What do I need to use Claude Project Setup?

The project; The conventions; The commands; The danger zones; Your agent.

Is Claude Project Setup free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Claude Project Setup

Q: How do I know the Claude Project Setup output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: Orients the agent to purpose and architecture first; Makes implicit conventions explicit; Includes the exact build/test/lint/run commands; Sets guardrails on danger zones and verification.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-08-18 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-ai-native

Set up a repo or project so an AI coding agent works well in it — the CLAUDE.md, the context, the guardrails, and the conventions the agent needs to be useful instead of lost. Use when asked how do I set up CLAUDE.md, configure my repo for Claude Code, my AI agent keeps getting my project wrong, or onboard an AI agent to my codebase. Produces a structured CLAUDE.md/project-context file (architecture, conventions, commands, do-nots), the right level of detail (enough to orient, not a novel), the guardrails that keep the agent safe (what not to touch, how to test), and a maintenance habit so it stays current — turning a repo an agent flails in into one it navigates like a teammate.

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🗣 Say this to your agent

“How do I set up a CLAUDE.md for my repo?”“Configure my project so Claude Code works well in it.”“My AI agent keeps misunderstanding my codebase — how do I fix that?”“What should go in my project's AI context file?”“Onboard an AI coding agent to my project properly.”

What to give it

▸The project — what it is, the stack, rough architecture

▸The conventions — the patterns and rules you'd tell a new hire

▸The commands — how to build, test, lint, run

▸The danger zones — what an agent should never touch or must be careful with

▸Your agent — Claude Code, Cursor, etc. (file name/location may differ)

✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓Orients the agent to purpose and architecture first

✓Makes implicit conventions explicit

✓Includes the exact build/test/lint/run commands

✓Sets guardrails on danger zones and verification

✓Keeps the doc at a readable altitude; sets a maintenance habit

⚠️ What it refuses to do

**A novel** the agent won't read, or a stub that orients nothing.

**Omitting the commands**, so the agent can't verify its work.

**Missing guardrails** on irreversible or dangerous actions.

**Assuming the agent infers conventions** it has no way to know.

**Writing it once** and letting it drift out of date.

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

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