Can I add my own custom templates?

Yes, the skill is extensible, allowing you to create custom JSON templates to enforce specific organizational standards or preferred tech stacks.

How does the research-backed guidance work?

Each option includes data from sources like npm trends, TechEmpower benchmarks, and developer surveys to help you make informed architectural choices based on performance and popularity.

Does this skill work for existing projects?

No, this skill is specifically designed for new project initialization; for existing codebases, Claude should analyze the established stack instead.

What templates are included?

It includes templates for SaaS APIs, ML services, CLI tools, Full-Stack apps, browser extensions, and mobile backends.

Project Scaffolding & Templates

Name: Project Scaffolding & Templates
Author: jrc1883

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Productivity & Workflow

Accelerates project initialization by providing research-backed templates and structured decision-making for new software architectures.

This skill streamlines the early stages of software development by offering a curated set of project templates including SaaS APIs, ML services, and CLI tools. By replacing dynamic guesses with research-backed technology options, it guides users through a structured decision-making process during the architecture phase. Each template includes popularity metrics, performance data, and production-ready scaffolding patterns, ensuring that new projects start with a solid, industry-standard foundation while maintaining consistency across your development workflow.

Key Features

01Automated project scaffolding and directory structure generation

025 GitHub stars

03Curated templates for SaaS, ML, CLI, and Full-Stack projects

04Research-backed technology recommendations with pros, cons, and performance data

05Standardized decision-making flow via structured JSON question schemas

06Extensible framework for creating and integrating custom organization-specific templates

Use Cases

01Bootstrapping a new SaaS backend with pre-validated choices for auth, billing, and database

02Establishing a consistent architectural standard across a development team's new microservices

03Rapidly prototyping an ML inference service using optimized model-serving stacks

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add jrc1883/popkit-claude pop-project-templates

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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