Template Initialization

Automate project initialization from template-ts by driving the interactive script non-interactively. The script now features intelligent defaults auto-detection from git config and environment, skills discovery based on project context, and automatic installation of specify tools for GitHub Copilot.

Workflow

1. Detect intelligent defaults - Auto-detect project name, author, email, repo URL from environment and git config
2. Gather inputs - Ask user for required fields with intelligent defaults pre-filled; only description typically needs manual input
3. Discover skills - Analyze project description to recommend relevant skills from https://skills.sh/
4. Validate environment - Check Node.js >= 20, pnpm >= 10, and scripts are executable
5. Execute initialization - Run init script with piped answers
6. Install Copilot tools - Automatically install specify and specify-extend with Copilot agent
7. Verify setup - Run lint and tests, report results

Required Inputs

Collect these from the user before proceeding (or use intelligent defaults):

• project_name - Project name (default: auto-detected from basename $(pwd))
• author_name - Author name (default: auto-detected from git config user.name)
• description - Project description (no default, user must provide)

Optional (intelligent defaults provided):

• author_email - Author email (default: auto-detected from git config user.email)
• repository_url - Repository URL (default: auto-detected from git remote.origin.url)
• package_scope - Package scope (default: if monorepo use the project name, otherwise extract from project name e.g., "acme-app" → "acme", fallback: "")
• remove_example_packages - Remove example packages? (default: "y")
• remove_example_tests - Remove example tests? (default: "y")
• remove_example_e2e - Remove E2E tests? (default: "y")
• replace_template_initialization - Replace TEMPLATE_INITIALIZATION.md? (default: "y")

Execution

Run the init script using zx:

# Example with intelligent defaults (most values will be auto-detected)
# The script is interactive, so run it directly
node scripts/init-template.mjs

Note:

• Empty strings ("") will use intelligent defaults auto-detected from git config and environment
• The script will auto-detect: project name (from directory), author name/email (from git config), repo URL (from git remote), and package scope (from project name pattern)
• The 6th line (y) confirms to proceed after showing the configuration summary
• Skills discovery will run automatically based on the project description provided

Skills Discovery

The script now automatically analyzes the project description and recommends relevant skills from https://skills.sh/. This happens transparently during initialization. The recommended skills will be available in agent-specific directories (.copilot/, .claude/, .codex/, .gemini/).

Copilot Integration

The script automatically installs specify tools for GitHub Copilot:

• uvx specify --ai copilot - Installs specify with Copilot agent
• uvx specify-extend --agent copilot - Installs specify extensions

If uvx is not available, the script provides instructions for manual installation.

Post-Initialization

Run validation commands:

pnpm run lint
pnpm test

What Gets Updated

• package.json - Project metadata, author, description, repository
• README.md - Generated with project details
• AGENTS.md - Generated with project name and agent guidance (with correct "Copilot" capitalization)
• scripts/TEMPLATE_INITIALIZATION.md - Optionally replaced with starter guide
• .copilot/skills/ - Skills directory created with symlinks to recommended skills
• Example packages/tests - Optionally removed based on user choices
• Git repository - Initialized with initial commit if not already present
• Specify tools - Installed automatically for GitHub Copilot integration

New Features

Intelligent Defaults Auto-Detection

• Project name: basename $(pwd)
• Author name: git config user.name
• Author email: git config user.email
• Repository URL: git config remote.origin.url
• Package scope: Extracted from project name (e.g., "acme-app" → "acme")

Skills Discovery

• Runs scripts/discover-skills.mjs to analyze project context
• Recommends relevant skills based on project name and description
• Skills matched against patterns from https://skills.sh/
• Output includes recommended skills list for the agent directories

Copilot Integration

• Automatically installs uvx specify --ai copilot
• Automatically installs uvx specify-extend --agent copilot
• Provides manual installation instructions if uvx unavailable

Deliverables

Report to user:

• Configuration summary (inputs used, including auto-detected defaults)
• Discovered skills recommendations
• Commands executed
• Specify tools installation status
• Lint results
• Test results
• Location of updated files
• Skills available in .copilot/, .claude/, .codex/, .gemini/ directories