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name: project-scaffolding
description: "Create repos and licenses; author Copier, Cookiecutter, or Cruft templates and apply their updates."
license: MIT
metadata:
kind: collection
author: Médéric HURIER (Fmind)
source: github.com/fmind/dot/tree/main/skills/project-scaffolding
created: "2026-09-02"
updated: "2026-10-06"
---
# Project Scaffolding
Create the smallest useful repository or maintain its reusable template. Copier is the default for new templates; keep existing Cookiecutter/Cruft projects on their current workflow.
## Workflow
Read only the matching guide and its required resources. Use a known guide directly when shared prerequisites are not needed.
## Task guides
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- [bootstrap](references/bootstrap.md): Create a new repository: location, visibility, stack composition, shared layer, validation, and first push.
- [cookiecutter](references/cookiecutter/GUIDE.md): Generate from existing Cookiecutter templates and update Cruft-tracked projects without losing local edits.
- [copier](references/copier.md): Author new reusable Copier templates, generate projects, and apply tracked template updates.
- [project-license](references/project-license/GUIDE.md): Choose, write, and declare a repository LICENSE (MIT, CC-BY-4.0, or proprietary) by namespace and content.
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