code + Codex infrastructure for PhD researchers — skills, agents, hooks, and rules for academic workflows. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Migrating a course workspace
Tasks that involve Project scaffolding

Example prompts

“/init-project-course”

Requirements

Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash(mkdir*), Bash(mv*), Bash(ls*), Bash(tree*), Bash(find*), Bash(rm*), Bash(cp*), Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, AskUserQuestion

Workflow steps

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

Scan
Interview (4-5 questions max)
Organise
Create CLAUDE.md
Seed MEMORY.md
Settings
Vault Sync
Confirmation

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit da27600. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:
- Bash(mkdir*)
- Bash(mv*)
- Bash(ls*)
- Bash(tree*)
- Bash(find*)
- Bash(rm*)
- Bash(cp*)
- Read
- Write
- Edit
…and 3 more on the same allowed-tools line.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
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

Init Project Course loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 68 tokens; SKILL.md has 623 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~68
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.6k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them: ~3.2k

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 flonat/flonat-research at commit da27600, republished under its MIT licence (© flonat). 623 words, ~1,615 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/init-project-course/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: init-project-course
description: Bootstrap a university course or module folder with the canonical teaching structure, guidance, and starter files. Use when creating or migrating a course workspace. Not for checking an existing course without modifying it; use $audit-project-course.
allowed-tools: Bash(mkdir*), Bash(mv*), Bash(ls*), Bash(tree*), Bash(find*), Bash(rm*), Bash(cp*), Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, AskUserQuestion
argument-hint: [no arguments — runs in current directory]

Init Project Course

Bootstrap a university course or module folder into a clean, navigable structure. Designed for taught modules with lectures, workshops, assessments, and optionally recordings.

When to Use

University modules with lectures + workshops + assessments
Course folders that have accumulated files over a term
When the user says "organise this module", "init course", "set up this module folder"
Any taught course with recurring weekly components

When NOT to Use — Escalate

To init-project-light if it's a one-off document collection (no lectures/workshops structure)
To init-project-research if it's a research project that happens to be for a course

Phase 1: Scan

Read everything already in the directory before asking questions.

List all files and folders (excluding .claude/, .DS_Store)
Identify content types:
- Lecture PDFs — files matching Lecture* or containing "lecture" in name
- Seminar materials — files matching Seminar*, Session*, or containing "seminar" in name (discussion-based modules use seminars instead of lectures)
- Lecture recordings — video files (.mp4, .mov, .mkv, .webm, .avi) or folders named recordings
- Workshop folders — folders matching Workshop*, Lab*, Week*, or numbered folders with exercise content
- Assessment folders — folders containing "group", "individual", "exam", "coursework", "assignment", "portfolio"
- Workshop PDFs — PDFs inside workshop folders that are NOT lectures (exercise sheets, briefs)
- Code projects — node_modules/, package.json, .py, .js, .ts files inside workshop folders
- Notes — personal notes, reading lists, exercise solutions (common in student modules)
Detect duplicates: lecture PDFs that appear in multiple locations
Note workshop numbering gaps (normal — not every week has a workshop)
Check for existing organisation (already has lectures/, workshops/, etc.)

Goal: Build a complete inventory so the interview is short.

Phase 2: Interview (4-5 questions max)

Use the available structured-question mechanism. Only ask what you couldn't infer from Phase 1.

Pick from these (skip any you can already answer):

What module is this? — code + name (e.g., "IB9PK Advances in Behavioural Science")
Are you a student or instructor? — determines template variant (see Phase 3)
Who teaches it? — name(s) and role(s) (for student modules: instructor name; for instructor modules: module leader if different)
What components exist? — lectures/seminars, workshops, group work, individual work, exams, recordings
Status? — still in progress (more content coming) or archived/complete

If Phase 1 gave you enough, confirm your understanding instead of asking:

"This looks like [module code + name]. You're [student/instructor]. It has [N] workshops, [N] lecture PDFs, and [assessment types]. Still in progress. Correct?"

Always interview — even if scan is comprehensive. Course folders affect a full term of work; assumptions are expensive.

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Phase 3: Organise

Present the proposed structure and wait for explicit approval before moving anything.

