Scaffold dir

Skill markbaindesign/bain-studio/.claude/skills/scaffold-dir

Claude Code skills and sync tooling for Asana-based studio project management.

Install

npx -y skills add markbaindesign/bain-studio --skill scaffold-dir

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Create a new project directory and initialise it as a git repo. Standalone step — callable directly or by /commission. Args: path [name]

SKILL.md

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Scaffold Dir

Create a project directory and git repo at the given path.

Arguments: $ARGUMENTS

First arg: absolute path for the new project directory
Second arg (optional): project name, used in the initial commit message

Steps

1. Validate

If the path already exists and is non-empty, stop and report: "Directory already exists and is non-empty — aborting to avoid overwriting."
If the path already exists and is empty, continue.
If a parent directory doesn't exist, stop: "Parent directory {parent} does not exist. Create it first."

2. Create directory

mkdir -p {path}

3. Git init

cd {path} && git init

4. Write .gitignore

Write a minimal .gitignore at the project root:

.env
.env.local
node_modules/
__pycache__/
*.pyc
.DS_Store

5. Initial commit

cd {path} && git add .gitignore && git commit -m "init: scaffold {name or basename}"

6. Shutter profile

If shutter-profile is available on PATH, create a Shutter profile for this project's QA inbox:

shutter-profile create "{name or basename}" "{path}/qa/qa-inbox"

This creates ~/.shutter/profiles/{name}.xml pointing to {path}/qa/qa-inbox, so Shutter can be launched for this project with shutter --profile='{name}'.

Skip silently if shutter-profile is not found.

7. Report

scaffold-dir: {path}
  ✓ directory created
  ✓ git init
  ✓ .gitignore written
  ✓ initial commit
  ✓ shutter profile '{name}' created  (or "skipped — shutter-profile not found")

What ships with it

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create a shutter profile if available
report completion status
validate the target path before creating
stop if target directory is non-empty

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