Agent skill

New Project

by jxnl in jxnl/personal-monorepo-template

Bootstrap a new project or experiment directory with README and optional AGENTS.md files.

No licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install New Project

skills CLI
$ npx skills add jxnl/personal-monorepo-template --skill new-project -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install jxnl/personal-monorepo-template new-project --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/jxnl/personal-monorepo-template.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.codex/skills/new-project .claude/skills/new-project && 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
new-project
GitHub stars
563
Token cost
~280 tokens
SKILL.md length
79 words
Files
2 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
12
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Bootstrap a new project or experiment directory with README and optional AGENTS.md files.

  • Works in 4 steps: Read root AGENTS.md and README.md. → Decide whether the work is a long-lived… → Use a lowercase hyphenated slug.… → …
  • The user asks to create a new project
  • SKILL.md covers Workflow and Output
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python

What it does

New Project is an agent skill from jxnl/personal-monorepo-template. Bootstrap a new project or experiment directory with README and optional AGENTS.md files. Use when the user asks to create a new project, start an experiment, add a workspace entry, scaffold a project folder, or bootstrap durable work in this personal monorepo.

Its SKILL.md is about 280 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including scripts (for example `scripts/new_project.py`).

It sits in Development, covering Monorepo tooling and Agent instruction files.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks to create a new project
  • Start an experiment
  • Add a workspace entry
  • Scaffold a project folder

Example prompts

  • “/new-project”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read root AGENTS.md and README.md.
  2. Decide whether the work is a long-lived project or short-lived experiment.
  3. Use a lowercase hyphenated slug. Experiments must use exp--YYYY-MM-DD.
  4. Run the helper when possible

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit df86376. 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.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python

    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

New Project loads about 280 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 69 tokens; SKILL.md has 79 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~69
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~280

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 79 words (~280 tokens).

“Create a project or experiment that agents can discover later.”

— opening of SKILL.md by jxnl
name
new-project
last_edited
2026-06-15

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (scripts) in .codex/skills/new-project of jxnl/personal-monorepo-template.

  • SKILL.md
  • scripts/new_project.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit df86376

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Spec Project Rulesleo-kuang-ai/spec-first107—~1.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Categories

Questions about New Project

What does New Project do?

Bootstrap a new project or experiment directory with README and optional AGENTS.md files. New Project is an agent skill from jxnl/personal-monorepo-template.md files.

When should I use New Project?

New Project fits situations like: the user asks to create a new project; start an experiment; add a workspace entry; scaffold a project folder.

How do I install New Project in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add jxnl/personal-monorepo-template --skill new-project -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.codex/skills/new-project in jxnl/personal-monorepo-template) into .claude/skills/new-project in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install New Project in Codex?

Run `npx skills add jxnl/personal-monorepo-template --skill new-project -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.codex/skills/new-project in jxnl/personal-monorepo-template) into .agents/skills/new-project in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use New Project 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 jxnl/personal-monorepo-template --skill new-project -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/new-project, .gemini/skills/new-project, .github/skills/new-project and .opencode/skills/new-project in your project.

What does New Project need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, New Project needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does New Project 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 New Project 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 New Project use?

No licence was found for New Project or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does New Project use?

About 280 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.1k 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 New Project?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with New Project: Angular Developer (radix-ng/primitives, 274 stars), Agents Generator (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Acreadiness Generate Instructions (github/awesome-copilot, 40k stars) and Openiap Workflows (hyodotdev/openiap, 155 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains New Project?

jxnl (a GitHub user) maintains it in jxnl/personal-monorepo-template, which has 563 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 22, 2026.

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