Scaffold Node

Scaffold Node/TypeScript Project

Generate a production-ready Node/TypeScript project following established CI/CD patterns. Read the scaffold-project skill first for standard files (README, AGENTS.md, LICENSE, CONTRIBUTING.md, llms.txt).

When to Use

• Creating a new Node.js CLI, library, web app, or static site
• Adding CI/CD to an existing Node/TypeScript project missing workflows
• Standardizing a Node project to match org conventions

Generated Files

.github/workflows/ci.yml

name: CI

on:
  pull_request:
    branches: [main]
  workflow_call:

permissions:
  contents: read

concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true

jobs:
  lint:
    name: Lint
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: 22
          cache: pnpm
      - run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
      - name: Check formatting & lint
        run: pnpm exec biome check

  typecheck:
    name: Type Check
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: 22
          cache: pnpm
      - run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
      - run: pnpm exec tsc --noEmit

  build:
    name: Build
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: 22
          cache: pnpm
      - run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
      - run: pnpm run build

  test:
    name: Test
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: 22
          cache: pnpm
      - run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
      - run: pnpm test

.github/workflows/release.yml

name: Release

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
  workflow_dispatch:

concurrency:
  group: release
  cancel-in-progress: false

permissions:
  contents: write

jobs:
  ci:
    if: github.actor != 'sr[bot]'
    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci.yml

  release:
    needs: ci
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Generate app token
        id: app-token
        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v1
        with:
          app-id: ${{ secrets.SR_RELEASER_APP_ID }}
          private-key: ${{ secrets.SR_RELEASER_PRIVATE_KEY }}
          repositories: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}

      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}

      - uses: urmzd/sr@v8
        id: sr
        with:
          github-token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
        env:
          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}       # needed only if sr.yaml declares publish: { type: npm }

    outputs:
      released: ${{ steps.sr.outputs.released }}
      tag: ${{ steps.sr.outputs.tag }}
      version: ${{ steps.sr.outputs.version }}

To enable npm publishing, add publish: { type: npm, workspace: true, access: public } to sr.yaml (below). The sr npm publisher auto-detects pnpm/npm/yarn from the lockfile.

sr.yaml

See sync-release skill for full sr.yaml reference.

git:
  tag_prefix: "v"
  floating_tag: true

commit:
  types:
    minor: [feat]
    patch: [fix, perf, refactor]
    none: [docs, revert, chore, ci, test, build, style]

changelog:
  file: CHANGELOG.md

packages:
  - path: .
    version_files:
      - package.json
    stage_files:
      - pnpm-lock.yaml
    # Uncomment to publish to npm (the npm publisher auto-detects pnpm/yarn
    # from the lockfile and runs the tool's native recursive publish):
    # publish:
    #   type: npm
    #   workspace: true     # pnpm publish -r / npm publish --workspaces
    #   access: public      # needed for scoped @org/pkg on first publish

package.json scripts

{
  "scripts": {
    "build": "tsc",
    "test": "vitest run",
    "lint": "biome check",
    "fmt": "biome check --write",
    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
    "check": "pnpm run fmt && pnpm run lint && pnpm run typecheck && pnpm test",
    "record": "teasr showme",
    "dev": "tsc --watch"
  }
}

Use pnpm run for all operations. pnpm is the package manager.

.envrc

use fnm  # Loads the version pinned in .nvmrc
PATH_add node_modules/.bin

biome.json

{
  "$schema": "https://biomejs.dev/schemas/2.0.0/schema.json",
  "vcs": {
    "enabled": true,
    "clientKind": "git",
    "useIgnoreFile": true
  },
  "formatter": {
    "enabled": true,
    "indentStyle": "space",
    "indentWidth": 2,
    "lineWidth": 100
  },
  "linter": {
    "enabled": true,
    "rules": {
      "recommended": true
    }
  }
}

Variants

Static Sites (Astro, Next.js)

• Replace pnpm test with pnpm run check (framework-specific checks like astro check)
• Add build artifact upload for deployment workflows
• Add deploy job if using AWS S3/CloudFront (see scaffold-terraform for infra)

Monorepo Variant (Turbo)

For multi-package repos, add turbo for cached, parallel task execution:

• pnpm add turbo --save-dev -w at workspace root
• Add turbo.json with pipeline definitions (build, test, lint, typecheck)
• Replace direct pnpm run calls with turbo run in scripts and CI
• Turbo caches task outputs; subsequent runs skip unchanged packages

{
  "$schema": "https://turbo.build/schema.json",
  "tasks": {
    "build": { "dependsOn": ["^build"], "outputs": ["dist/**"] },
    "test": { "dependsOn": ["build"] },
    "lint": {},
    "typecheck": {}
  }
}

Gotchas

• Use pnpm install --frozen-lockfile (not pnpm install) in CI for reproducible installs
• biome check handles both formatting and linting in one pass
• biome check --write to auto-fix (replaces prettier --write + eslint --fix)
• Node 22 is the current LTS. Use node-version: 22
• cache: pnpm in setup-node handles caching automatically
• pnpm/action-setup@v4 must come before actions/setup-node in CI
• For framework-specific type checks (e.g., astro check), add a separate check job
• cancel-in-progress: false on release workflow to prevent partial releases
• For monorepos, use turbo run instead of running tasks per-package manually

Source & license

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

• Author: urmzd
• Source: urmzd/dotfiles
• License: Apache-2.0

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