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Project Bootstrapper · mhattingpete | DecimalAI

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Project Bootstrapper

mhattingpete/project-bootstrapper

Source mhattingpete/claude-skills-marketplace ↗License Apache-2.0

Sets up new projects or improves existing projects with development best practices, tooling, documentation, and workflow automation.

SkillScore86Maintained

Automatic

DevOps & SRE pack

Last verified 8/18/2026

What it changes

Passed 18 of 21 test cases with the skill, and 12 of 21 without it.

Without skill59%

With skill86%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

Does not generate all foundational implementation files in the first turn.
Asks clarifying discovery questions before producing the FastAPI project file layout.
Refrains from immediately dumping full project boilerplate files in the initial response.

and 5 more in the full report

6 fixed13 passed either way3 still failing0 broke

Pass-rate lift: +27 pp
Tokens: +13%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: -18%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/18/2026v119 of 22 cases passed with skill · 21 comparable

Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.

Use this skill

Save it into your project's skills folder. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/mhattingpete-project-bootstrapper/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/mhattingpete-project-bootstrapper/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add mhattingpete-project-bootstrapper, and start Claude Code with claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents"

1 · One-time — install the CLI (docs ↗)

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"

2 · Get the skill — writes .agents/skills/mhattingpete-project-bootstrapper/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add mhattingpete-project-bootstrapper

No CLI? Get the same file — curl · raw file

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/mhattingpete-project-bootstrapper/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/mhattingpete-project-bootstrapper/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/mhattingpete-project-bootstrapper/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/mhattingpete-project-bootstrapper.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

Code scan CleanIntent PassedContent Clean

See it in action

One of 6 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

1 of 6

Prompt

Please perform a deep security code review on this SQL query function `db.query('SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ' + req.params.id)` to identify injection vulnerabilities.

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
Identifies the SQL injection vulnerability directly without initiating repository bootstrapping discovery.	Missed	Passed

case-20 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/18/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md145 linessingle file

Project Bootstrapper

Sets up new projects or improves existing projects with development best practices, tooling, documentation, and workflow automation.

When to Use

"set up a new project"
"bootstrap this project"
"add best practices"
"improve project structure"
"set up development tooling"
"initialize project properly"

What It Sets Up

1. Project Structure

Standard directories (src/, tests/, docs/, scripts/, .github/)
Logical file organization
Structure improvements

2. Git Configuration

Comprehensive .gitignore
.gitattributes for line endings/diffs
Git hooks (pre-commit, commit-msg)
Branch protection patterns
Git LFS if needed

3. Documentation

Comprehensive README.md
CONTRIBUTING.md
Code documentation (JSDoc, docstrings)
CHANGELOG.md structure
Architecture docs if complex

4. Testing Setup

Identify/suggest testing framework
Test structure and conventions
Example/template tests
Configure test runners
Coverage reporting

Track record

Benchmark

18 / 21

test cases passed, vs 12 / 21 without

Adoption

Users: 0
Times used: 0

Safety and source details

SkillSafety

✓ 3 of 3 passed

Code scan15 of 15 checks clean

0 critical · 0 warning · 0 info — scanner v4 — 8/3/2026

View 15 scanner checks

live_secretremote_code_executionreverse_shelldata_exfiltrationssrf_metadataagent_snoopinganti_refusaldestructive_commandsobfuscated_unicodeunicode_homoglyphopaque_blobsuspicious_urltool_overreachtrigger_abuseprompt_injection_phrasing

IntentSafe

LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims

ContentClean

LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review

Source

Imported

mhattingpete / claude-skills-marketplace

productivity-skills-plugin/skills/project-bootstrapper/SKILL.md

View on GitHub ↗

License Apache-2.0Imported 8/3/2026Version v1

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What's inside

Project Bootstrapper

When to Use

What It Sets Up

1. Project Structure

2. Git Configuration

3. Documentation

4. Testing Setup

Track record

Benchmark

Adoption

SkillSafety

Source

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