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name: project-init description: |

Triggers: project, init Interactive project initialization with git setup, workflows, hooks, and build configuration.

Triggers: project setup, initialization, scaffold, bootstrap, new project Use when: starting new projects or initializing repositories model: claude-sonnet-4 tools: [Read, Write, Bash, Glob] modules:

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

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Table of Contents

• Use When
• Workflow
• 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
• Error Handling
• Success Criteria
• Examples
• Example 1: New Python Project

Project Initialization Skill

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

Use When

• Starting a new Python, Rust, or TypeScript project
• Need to set up git, GitHub workflows, pre-commit hooks, Makefile
• Want consistent project structure across team
• Converting unstructured project to best practices

Workflow

1. Detect or Select Language

Load Skill(attune:project-init#language-detection)

• 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 Skill(attune:project-init#metadata-collection)

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:

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 Skill(attune:project-init#template-rendering)

Run initialization script:

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.

5. Initialize Git (if needed)

# 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:

# 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:

# 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)

Examples

Example 1: New Python Project

**Verification:** Run `pytest -v` to verify tests pass.
User: /attune:init
## Troubleshooting

### Common Issues

**Command not found**
Ensure all dependencies are installed and in PATH

**Permission errors**
Check file permissions and run with appropriate privileges

**Unexpected behavior**
Enable verbose logging with `--verbose` flag