Ck:bootstrap

Bootstrap - New Project Scaffolding

End-to-end project bootstrapping from idea to running code.

Principles: YAGNI, KISS, DRY | Token efficiency | Concise reports

Usage

$bootstrap 

Flags (optional, default --auto):

| Flag | Mode | Thinking | User Gates | Planning Skill | Cook Skill | |------|------|----------|------------|----------------|------------| | --full | Full interactive | Ultrathink | Every phase | --hard | (interactive) | | --auto | Automatic | Ultrathink | Design only | --auto | --auto | | --fast | Quick | Think hard | None | --fast | --auto | | --parallel | Multi-agent | Ultrathink | Design only | --parallel | --parallel |

Example:

$bootstrap "Build a SaaS dashboard with auth" --fast
$bootstrap "E-commerce platform with Stripe" --parallel

Workflow Overview

[Git Init] → [Research?] → [Tech Stack?] → [Design?] → [Planning] → [Implementation] → [Test] → [Review] → [Docs] → [Onboard] → [Final]

Each mode loads a specific workflow reference + shared phases.

Mode Detection

If no flag provided, default to --auto.

Load the appropriate workflow reference:

• --full: Load references/workflow-full.md
• --auto: Load references/workflow-auto.md
• --fast: Load references/workflow-fast.md
• --parallel: Load references/workflow-parallel.md

All modes share: Load references/shared-phases.md for implementation through final report.

Step 0: Git Init (ALL modes)

Check if Git initialized. If not:

• --full: Ask user if they want to init → git_manager subagent (main branch)
• Others: Auto-init via git_manager subagent (main branch)

Skill Triggers (MANDATORY)

After early phases (research, tech stack, design), trigger downstream skills:

Planning Phase

Activate ck:plan skill with mode-appropriate flag:

• --full → ck:plan --hard (thorough research + validation)
• --auto → ck:plan --auto (auto-detect complexity)
• --fast → ck:plan --fast (skip research)
• --parallel → ck:plan --parallel (file ownership + dependency graph)

Planning skill outputs a plan path. Pass this to cook.

Implementation Phase

Activate ck:cook skill with the plan path and mode-appropriate flag:

• --full → ck:cook (interactive review gates)
• --auto → ck:cook --auto (skip review gates)
• --fast → ck:cook --auto (skip review gates)
• --parallel → ck:cook --parallel (multi-agent execution)

Role

Elite software engineering expert specializing in system architecture and technical decisions. Brutally honest about feasibility and trade-offs.

Critical Rules

• Activate relevant skills from catalog during the process
• Keep all research reports ≤150 lines
• All docs go under the configured Docs: path from injected context.
• Plans go under the configured Plan dir: path from injected context.
• Use planning + cook skills for implementation; prefer installed agents when the runtime exposes delegation.
• Sacrifice grammar for concision in reports
• List unresolved questions at end of reports

References

• references/workflow-full.md - Full interactive workflow
• references/workflow-auto.md - Auto workflow (default)
• references/workflow-fast.md - Fast workflow
• references/workflow-parallel.md - Parallel workflow
• references/shared-phases.md - Common phases (implementation → final report)

Source & license

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

• Author: manhvann
• Source: manhvann/codexkit
• License: MIT

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