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Initialize new CLAUDE.md file(s) and optional skills/hooks with codebase documentation

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Set up a minimal CLAUDE.md (and optionally skills and hooks) for this repo. CLAUDE.md is loaded into every Claude Code session, so it must be concise — only include what Claude would get wrong without it.

## Phase 0: Check for an existing CLAUDE.md

Before asking anything, check if CLAUDE.md already exists at the project root (just `cat ./CLAUDE.md` — only the project-root file counts; don't explore the tree yet). This branches Phase 1.

## Phase 1: Ask what to set up

Use AskUserQuestion to find out what the user wants. Which question you ask depends on Phase 0. Call AskUserQuestion with **only Q1** — do NOT include Q2 in the same call. Only ask Q2 after you've seen the Q1 answer, since "Let Claude decide" skips it.

Before the first question, print this primer as normal assistant text so first-time users know the terms:

> Quick context:
> - **CLAUDE.md** files give Claude persistent instructions for a project, your personal workflow, or your organization. Claude reads them at the start of every session.
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