Bootstrap Workflow

Workflow Bootstrap

Apply the claude-kit personal setup to the current project. Everything dropped is gitignored — safe to run repeatedly. Selection is the gate: only what you pick gets written.

What can be installed

• CLAUDE.local.md (root, gitignored) — workflow + git conventions + tool list
• .claude/settings.local.json (gitignored) — permissions ask-list + hook wiring
• .claude/hooks/block-dangerous-git.sh — PreToolUse guard, blocks force-push / hard-reset / etc.
• .claude/hooks/block-non-pnpm.sh — PreToolUse guard, blocks npm / yarn / bun
• .claude/hooks/lint-on-edit.sh — PostToolUse, lints edited TS/JS files
• .claude/hooks/lint-on-edit-rb.sh — PostToolUse, lints edited .rb files via bundle exec standardrb/rubocop (~1-2s per edit)
• .claude/hooks/typecheck-on-stop.sh — Stop hook, typechecks on TS file changes
• .gitignore — appends idempotent block fencing the above

Workflow

Follow this procedure in order. Each step has a single purpose.

1. Detect repo characteristics

Read just enough of the target project to pre-check the picker boxes intelligently and pick stack-aware defaults:

test -f package.json && echo "has-pkg"
test -f tsconfig.json && echo "has-tsconfig"
test -f Gemfile && echo "has-gemfile"
jq -r '.scripts.lint // empty' package.json 2>/dev/null
grep -q 'gem .standard.' Gemfile 2>/dev/null && echo "has-standardrb"
grep -q 'gem .rubocop' Gemfile 2>/dev/null && echo "has-rubocop"
grep -q 'gem .rspec'   Gemfile 2>/dev/null && echo "has-rspec"

(The exact Gemfile detection regex lives in bootstrap.sh; the snippet above is illustrative — agents can read the script for the precise quoting.)

Use the results to decide pre-check defaults for step 3:

• block-dangerous-git.sh — always pre-check (stack-neutral)
• block-non-pnpm.sh — pre-check only if package.json exists. Hide entirely on Ruby-only repos.
• lint-on-edit.sh — pre-check only if package.json has a lint script. Hide on Ruby-only repos (regex matches JS extensions).
• lint-on-edit-rb.sh — pre-check only if Gemfile has gem 'standard' or gem 'rubocop'. Hide on JS-only repos (no Gemfile).
• typecheck-on-stop.sh — pre-check only if tsconfig.json exists. Hide on Ruby-only repos.

2. Run doctor.sh for missing deps

"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/doctor.sh" --json

Parse with jq. The script returns {missing, optional_missing, plugin_missing, marketplace_missing}. Use optional_missing to populate the brew-install question (step 3, question 3). Skip that question if the array is empty or brew is not on PATH.

3. Ask the user — picker via AskUserQuestion

Three questions (skip question 2 if answer to Q1 doesn't include settings; skip question 3 if nothing brew-installable to offer):

Question 1 — Artifacts to drop (multi-select):

• CLAUDE.local.md (recommended)
• .claude/settings.local.json (recommended — hooks below need it)
• .gitignore additions (recommended)

Question 2 — Hooks to install (multi-select, only if settings selected above):

• block-dangerous-git — universal git guardrail (always offered)
• block-non-pnpm — JS/TS only (skip on Ruby-only repos)
• lint-on-edit — only useful with a JS/TS lint script (skip on Ruby-only repos)
• lint-on-edit-rb — Ruby only (skip on JS-only repos); adds ~1-2s per .rb edit (bundle exec startup)
• typecheck-on-stop — TypeScript only (skip on Ruby-only repos)

Use the detection results from step 1 as the default-checked set. Filter out JS-only hooks when package.json is absent — on a pure Rails repo with standardrb/rubocop in the Gemfile, the offer is block-dangerous-git + lint-on-edit-rb (still ≥ 2 options, multi-select works).

