project-setup SKILL.md skillA

project-setup from markshust/hcf is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add markshust/hcf/project-setup@git:20260825.4aad915

Pins git:20260825.4aad915 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
markshust/hcf
Path
skills/project-setup/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20260825.4aad915, committed Aug 25, 2026
First version recorded
May 1, 2026
Size
11,720 bytes
Repository stars
83
License
MIT

One-time interactive setup to configure a project for autonomous development. Use when setting up a new project for TDD-based autonomous development with HCF.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

One-time interactive setup to configure a project for autonomous development.

## Purpose

Create `CLAUDE.md` and all project configuration files in `.claude/` through an interactive process with auto-detection.

## Execution Steps

### Step 1: Check for Existing Configuration

First, check if configuration already exists:

```bash
ls CLAUDE.md .claude/testing.md .claude/code-standards.md .claude/architecture.md 2>/dev/null
```

If CLAUDE.md and all 3 config files (`testing.md`, `code-standards.md`, `architecture.md`) exist, inform the user:
> Project already configured. CLAUDE.md and config files exist in `.claude/`. To reconfigure, delete CLAUDE.md and `.claude/` then run `/project-setup` again.

Otherwise, continue with setup.

### Step 2: Auto-Detect Project Type

Scan the project root for configuration files to detect the tech stack:

**Check for these files (in parallel):**
- `composer.json` → PHP/Laravel/Symfony
- `package.json` → Node.js/React/Vue/Next.js
- `Cargo.toml` → Rust
- `go.mod` → Go
- `pyproject.toml` or `requirements.txt` → Python
- `Gemfile` → Ruby/Rails
- `pom.xml` or `build.gradle` → Java
- `*.csproj` or `*.sln` → .NET

**For each detected file, extract:**
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add markshust/hcf/project-setup@sha256:3ae5c478315d067b

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260825.4aad915, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between May 1, 2026 and Aug 25, 2026, about one every 29 days.

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Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (11720 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

markshust/hcf · 83 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-08 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_wrzxvduslvzpq2mf
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=markshust/hcf/project-setup
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/3ae5c478315d067b2cfc81225120a2825a93ad42e9092705b8814c05521bed7d

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