Code Standards — Universal AI Tool Configuration Generator

Generate code standards files based on Linus Torvalds' "Good Taste" philosophy. Auto-detects AI tools in your project and creates the appropriate configuration files in the user's language.

When to Use

• User wants to set up coding standards for a project
• User wants to sync code quality rules across AI coding tools
• User mentions "code standards", "init claude md", "code review", or equivalent in any language

Instructions for Agent

Step 1: Detect Language & Read Template

Detect the user's language. Read the matching template from this skill's references/ directory:

• Simplified Chinese → references/code-standards-zh-CN.md
• Traditional Chinese → references/code-standards-zh-TW.md
• Japanese → references/code-standards-ja.md
• All other languages → references/code-standards-en.md

Step 2: Detect AI Tools

PROJECT_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null || pwd)

[ -d "$PROJECT_ROOT/.cursor" ] && echo "CURSOR"
[ -f "$PROJECT_ROOT/AGENTS.md" ] || [ -d "$PROJECT_ROOT/.codex" ] && echo "CODEX"
[ -f "$PROJECT_ROOT/GEMINI.md" ] || [ -d "$PROJECT_ROOT/.gemini" ] && echo "GEMINI"
[ -d "$PROJECT_ROOT/.github" ] && echo "COPILOT"
[ -d "$PROJECT_ROOT/.windsurf" ] || [ -f "$PROJECT_ROOT/.windsurfrules" ] && echo "WINDSURF"
[ -f "$PROJECT_ROOT/.aider.conf.yml" ] && echo "AIDER"
[ -d "$PROJECT_ROOT/.clinerules" ] || [ -d "$PROJECT_ROOT/.roo" ] && echo "CLINE"

Step 3: Generate Files

Write the template content directly. No confirmation needed — the user invoked this skill, that IS the intent.

Always generate: CLAUDE.md

For each detected tool, also generate:

Tool	File	Notes
Cursor	.cursor/rules/code-standards.mdc	Prepend ---\ndescription: "Linus Torvalds code standards"\nalwaysApply: true\n---\n
Codex	AGENTS.md	Same content
Gemini	GEMINI.md	Same content
Copilot	.github/copilot-instructions.md	mkdir -p .github first
Windsurf	.windsurfrules	Same content
Aider	CONVENTIONS.md	Same content
Cline/Roo	.clinerules/code-standards.md	mkdir -p .clinerules first

Step 4: Report

Report created files in the user's language. Keep it brief.

Response Guidelines

1. Execute immediately — No confirmation, no "shall I proceed?". Just write.
2. Unconditionally overwrite existing files — Always overwrite CLAUDE.md and other config files without asking. The invocation is explicit intent to replace.
3. Respond in user's language — Match the language they used to invoke.
4. No extra commentary — Detect, write, report. Done.

Error Handling

Situation	Action
Not in a git repo	Use current directory as root
No tools detected	Only generate CLAUDE.md
Permission denied	Report error with path
Template not found	Fall back to English