ccc-start

name	ccc-start
description	First-run onboarding for CC Commander. Detects setup, introduces the 22 specialist agent personas, and drafts a personalized start plan. Use when the user types…
allowed-tools	["Read","Write","Edit","Bash","Glob","Grep","Agent","AskUserQuestion","EnterPlanMode","ExitPlanMode"]
argument-hint	[new | existing | tour | skip]

/ccc-start — First-Run Onboarding

This is the welcome mat. User installed CC Commander, and the Desktop app routed them here. Goal: make them feel oriented in under 90 seconds, give them a real artifact (a plan file) to anchor the next session, and never force them to type a number.

Response shape (EVERY time)

Output exactly these three sections in order:

1. ASCII hero (read banner.txt + interpolate version)

Read ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/lib/banner.txt via Read tool. Replace {{VERSION}} with the version string from ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/.claude-plugin/plugin.json. Render in a fenced code block.

After the banner, add a single welcome line:

Welcome to CC Commander — let's get you oriented in under 90 seconds.

2. Context strip (one paragraph, markdown)

Detect setup with parallel checks (one Bash call, chained with &&, silent on failure). Never hardcode counts — compute them live, same as the VERSION read:

• ls ~/.claude/plugins/*/plugin.json 2>/dev/null | wc -l → other plugins installed
• ls ~/.claude/plans/ 2>/dev/null | wc -l → prior plans
• git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null → inside a repo?
• ls ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/agents/*.md 2>/dev/null | wc -l → agents available
• ls -d ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/*/ 2>/dev/null | wc -l → plugin skills
• node -e "console.log(Object.keys(require('${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/.mcp.json').mcpServers||{}).length)" 2>/dev/null → bundled MCPs

Render a one-line summary:

🧭 Setup: <N> plugins installed · <M> existing plans · repo: <name or "none"> · agents available: <computed> · MCPs: <computed> bundled (16 opt-in via /ccc-connect)

If first-time (no plugins, no plans, no repo): "🧭 Fresh install — let's set you up in under 2 minutes."

3. The picker — AskUserQuestion with 4 intents

Never render a numbered list. Never tell the user to type a number. Call AskUserQuestion with exactly these four options. Prepend ⭐ to the recommended one based on context (logic below).

question: "How do you want to start?"
header: "CC Commander onboarding"
multiSelect: false
options:
  - label: "🚀 Set up a new project"
    description: "Blank canvas — we scaffold a web app, API, CLI, or mobile app and write the first plan file together."
    preview: "Routes to /ccc-build after a 3-question spec interview. ~90 seconds."
  - label: "📦 Import existing project"
    description: "Point us at your repo — we scan, write CLAUDE.md, and recommend the right agents for your stack."
    preview: "Runs stack detection + writes a personalized plan to ~/.claude/plans/."
  - label: "🗺️ Just show me around"
    description: "Quick tour of the specialist agent personas, plugin skills, and bundled MCP servers (use the live counts from the context strip). No commitment."
    preview: "Routes to /ccc-browse — browse agents and skills by category."
  - label: "⏭️ Skip — I know what I'm doing"
    description: "Drop me at the main /ccc hub. No onboarding."
    preview: "Jumps straight to the top-level picker."

Recommendation logic (⭐ on ONE option):

• Inside a git repo with code files but no CLAUDE.md → ⭐ "Import existing project"
• Fresh install, no repo detected → ⭐ "Set up a new project"
• Repo exists AND has CLAUDE.md → ⭐ "Just show me around"
• Argument skip passed → skip the picker, route straight to /ccc

Handle the selection

New project → spec interview → plan file

Cascade via AskUserQuestion (3 quick questions, ≤4 options each):

1. "What are you building?" → Web app / API / CLI / Mobile
2. "Who's the audience?" → Solo/team / SMB / Enterprise / Public
3. "What's the first milestone?" → MVP demo / First paying user / Open-source launch / Internal tool

Then write the plan file:

1. Check the system-reminder for a "Plan File Info" block — if present, use that path.
2. If no plan mode is active: call EnterPlanMode and use the path it returns.
3. Write the plan to the resolved path containing:
   • Project type, audience, milestone
   • 3 recommended agents from the live roster (see matrix below; count from the context strip)
   • Next 3 concrete steps
   • The /ccc-build-<type> command to run next
4. Call ExitPlanMode to surface the plan in the Desktop Plan pane.

Finally: invoke ccc-build skill to scaffold.

Import existing → scan + plan

Parallel Bash scan:

• ls package.json pyproject.toml Cargo.toml go.mod 2>/dev/null → stack
• git log --oneline | head -5 → activity signal
• grep -l "CLAUDE.md" . 2>/dev/null → already configured?

