Individual skill
setting-up-a-project
Use when asked to set up, onboard, initialize, or spec a project with no spec graph, or when invoked by the app's Set-up-project card. Not for ordinary work in an already-specced project.
packages/pi-thinkrail-workflow/skills/setting-up-a-project/SKILL.md
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# Setting up a project — dispatcher
The single entry point for turning a project into a spec graph. Figure out which situation you're in, then
follow the matching skill — don't improvise the flow yourself.
## 1. Detect
Look at the workspace and use the spec tools (`spec_grep` / `spec_graph`):
- Is there already a spec graph (a `goal-and-requirements.md` or any `SPEC.md`)?
- Is there real source code, or is the repo empty / near-empty (just a README or scaffolding)?
## 2. Route