If filtering leaves fewer than 2 options, do not call AskUserQuestion with a multi-select — that violates the tool's minItems: 2 validation. Instead, ask a single Yes/No question naming the lone remaining hook (e.g. "Install block-dangerous-git hook?") with options Yes (recommended) / No. Map Yes → include that hook in --hooks=; No → pass --hooks= empty. Q1 (artifacts) always has 3 fixed options, so this fallback only ever applies to Q2 and Q3.

Question 3 — Missing deps to brew install (multi-select, only when applicable):

Render the optional_missing array from doctor.sh as options. Pre-check none — let the user opt in.

If optional_missing has exactly one entry, fall back to a Yes/No prompt naming that tool (e.g. "Install rtk via brew?") with Yes / No (skip) — same minItems: 2 reason as Q2. Skip the question entirely when the array is empty or brew is not on PATH.

4. Collect CLAUDE.local.md placeholder values

Only if CLAUDE.local.md was selected. Use a single AskUserQuestion round with the defaults pre-filled from auto-detection. Suggested defaults:

• project-name → basename "$(pwd)"
• default-branch → git symbolic-ref --short refs/remotes/origin/HEAD | sed 's@^origin/@@' or git config --get init.defaultBranch or main
• stack → detect from package.json / tsconfig.json / Cargo.toml / pyproject.toml / Gemfile
• test-cmd, lint-cmd, typecheck-cmd — stack-dependent:
• Node / TS: jq -r '.scripts.' of package.json, falling back to pnpm .
• Ruby: bundle exec rspec (or bin/rails test if no rspec gem) for test, bundle exec standardrb --fix or bundle exec rubocop -A based on Gemfile for lint, empty (renders as _(n/a)_) for typecheck.
• Other / unknown: leave empty so the user fills them in.
• domain, key-dirs, deploy, gotchas → empty (user fills later)

Bootstrap.sh handles all of the above auto-detection — you only need to pass the flags the user explicitly overrides.

5. Invoke bootstrap.sh with flags

Construct a single non-interactive call:

"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/bootstrap.sh" "$(pwd)" \
  --features=claude-md,settings,gitignore \
  --hooks=block-dangerous-git,lint-on-edit \
  --brew-install=rtk \
  --project-name="fancy" \
  --default-branch="main" \
  --stack="TypeScript / Node" \
  --test-cmd="pnpm test" \
  --lint-cmd="pnpm lint" \
  --typecheck-cmd="pnpm typecheck" \
  --no-prompt

Omit --brew-install= and any placeholder flag the user didn't fill. --no-prompt is mandatory from the skill path — Claude's Bash tool has no TTY, so the script must run unattended.

If ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT} is empty (skill invoked outside Claude Code), fall back to the local repo checkout path and ask the user.

6. Confirm with the user

Show the resulting CLAUDE.local.md (if installed). Ask if any conventions need adjusting (commit format, branch naming, etc.).

7. Suggest companion plugins

Tell the user to:

/plugin marketplace add github:dominikwozniak/claude-kit
/plugin install git-workflow
/plugin install session-handoff

…and to ensure agent-skills (addyosmani), caveman, claude-mem are enabled in ~/.claude/settings.json.

Notes

• Re-running is safe — the .gitignore block is marker-fenced and idempotent; settings.local.json is overwritten wholesale; hook files are overwritten.
• De-selecting a hook in a later run does not remove the previously-installed file. Delete it manually if you want it gone.
• The script never touches files that aren't local/gitignored — no teammate impact.
• For team-shared pre-commit hooks (husky + lint-staged), use the setup-pre-commit skill — separate concern.
• Direct invocation outside Claude is still supported: scripts/bootstrap.sh without --no-prompt falls back to read </dev/tty prompts for any unset placeholder. Flags still work, e.g. scripts/bootstrap.sh /tmp/foo --features=claude-md --hooks=.

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: dominikwozniak
• Source: dominikwozniak/claude-kit
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.