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Install globally: `composer global require sandermuller/repo-init`. 1.4.2(1w ago)1148↓66.7%[1 PRs](https://github.com/SanderMuller/repo-init/pulls)1MITPHPPHP ^8.3CI passing Since May 17Pushed 5d agoCompare [ Source](https://github.com/SanderMuller/repo-init)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/sandermuller/repo-init)[ Docs](https://github.com/sandermuller/repo-init)[ RSS](/packages/sandermuller-repo-init/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced 1w ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (13)Versions (31)Used By (1) sandermuller/repo-init ====================== [](#sandermullerrepo-init) [![Latest Version on Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1aca7faa6e246408a41050c6e52aa6fd2aec3b7619ff6636df209035fe426c73/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f73616e6465726d756c6c65722f7265706f2d696e69742e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/sandermuller/repo-init)[![GitHub Tests Action Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/10d7febb6bf810881e2ebaf3121080c719ddd5c7be489c3f2cd8c78f64672e1c/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f616374696f6e732f776f726b666c6f772f7374617475732f73616e6465726d756c6c65722f7265706f2d696e69742f696e746567726974792e796d6c3f6272616e63683d6d61696e266c6162656c3d7465737473267374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://github.com/sandermuller/repo-init/actions/workflows/integrity.yml)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f2cf807cf9bbe67e579f69476f2ada29f44707eb30a5049d480fd8b1f5c9a549/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f73616e6465726d756c6c65722f7265706f2d696e69742e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/sandermuller/repo-init)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5736d82356a83092ac4fd035c8d386111018282cd749ecd71e4f9d82762cf79b/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f6c2f73616e6465726d756c6c65722f7265706f2d696e69742e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](LICENSE)[![Laravel Boost](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/90f2604136cf241bd1fa46f5c025c7dad12d8cdc1b66e7662c12003c7f79abf8/68747470733a2f2f62616467652e6c61726176656c2e636c6f75642f626f6f73742d62616467652e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://github.com/laravel/boost) AI playbook + stub library for bootstrapping the canonical Sander / hihaho dev setup. Pure markdown + stub files. **No PHP code in the package itself.** Install globally once, use everywhere — same UX as `composer global require laravel/installer`. What it does ------------ [](#what-it-does) Walks an AI agent (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, …) through **bootstrap**, **audit**, or **upgrade** of a PHP repo against a canonical baseline: - `pint.json`, `phpstan.neon.dist`, `phpstan-baseline.neon`, `rector.php` — code-quality tooling - `.editorconfig`, `.gitattributes` (with the `# >>> package-boost (managed) >>>` block — sentinel name preserved for backward compat; owned by `package-boost-php`), `.gitignore` - `.mcp.json` (Laravel-aware categories only; the framework-agnostic categories — `php-package`, `composer-plugin`, `phpstan-extension`, `rector-extension`, `skill-bundle` — skip it) - `.config/boost.php` — boost-core agent config, pinning Claude Code / Copilot / Codex (every category except `laravel-project`, which uses `laravel/boost`). The `.config/` layout is canonical (boost-core ≥ 0.17); the sync manifest lives at `.config/boost/` - `sandermuller/boost-skills` — the shared dev-workflow skill library, added to `require-dev` + `.config/boost.php`; bootstrap interactively picks which skill tags (`php` / `frontend` / `github` / `jira`) to activate - Shared `.github/workflows/{phpstan,pint-check,rector-check,update-changelog}.yml` + per-category `run-tests.yml` + `dependabot.yml` - `tests/Pest.php` or `phpunit.xml` (vendor-driven default) - Per-category extras (testbench.yaml, workbench/, ServiceProvider, extension.neon, src/Plugin.{shape}.php for composer-plugin, etc.) Install (one-time per machine) ------------------------------ [](#install-one-time-per-machine) ``` composer global require sandermuller/repo-init composer global exec -- boost sync --scope=user --all ``` The second command publishes the `repo-init` skill (and any other globally-installed [`sandermuller/boost-core`](https://github.com/SanderMuller/boost-core) consumer's skills) into `~/.claude/skills/sandermuller__repo-init/`, `~/.cursor/skills/sandermuller__repo-init/`, `~/.agents/skills/sandermuller__repo-init/`, etc. The skill then auto-activates in any project. Re-run `composer global exec -- boost sync --scope=user --all` after each `composer global update` to refresh. (The `composer global exec --` form runs `boost` from Composer's global `vendor/bin/` regardless of your current directory; the literal `--` separator stops Composer from interpreting `boost`'s flags as its own.) See `references/boost-core-user-scope.md` for the full contract. > **Changed in boost-core 0.6.0.** Before 0.6.0 boost-core was a Composer plugin and auto-synced on every `composer global` install/update. 