# project-bootstrap

Initializes or upgrades a project workspace in one pass: git, `.gitignore`,
`README.md`, `.wiki/` (Karpathy's LLM Wiki layout), `.tasks/` (per-task board),
and `CLAUDE.md` with skill triggers.

Operates in two modes, picked automatically:

- **init** — empty or near-empty folder. Creates everything from scratch.
- **upgrade** — existing project. Detects what's already there, only fills the
  gaps. Never overwrites without explicit confirmation.

## When it triggers

The skill auto-activates on phrases like:

- "initialize project", "bootstrap", "setup project"
- "upgrade project", "add wiki", "add tasks"
- "start project", "set everything up"
- "let's start a project", "init"

It also triggers when an agent is launched in a fresh folder that the user
clearly intends to turn into a workspace.

## Prerequisites

`project-bootstrap` does not lay out `.wiki/` or `.tasks/` by itself — it
delegates to two companion skills, which must be installed on the machine
running it:

- [`setup-wiki`](../setup-wiki/) — creates the canonical `.wiki/` layout.
- [`setup-tasks`](../setup-tasks/) — creates the canonical `.tasks/` layout.

If either is missing, `project-bootstrap` stops with a clear error rather
than falling back to ad-hoc creation. This keeps layout drift between
projects bootstrapped at different times debuggable.

## What it creates

| Path | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| `.git/` | `git init` | Skipped if repo already initialized. |
| `.gitignore` | `assets/.gitignore.template` | Skipped if file exists. |
| `README.md` | minimal stub | Skipped if file exists. |
| `.wiki/` | delegated to `setup-wiki` | Karpathy LLM Wiki layout — `CLAUDE.md`, `index.md`, `log.md`, `overview.md`, `raw/`, `entities/`, `concepts/`, `packages/`, `sources/`. |
| `.tasks/` | delegated to `setup-tasks` | Canonical board — `STATUS.md` plus per-task `<task-slug>.md` files. |
| `CLAUDE.md` | `assets/CLAUDE.md.template` | Skill triggers (`use superpowers`, `use project wiki`, etc.). On non-Windows hosts, swap the `we're on Windows` line for `we're on Linux` / `we're on macOS`. On upgrade, the template is treated as a canonical set and merged idempotently — only missing trigger lines are appended after user confirm. Re-runs are no-ops. |
| `.wiki/concepts/bootstrap-manifest.md` | generated | Records which skill versions initialized the project, so cross-project layout drift is debuggable. |

## Workflow

1. **Detect mode.** Inspect the current directory — git, `.wiki/`, `.tasks/`,
   `CLAUDE.md`, `README.md` — and print a single summary block: what was
   found, what will be created, what will be skipped.
2. **Confirm.** One question, one confirmation. Nothing is written before the
   user agrees.
3. **Steps 1–5.** Create or skip each piece in order — git, README, `.wiki/`,
   `.tasks/`, `CLAUDE.md`. Steps 3 and 4 delegate to the setup-skills.
4. **Step 5.5.** Write `bootstrap-manifest.md` recording the versions of
   `project-bootstrap`, `setup-wiki`, and `setup-tasks` used.
5. **Step 5.6.** Detect the official `superpowers@claude-plugins-official`
   plugin via `~/.claude/plugins/installed_plugins.json`. If absent, print
   a one-time chat recommendation with the install command and upstream
   link. Never auto-installs, never modifies project files.
6. **Commit.** `chore: bootstrap project structure` for fresh repos, or
   `chore: upgrade project structure` adding only the new files for existing
   ones. Pushes only on explicit user request.
7. **Summary.** Final report — what was created, what was skipped, suggested
   next step.

## Rules

- Never overwrite an existing file without explicit user confirmation.
- Always show the plan before touching the filesystem.
- Never invent project details — read what's already there.
- Commit only files just created — never touch the rest of the tree.
- Push only after the user explicitly says so.

## Install

From the repo root:

**Windows (PowerShell):**

```powershell
bash scripts/install.sh project-bootstrap
```

**Linux / macOS (bash):**

```bash
bash scripts/install.sh project-bootstrap
```

`install.sh` works on Windows under git-bash. A native `install.ps1` is
[planned](../../.tasks/STATUS.md) but not required.

The skill installs to `~/.claude/skills/project-bootstrap/`. Override the
target with `CLAUDE_SKILLS_DIR=/path bash scripts/install.sh …`.

## See also

- [`setup-wiki`](../setup-wiki/) — companion, owns `.wiki/` layout.
- [`setup-tasks`](../setup-tasks/) — companion, owns `.tasks/` layout.
- [`using-wiki`](../using-wiki/) — runtime policy for working with `.wiki/`.
- [`using-tasks`](../using-tasks/) — runtime policy for working with `.tasks/`.
- Karpathy's LLM Wiki gist:
  <https://gist.github.com/karpathy/442a6bf555914893e9891c11519de94f>