scaffold

name	scaffold
description	Component scaffolding toolkit for creating skills, context:fork worker skills, and hooks within the unified wicked-garden plugin. Generates complete, valid structures that pass validation out-of-the-box. Use when creating new domain components, setting up boilerplate, or ensuring proper structure from the start.

Scaffold Tool

Quick-start generator for wicked-garden components. The plugin is skills-only: the former commands/ and agents/ trees were absorbed into skills/, so this tool scaffolds skills, workers, and hooks — never a commands/ or agents/ file.

Purpose

Generates production-ready component structures within the unified plugin:

• Skills — a sub-skill skills/{domain}/{name}/SKILL.md (Tier-2 navigation + refs/)
• Worker skills — a standalone context: fork worker skills/{domain}-{role}/SKILL.md (the former "agent"), dispatched via Skill(skill="wicked-garden-{domain}-{role}")
• Hooks — hooks.json entries with Python scripts

Former commands are now actions of the consolidated per-domain router skill (skills/{domain}/SKILL.md); the command subcommand is retired and only prints guidance for adding an action.

All scaffolded components pass validation immediately.

Usage

Interactive Mode

python .claude/skills/scaffolding/scripts/scaffold.py

# Interactive prompts:
# > Component type? (1 skill / 2 worker / 3 action-guidance / 4 hook)
# > Domain? (crew, engineering, platform, ...)
# > Name? (kebab-case)
# > Description?

# Result (skill):
# Skill created: skills/crew/my-skill/
# Skill id: my-skill (routed by the crew domain skill)

Command Line Mode

# Skill (a sub-skill under a domain)
python .claude/skills/scaffolding/scripts/scaffold.py skill \
  --name my-skill \
  --domain crew \
  --description "What this skill does" \
  --use-when "trigger conditions"

# Worker skill (context:fork — the former agent). `agent` is a back-compat alias.
python .claude/skills/scaffolding/scripts/scaffold.py worker \
  --name my-worker \
  --domain platform \
  --description "What this worker does" \
  --tools "Read,Write,Bash"

# Action (former command) — RETIRED. Prints guidance to add the action to the
# domain router skill; writes no file.
python .claude/skills/scaffolding/scripts/scaffold.py command \
  --name my-action \
  --domain engineering \
  --description "What this action does"

# Hook
python .claude/skills/scaffolding/scripts/scaffold.py hook \
  --event PreToolUse \
  --script validate-tool-use \
  --description "Validates tool usage"

Generated Paths

Components are placed in the skills-only layout at the repo root:

wicked-garden/                     # Plugin root
├── skills/{domain}/{name}/        # Sub-skills
│   └── SKILL.md
├── skills/{domain}-{role}/        # Worker skills (context:fork — former agents)
│   └── SKILL.md
├── hooks/scripts/{name}.py        # Hook scripts
└── hooks/hooks.json               # Hook bindings (updated)

There is no commands/ or agents/ tree.

Naming Conventions

• Sub-skill id: the leaf directory name, routed by its domain skill
• Worker skill name: wicked-garden-{domain}-{role} (dash-separated), declared in frontmatter name: and dispatched via Skill(skill="…")
• Domain router skill name: wicked-garden-{domain}

Action stub (former command-with-agent)

A former "command that dispatched to an agent" is now an action of the domain router skill that dispatches to a worker skill. Copy the stub in templates/plugin/command-with-agent.md into the router body and wire it with:

Skill(skill="wicked-garden-{domain}-{role}", args="… | target: <target>")

Skill Template

---
name: {skill-name}
description: |
  What this skill does (capabilities).
  Use when [trigger conditions and keywords].
---

# {Skill Title}

Brief introduction to the skill's purpose.

## Purpose
What problem this skill solves.

## Usage
Examples.

## References
- Related docs / source files

Worker Skill Template (context:fork)

---
name: wicked-garden-{domain}-{role}
description: What this worker specializes in
context: fork
allowed-tools: ["Read", "Write", "Bash"]
model: sonnet
color: blue
---

# {Worker Title}

You are the {Worker Title} worker, specialized in {domain}. You run in an
isolated context:fork subagent, dispatched via Skill(skill="…").