Then route through the /ccc-adopt skill — it already does the safe CLAUDE.md flow (diff preview → AskUserQuestion approval → backup → delimited write). Never freeform-write CLAUDE.md from an architect brief here; adopt owns that surface. After adopt completes, write the start plan (recommended agents + next 3 steps) via EnterPlanMode → write → ExitPlanMode.

Return: one-line summary + path to the plan.

Show around → browse

Invoke ccc-browse skill inline. User picks a category, we cascade.

Skip → main hub

Invoke ccc skill inline. No wrapping text — the next picker does the work.

The 22 agents (for reference when recommending)

Read ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/agents/ if you need the live frontmatter. Baseline matrix:

Persona	Best for
🏗️ architect	System design, tech selection, refactoring strategy
🔨 builder	TDD implementation, feature work, bug fixes
🐛 debugger	Root-cause investigation, Iron Law enforced
🔍 reviewer	PR review, severity-rated findings
🧪 qa-engineer	Test suites, coverage, edge cases
🔐 security-auditor	OWASP audits, CVE mapping, remediation
⚡ performance-engineer	Hot-path profiling, N+1, bundle size
🎨 designer	UI/UX, frontend implementation, anti-slop
🚀 devops-engineer	CI/CD, deploys, infra, monitoring
🎯 product-manager	PRDs, user stories, Linear issues
📝 technical-writer	Docs, READMEs, API reference
🔬 researcher	Competitive, market, lit review
📊 data-analyst	Cohort analysis, insights, viz specs
✍️ content-strategist	Editorial calendars, content pillars
⚙️ fleet-worker	Parallel batch work (migrations, sweeps)
🔷 typescript-reviewer	TypeScript-specific code review, type safety
🐍 python-reviewer	Python-specific code review, idioms, packaging
🐹 go-reviewer	Go-specific code review, concurrency, error handling
🦀 rust-reviewer	Rust-specific code review, ownership, unsafe audit
☕ java-reviewer	Java-specific code review, JVM patterns, Spring
🟣 kotlin-reviewer	Kotlin-specific code review, coroutines, Android
🟦 csharp-reviewer	C#-specific code review, .NET patterns, async

Pick 3 based on context signal (e.g. Next.js repo → designer + builder + qa-engineer).

Anti-patterns — DO NOT do these

• ❌ Render a numbered list "1. New project, 2. Existing, ..." — always use AskUserQuestion
• ❌ Dump HTML fenced blocks expecting artifact rendering — Cowork Desktop shows them as code
• ❌ Tell the user to "type the number" — pickers only
• ❌ Reference the legacy CLI (ccc npm binary) — this is the Desktop plugin audience
• ❌ Hardcode VERSION — always read from plugin.json
• ❌ Hardcode agent/skill/MCP counts — compute them live from the plugin directory (context strip checks)

Brand rules

• Always read VERSION from plugin.json — the marketplace sometimes caches; if plugin.json has <installed-version> and GitHub has newer, surface that in the context strip.
• Emoji-forward, concise — PM Consultant voice, decision up front.
• The plan file is the artifact — every onboarding flow ends with a real file the user can open.
• Never mention legacy CLI modes — ccc --interactive, ccc --split, etc. are out of scope here.

Plan file template

When writing the plan file (path from EnterPlanMode or existing session plan path):

# CC Commander Start Plan — <date>

**User path:** <new | existing | tour | skip>
**Project:** <name or "unnamed">
**Stack detected:** <list or "none">
**Recommended agents:** <3 agents with one-line why each>

## Next 3 steps

1. [ ] <concrete action with /ccc-<command>>
2. [ ] <concrete action>
3. [ ] <concrete action>

## Quick links

- `/ccc` — main hub
- `/ccc-browse` — browse all skills + agents
- `/ccc-plan` — write a feature plan
- [CC Commander docs](https://commanderplugin.com)

---

Written by `/ccc-start` on <timestamp>.

L. Optional: Answer-first output mode

After the plan file is written, offer a one-time optional output-style toggle. NON-BLOCKING — user can skip. Recommend it (⭐) when the user's path was "new" or "existing" (beginners benefit most); no star needed on "tour"/"skip".

question: "Want answer-first output? (optional — skip if you prefer)"
header: "CC Commander — Output style"
multiSelect: false
options:
  - label: "⚡ Answer-first output"
    description: "Great for beginners — the fix is always the first line. Command and file:line follow, context last."
    preview: "Based on ayghri/i-have-adhd (MIT). Writes {\"adhd\": true} to ~/.claude/commander/output-mode.json. Toggle anytime with /ccc-adhd off."
  - label: "📝 Keep the normal style"
    description: "Standard CCC voice — context and reasoning woven in, not just answer-first."
    preview: "No change — default behavior."
  - label: "⚡ + 🗿 Answer-first, compressed too"
    description: "Answer-first ordering AND ~75% fewer output tokens (stacks with caveman mode)."
    preview: "Writes {\"adhd\": true, \"stackCaveman\": true}."
  - label: "⏭️ Decide later"
    description: "Skip for now — run /ccc-adhd anytime to turn it on."
    preview: "No change."

