What is the Project Guidelines Skill for Claude Code?

It is a specialized template that allows you to define and enforce architecture, file structures, and coding standards specifically tailored to your software project.

Which tech stack does this specific example support?

This example is based on the Zenith platform, featuring Next.js 15, FastAPI, Supabase, and Claude API integration, but it can be customized for any stack.

Can it help with deployment?

Yes, it includes pre-deployment checklists and specific command patterns for deploying to platforms like Google Cloud Run and Vercel.

Why should I use a project-specific skill?

Using a project-specific skill ensures that Claude understands your unique architectural decisions and coding style, reducing errors and inconsistent implementations.

How does it improve code quality?

It enforces critical rules such as Test-Driven Development (TDD), minimum 80% code coverage, immutability, and specific file length limits.

Project Guidelines & Architecture Template

Name: Project Guidelines & Architecture Template
Author: affaan-m

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Productivity & Workflow

Standardizes project architecture, code patterns, and deployment workflows for full-stack AI applications.

This skill provides a comprehensive template for defining project-specific standards, encompassing architecture overviews, file structures, and production-ready code patterns. It is designed to ensure consistency across the entire development lifecycle—from FastAPI backend logic and Next.js frontend components to rigorous testing requirements and automated deployment workflows on Google Cloud Run. By implementing these guidelines, teams can maintain high code quality through enforced TDD practices, immutability rules, and standardized API integration patterns.

Key Features

0134,605 GitHub stars

02Full-stack architecture blueprints for Next.js and FastAPI

03Comprehensive testing protocols for Playwright and pytest

04Automated deployment workflows for Vercel and Google Cloud Run

05Production-ready API response and tool-calling patterns

06Strict coding standards including TDD and immutability enforcement

Use Cases

01Maintaining architectural consistency across complex microservices or monorepos

02Bootstrapping new production-grade AI applications with standardized rules

03Onboarding new developers to a specific project's file structure and patterns

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add affaan-m/everything-claude-code project-guidelines-example

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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