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 module: 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 module: 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

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 module: 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 .

5. Initialize Git (if needed)

# Check if git is initialized
if [ ! -d .git ]; then
  git init
  echo "✓ Git repository initialized"
fi

6. Verify Setup

Run validation:

# Check Makefile targets
make help

# List created files
git status

7. Next Steps

Guide user on:

# Install dependencies and hooks
make dev-setup

# Run tests to verify setup
make test

# See all available commands
make help

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

User: /attune:init