Full templates (student + instructor directory structures), workshop naming, lecture/recording/assessment handling rules: references/organise-templates.md

Phase 4: Create CLAUDE.md

Follow the lean-guidance-files rule. Include only:

Module overview — code, name, institution, programme, credits, 1-2 sentence description
People — instructor(s) and/or student, role
Assessment — type(s), format, word count/page limit, deadline(s) if known
Directory structure — compact tree of the organised layout
Conventions — detectable patterns (LaTeX compilation, GitHub repo naming, submission format)
Status note — "in progress" or "complete/archived", with note on what's still to come

Do NOT include:

Lecture-by-lecture notes
Workshop solution details
Full assessment criteria (those live in docs/ or assessments/)
Anything that duplicates global rules

Phase 5: Seed MEMORY.md

Create MEMORY.md using the appropriate template (student or instructor). Templates, settings.local.json, and vault entry details: references/memory-and-settings.md

Phase 6: Settings

Create .claude/settings.local.json if missing. Full details: references/memory-and-settings.md

Phase 7: Vault Sync

Offer to create entries in the vault tracking for this module (Student or Instructor). Database IDs and field mappings: references/memory-and-settings.md

Phase 8: Confirmation

Short report:

Set up course project: <module code + name>
Role: Student / Instructor

Created:
  - CLAUDE.md
  - MEMORY.md (seeded with [student/instructor] template)
  - lectures/ or seminars/ (N PDFs, deduplicated from M locations)
  - notes/ (student only, if applicable)
  - recordings/ (if applicable)
  - workshops/ (N workshops, renamed from original folders)
  - assessments/{types}/ (moved from original folders)
  - docs/ (module specification, guidelines)
  - [.claude/settings.local.json if created]
  - [vault entry created in Modules Pipeline (Student/Instructor)]

Workshop naming:
  "Workshop 1 - JavaScript Bootcamp" → workshops/01-javascript-bootcamp
  "Workshop 6" → workshops/06-cwe-vulnerability-analysis
  ...

Cross-References

Skill	Relationship
`init-project-light`	For non-course document collections
`init-project-research`	For research projects within a course
`audit-project-course`	Run later to check the structure is still clean
`update-project-doc`	Run later to refresh CLAUDE.md if the module grows

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/init-project-course of flonat/flonat-research.

SKILL.md
references/memory-and-settings.md
references/organise-templates.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit da27600

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Questions about Init Project Course

What does Init Project Course do?

Bootstrap a university course or module folder with the canonical teaching structure, guidance, and starter files. Init Project Course is an agent skill from flonat/flonat-research. Bootstrap a university course or module folder with the canonical teaching structure, guidance, and starter files.

When should I use Init Project Course?

Init Project Course fits situations like: migrating a course workspace; tasks that involve Project scaffolding.

How do I install Init Project Course in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Init Project Course in Codex?

Run `npx skills add flonat/flonat-research --skill init-project-course -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/init-project-course in flonat/flonat-research) into .agents/skills/init-project-course in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Init Project Course 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 flonat/flonat-research --skill init-project-course -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/init-project-course, .gemini/skills/init-project-course, .github/skills/init-project-course and .opencode/skills/init-project-course in your project.

What does Init Project Course need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Init Project Course is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash(mkdir*), Bash(mv*), Bash(ls*), Bash(tree*), Bash(find*), Bash(rm*), Bash(cp*), Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, AskUserQuestion.

Does Init Project Course 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 Init Project Course 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 Init Project Course use?

Init Project Course 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 Init Project Course use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.5k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

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Who maintains Init Project Course?

flonat (a GitHub user) maintains it in flonat/flonat-research, which has 145 GitHub stars. The repository holds 83 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 29, 2026.

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

Install Init Project Course

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

Init Project Course

When to Use

When NOT to Use — Escalate

Phase 1: Scan

Phase 2: Interview (4-5 questions max)

Phase 3: Organise

Phase 4: Create CLAUDE.md

Phase 5: Seed MEMORY.md

Phase 6: Settings

Phase 7: Vault Sync

Phase 8: Confirmation

Cross-References

Files

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