# Project Setup Workflow

Initialize or retrofit projects with routed intake, interview-based agent instructions, task logs, and optional registry/change scaffolding.

## First Steps

- Read `references/project-shape.md` first.
- Read `references/setup-workflow.md` for the execution checklist.
- Pick route: existing-project review or new-project interview.
- Ask mode: development, research/content, project management, or hybrid.
- Load optional references only when the project needs that component.

## Reference Map

- `references/workflow.md`: choose which reference to load
- `references/project-shape.md`: detect root, workspace class, and archetype
- `references/setup-workflow.md`: run the main setup checklist and interview
- `references/agent-scaffolding.md`: synthesize AGENTS/CLAUDE and task-log scaffolding
- `references/bootstrap-options.md`: decide optional git, GitHub, _REPOLOG, changelog, and scaffold steps
- `references/archetypes.md`: read richer archetype rules
- `references/interview-bank.md`: ask archetype-specific follow-ups
- `references/integrations.md`: coordinate sibling skills and infrastructure