0.6.0 removed the plugin (boost-core is now `type: library`); the sync is the one-line manual command above instead. Older boost-core migrations (e.g. the 0.4.0 user-scope slug rename) are covered in [`UPGRADING.md`](UPGRADING.md). Use --- [](#use) Ask Claude (or any agent with the synced skill): > Set up this repo as a Laravel package. Audit this repo against the canonical setup. Upgrade tooling here to current baseline. The agent reads the `repo-init` skill, decides intent + category, and opens the matching phase file from `$(composer global config home)/vendor/sandermuller/repo-init/phases/`. Everything happens in your conversation; nothing is written to your target repo by repo-init itself (the agent does the writes, following the phase's instructions). Update ------ [](#update) ``` composer global update sandermuller/repo-init composer global exec -- boost sync --scope=user --all ``` The second line is required: boost-core 0.6.0 removed the auto-sync plugin, so refreshing the user-scope skill dirs is a manual command after every update. Repo categories supported ------------------------- [](#repo-categories-supported) CategoryDetection signal`laravel-project``type: project` + `laravel/framework` in `require``laravel-package` (sander-style)`type: library` + `illuminate/*` in `require``laravel-package` (spatie-style)+ `spatie/laravel-package-tools` in `require``php-package``type: library`, framework-agnostic`phpstan-extension``type: phpstan-extension``rector-extension``type: rector-extension``composer-plugin``type: composer-plugin``skill-bundle``type: library` + `sandermuller/boost-core` in `require`Each has its own bootstrap, audit, and upgrade phase file (23 phase files total — 7 audit + 7 upgrade + 9 bootstrap, the extra 2 bootstraps cover `filament-plugin` and `nova-tool` which fall through to `laravel-package` for audit/upgrade). `composer-plugin` covers framework-agnostic Composer plugins (e.g. boost-core, package-boost-php) with sub-flags for command-provider / event-subscriber shapes. `skill-bundle` covers distributable packages whose product is AI agent skills — `type: library`, `sandermuller/boost-core` in runtime `require`, ships `resources/boost/skills/`, no `src/`. What's NOT in the package ------------------------- [](#whats-not-in-the-package) - No PHP source under `src/`. No artisan commands, no Symfony Console binary. The agent does all the work. - No state files written to your target repo. No `.repo-init-state.json`, no `.ai/playbooks/repo-init/` copies. Stubs are read in place from the global vendor dir. - No automatic destructive ops. Every overwrite, every dep install, every `composer require` is gated on a prompt or a documented safety rail (see [`checklists/per-category-never-touch.md`](checklists/per-category-never-touch.md)). Project-local install (escape hatch) ------------------------------------ [](#project-local-install-escape-hatch) If you want to pin a specific repo-init version per project: ``` composer require --dev sandermuller/repo-init vendor/bin/boost sync ``` The project-local install takes precedence over the global one. Remove with `composer remove --dev sandermuller/repo-init`. Uninstall --------- [](#uninstall) ``` composer global remove sandermuller/repo-init ``` Optional skill cleanup (the synced user-level skill dirs survive `composer global remove` because `sync` writes file copies — see `references/boost-core-user-scope.md`): ``` rm -rf ~/.{claude,cursor,agents,github,amp,gemini,junie,kiro,opencode}/skills/sandermuller__repo-init ``` (boost-core 0.6+ fans into 9 agent targets — the brace expansion above clears all of them in one line. Keep the synced skills if you might re-install later — re-running the install + `composer global exec -- boost sync --scope=user --all` re-syncs them, so leaving them in place is harmless.) Design ------ [](#design) See [`SPEC.md`](SPEC.md) for the full design (markdown-only + global-install model). Highlights: - Single entry point — [`resources/boost/skills/repo-init/SKILL.md`](resources/boost/skills/repo-init/SKILL.md). - 23 self-contained phase playbooks under [`phases/`](phases/). - 18 reference docs under [`references/`](references/) (incl. machine-readable [`per-category-deps.yml`](references/per-category-deps.yml)). - 5 checklists under [`checklists/`](checklists/). - 13 stub trees under [`stubs/`](stubs/) — `shared/` + 2 test-framework variants + 10 categories (composer-plugin, filament-plugin, laravel-package, laravel-package-spatie, laravel-project, nova-tool, php-package, phpstan-extension, rector-extension, skill-bundle). Dependencies ------------ [](#dependencies) Runtime (`require`) — what `composer global require sandermuller/repo-init` pulls in for every consumer: - [`sandermuller/boost-core`](https://github.com/SanderMuller/boost-core) — `type: library` from 0.6.0 (the Composer plugin was removed in that release). Ships the standalone `vendor/bin/boost` bin and the `BoostAutoSync::run` auto-sync engine (silent on no-op installs; prints the one-line sync summary when `wrote>0`). Categories that depend on boost-core directly (`skill-bundle`) wire `BoostAutoSync::run` in `post-install-cmd` / `post-update-cmd`; wrapper categories instead wire their wrapper's namespace façade (`PackageBoostPhp\Scripts\AutoSync::run` / `PackageBoostLaravel\Scripts\AutoSync::run`), which delegates to it — so the scaffold references only a class from its own direct dependency. See [`references/composer-scripts.md`](references/composer-scripts.md). Maintenance (`require-dev`) — used only by repo-init's own dev workflow; NOT propagated to consumers (Composer never installs a required package's `require-dev`): - [`sandermuller/package-boost-php`](https://github.com/SanderMuller/package-boost-php) — the boost-family umbrella repo-init dogfoods (it's also what the `php-package` / `phpstan-extension` / `rector-extension` / `composer-plugin` scaffolds pin). - [`sandermuller/boost-skills`](https://github.com/SanderMuller/boost-skills) — the shared dev-workflow skill library (code-review, bug-fixing, pre-release, evaluate, …); boost-core syncs its skills into repo-init's agent dirs at dev time. - `laravel/pint` — code style. Contributing ------------ [](#contributing) See [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md). Security -------- [](#security) See [`SECURITY.md`](SECURITY.md). Changelog --------- [](#changelog) See [`CHANGELOG.md`](CHANGELOG.md). License ------- [](#license) MIT — see [`LICENSE`](LICENSE). ### Health Score 49 — FairBetter than 94% of packages Maintenance99 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity17 Limited adoption so far Community8 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity59 Maturing project, gaining track record Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. 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