init-library

name	init-library
description	Initialize a new Python library with modern tooling, packaging, tests, and optional CLI support. Use when the user wants to scaffold a new Python package.

Init Library

Ask the user

1. Library name
2. Short description
3. Runtime dependencies
4. Whether the package should install a CLI executable

Scaffold

Create:

<library_name>/
├── <library_name>/__init__.py
├── <library_name>/__version__.py        # __version__ = "0.0.1"
├── <library_name>/cli.py                # only if CLI requested — see cli.py
├── tests/__init__.py
├── pyproject.toml                       # see pyproject.toml
├── Makefile                             # see Makefile
├── README.md
├── .gitignore
├── .python-version                      # 3.13
└── uv.lock

Substitute <library_name> and <description> throughout. If no CLI was requested, drop cli.py and the [project.scripts] block in pyproject.toml.

Then run uv sync --dev and confirm uv run pytest works on an empty test.

Publish setup

After the repo is on GitHub, run the setup-pypi-ci skill to add the CI publish workflow and make release target.