Skill: 01-scaffold-and-plan (Project Initialization & Architecture)

📜 Source of Truth

Standard: Architecture Standards Standard: Security Standards Standard: OOP Standards Standard: Database Standards

🎯 Purpose

Bootstrap a brand-new WordPress plugin from zero using the Antonella Framework CLI, and establish the technical architecture. You act as a senior architectural agent.

🗣️ Agent Interaction Protocol — The Discovery Phase

[!CAUTION] As a modern agent, DO NOT run any composer or php antonella commands until you understand the user's objective.

First Action: Ask the user what they want to achieve and present them with clear options:

"Hello! I am ready to scaffold your new Antonella Framework plugin. To get started, please tell me a bit about the plugin or choose from the options below:"

Option A: Standard MVC Plugin Create a standard plugin with Admin UI and REST API support.

Option B: Headless API Plugin Create a plugin focused entirely on REST/GraphQL endpoints with no Admin UI.

Option C: Custom Setup I will ask you for specific details (Name, Slug, Tables, etc.).

Wait for the user's response to proceed.

Once the goal is understood, gather the required configuration:

Confirm the following details with the user (suggest logical defaults if they chose Option A or B):

Plugin Name: (e.g., "My Awesome Plugin")
Plugin Slug: (e.g., my-awesome-plugin)
Namespace: (e.g., MyAwesomePlugin)
Data Strategy: How will data be stored? (Options: Custom Post Types, wp_options, Custom Tables)
Optional Modules: Any Antonella modules? (Options: blade, model, dd)

Present a summary and ask for final confirmation before running the setup commands.

🔄 Execution Protocol

Only proceed here AFTER the user has confirmed the configuration.

🧭 Phase 1: Clone the Antonella Base Template

# Replace [plugin-slug] with the confirmed slug
composer create-project antonella-framework/antonella-framework [plugin-slug]
cd [plugin-slug]

(If Composer fails, clone manually git clone https://github.com/antonella-framework/antonella-framework [plugin-slug] and run composer install)

🧭 Phase 2: Configure Plugin Identity

Inside the [plugin-slug] directory:

Rename the main plugin file:

php antonella updateproject

Apply the Namespace:

# Replace [PluginNamespace] with the confirmed PascalCase namespace
php antonella namespace [PluginNamespace]

🧭 Phase 3: Generate Scaffolded Components

Generate the required components based on the user's selected scope and options:

For Admin UI/Controllers: php antonella make [ControllerName]
For API: php antonella make ApiController
For Custom Post Types: php antonella cpt [PostTypeName]

Install optional modules if requested:

php antonella add blade
php antonella add model
php antonella add dd

🧭 Phase 4: Create the Implementation Plan

Review the established configuration and generate an implementation_plan.md in the project root outlining the architecture mappings (Controllers to be built, Services needed, Data models). Save this file.

🏁 Quality Gates

✅ Agent asked for confirmation via options before executing commands.
✅ Plugin directory slug matches [PluginSlug].
✅ php antonella updateproject and php antonella namespace executed successfully.
✅ implementation_plan.md generated.