## Expertise
- Capability 1 / 2 / 3

## Working Style
1. Step 1 / 2 / 3

## Quality Standards
- Standard 1 / 2

## Constraints
- Constraint 1 / 2

context: fork worker skills are exempt from the ≤200-line Tier-2 cap — they load into an isolated subagent context, not the parent.

Hook Template

hooks.json

{
  "hooks": [
    {
      "event": "{event}",
      "script": "scripts/{script-name}.py",
      "description": "{description}",
      "enabled": true
    }
  ]
}

Hook Script

#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
{Event} hook for {plugin-name}.

Exit codes:
  0 - Success, continue
  2 - Blocking error (message sent to Claude)
  Other - Non-blocking error (logged)
"""

import sys
import json

def main():
    try:
        data = json.loads(sys.stdin.read())
    except json.JSONDecodeError:
        print("Error: Invalid JSON input", file=sys.stderr)
        sys.exit(1)

    # Hook logic here. Access: data['tool'], data['arguments'], data['context']
    if data.get('tool') == 'Bash':
        command = data.get('arguments', {}).get('command', '')
        if 'rm -rf /' in command:
            print("Blocked dangerous command: rm -rf /")
            sys.exit(2)  # Block execution

    sys.exit(0)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Valid Domains

Domains are discovered dynamically from .claude-plugin/components.json ("domains"), falling back to the top-level directories under skills/ (excluding the {domain}-{role} worker dirs). New domains are valid as soon as they appear in the manifest / skills tree.

Current domains: agentic, crew, data, engineering, jam, mem, persona, platform, product, qe, search, smaht.

Template Variables

Variable	Description	Example
{{name}}	Component name (kebab-case)	risk-assessor
{{title}}	Component name (Title Case)	Risk Assessor
{{skill_name}}	Worker skill dash name	wicked-garden-qe-risk-assessor
{{description}}	Brief description	Assess project risks
{{domain}}	Area of expertise / domain	qe
{{tools}}	Allowed-tools list (rendered)	"Read", "Write"

Best Practices

Naming

• Use kebab-case for all names, max 64 characters
• No reserved prefixes (claude-code-, anthropic-, official-)
• Worker skills carry the dash-qualified wicked-garden-{domain}-{role} name

Structure

• Put reusable logic in scripts/
• Use skills/{domain}/ for the domain router + its actions (former commands)
• Use skills/{domain}-{role}/ for context:fork worker skills (former agents)
• Use hooks/ for deterministic event automation

Documentation

• Write clear, concise descriptions and include usage examples
• Document dependencies and configuration options

Security

• All scripts should use ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT} for paths
• Quote shell variables: "$VAR"
• Validate input before processing; no hardcoded secrets

Examples

Sub-skill only

python .claude/skills/scaffolding/scripts/scaffold.py skill \
  --name validation-patterns \
  --domain engineering \
  --description "Input validation patterns" \
  --use-when "reviewing input handling"

# Result:
# skills/engineering/validation-patterns/SKILL.md

Worker skill (context:fork)

python .claude/skills/scaffolding/scripts/scaffold.py worker \
  --name risk-assessor \
  --domain qe \
  --description "Assesses release risk" \
  --tools "Read,Bash"

# Result:
# skills/qe-risk-assessor/SKILL.md   (name: wicked-garden-qe-risk-assessor, context: fork)
# Dispatch via: Skill(skill="wicked-garden-qe-risk-assessor")

Hook with Script

python .claude/skills/scaffolding/scripts/scaffold.py hook \
  --event PreToolUse \
  --script validate-tool-use \
  --description "Validate tool use before execution"

# Result:
# hooks/hooks.json (updated)
# hooks/scripts/validate-tool-use.py

References

• Naming conventions: .claude/CLAUDE.md (Naming Conventions section)
• Component manifest: .claude-plugin/components.json (domains + skills)
• Cross-tool context: Plugins that read project descriptor files should load AGENTS.md before CLAUDE.md (general → specific). AGENTS.md is read-only.