kickoff

name

kickoff

description

Scaffolds a new project in the current directory — creates CLAUDE.md, CHANGELOG.md, .gitignore, README.md, and a source dir, initializes git with a first commit, and offers to create a GitHub repo. Prompts for project name, description, and language/framework first. Use when the user wants to "start a new project", "bootstrap a repo", "set up a fresh project", "scaffold a codebase", or "kick off" a new build from scratch.

When the user runs /kickoff, do the following:

1. Ask for: project name, brief description, and primary language/framework
2. Create this structure in the current directory:

<project-name>/
├── CLAUDE.md          # Project-specific instructions (build commands, conventions, architecture notes)
├── CHANGELOG.md       # Session log — updated at end of each work session
├── .gitignore         # Language-appropriate ignores
├── README.md          # Project name + one-line description
└── src/               # (or appropriate source directory for the framework)

3. Initialize git and make the first commit
4. The project CLAUDE.md should include:
   • Project description
   • Build/run/test commands (fill in once known)
   • Key architectural decisions (fill in as they're made)
   • A "Conventions" section for patterns to follow
5. The CHANGELOG.md should start with today's date and "Project created"
6. Ask the user if they want to create a GitHub repo (gh repo create)