If the user picks either answer-first option, run the write from ccc-adhd/SKILL.md's "State persistence" section (set stackCaveman: true only for the third option), then confirm in one line: "Answer-first mode on — the fix leads from here." Otherwise, no write, no comment needed beyond moving on.

M. Optional: Connect your stack (affiliate-supported)

After the plan file is written, offer a one-time optional "stack connection" step. This is NON-BLOCKING — user can skip.

Render:

question: "Want to connect your stack? (optional — skip if you prefer)"
header: "CC Commander — Connect your tools"
multiSelect: true
options:
  - label: "💾 Supabase — managed Postgres + auth"
    description: "Database-as-a-service with built-in authentication and real-time."
    preview: "[Sign up free](https://supabase.com?utm_source=ccc&utm_medium=plugin&utm_campaign=ccc-start&utm_content=supabase-auth)"
  - label: "🌐 Vercel — deployment + serverless"
    description: "Deploy your app with one click. Perfect for Next.js + Node."
    preview: "[Sign up free](https://vercel.com?utm_source=ccc&utm_medium=plugin&utm_campaign=ccc-start&utm_content=vercel-deploy)"
  - label: "🔗 Cloudflare — edge network + workers"
    description: "Fast global CDN, edge functions, and real-time messaging."
    preview: "[Sign up free](https://www.cloudflare.com?utm_source=ccc&utm_medium=plugin&utm_campaign=ccc-start&utm_content=cloudflare-edge)"

If the user selects any, render a brief confirmation:

✨ Great! Click those links to sign up. We'll remember you chose these partners.

Then move on to the "Mark onboarding complete" step.

If the user skips this step, render:

No problem — you can connect tools anytime via /ccc-connect.

Then move on to the "Mark onboarding complete" step.

N. Mark onboarding complete (MANDATORY last step)

After the tour concludes (user has answered all questions, plan file written), run this bash command to flip the onboarding flag. This ensures the user is never shown /ccc-start again unless they reset state.

node -e "
  const fs=require('fs'); const os=require('os');
  const p=os.homedir()+'/.claude/commander/state.json';
  let s={}; try{s=JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(p,'utf8'));}catch(e){}
  s.onboardingCompleted=true;
  s.completedAt=new Date().toISOString();
  fs.mkdirSync(os.homedir()+'/.claude/commander',{recursive:true});
  fs.writeFileSync(p,JSON.stringify(s,null,2));
  console.log('onboarding marked complete');
"

Reply to the user with a one-line confirmation:

✅ Onboarding complete. Next time you run /ccc, you go straight to the main menu.

Session Persistence

Tip: Run /ccc-save-session before closing a working session to capture state. Then /ccc-resume-session at the start of your next one to pick up instantly. Both are built into CC Commander — no extra install needed.

How CC Commander is sustained (mention near the end of the tour)

CC Commander's core is free forever — all skills, all agents, all hooks, all bundled MCP servers. No feature gating, no paywalls, no license checks. The MIT-licensed plugin code stays open-source. A hosted-infrastructure Pro tier is planned later (hosted MCP only) — all content stays free forever. The project is sustained by four transparent levers:

Lever	What it is	Where
Affiliate links	Transparent partner links in /ccc-connect and scaffolds (Supabase, Vercel, Neon, …)	/ccc-connect
Hire Kevin	Teams shipping AI features who need senior help	kevinz.ai/consulting
Pro community (optional)	$49/mo Discord — community, not features; the plugin stays fully free	commanderplugin.com
GitHub Sponsors + star	Fund or boost the project directly	github.com/sponsors/KevinZai · github.com/KevinZai/commander

Mention this once during the tour close — never as a paywall, never blocking flow. There is no paid feature tier: every user gets everything.

Tips for the agent executing this skill

1. Whole flow is ≤6 turns: header+context+picker → user clicks → cascade questions → write plan → dispatch. Don't overthink.
2. If the user passes skip as argument, bypass the picker entirely and invoke ccc.
3. If the user passes new / existing / tour, skip the picker and route to the matching branch.
4. Parallelize all Bash context detection into a single call — saves ~3 turns.
5. If ~/.claude/plans/ doesn't exist, create it with mkdir -p before Write.
6. Always run step N (mark onboarding complete) as the final action — even if the user picks "Skip". The gate in /ccc checks this flag.

---

Bottom line: header → context → 4-option picker → cascade → plan file → mark complete. The plan file is proof the onboarding landed. User never types a number.

---

⚙️ Fable contract: plan before build · verifier ≠ worker · prove before alarm · loops need gates · leave durable state — rules/fable-method.md