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Skill by mtvrkan

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Works with Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, VS Code, OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf. Read the repository before you give any tool access to your data.

npx agentmarket install skill/mtvrkan-from-scratch

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Use when starting a new project from scratch. Establishes contracts, design system, and architecture skeleton before any feature code. Enforces phase gates to prevent incoherence and bugs.

Use cases: design

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What this skill can do and what it asks for, from its SKILL.md and code. Checked Oct 25, 2026.

Tools
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Install scripts
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Network hosts it talks to 1

  • codeload.github.com · found in install command

Files it touches

  • ~/.claude/skills/from-scratch

Tools it pre-approves 6

From allowed-tools in SKILL.md: the agent may use these without asking you each time.

  • Read,
  • Grep,
  • Glob,
  • Bash,
  • Edit,
  • Write

What's inside

Skill name
from-scratch
Description
Use when starting a new project from scratch. Establishes contracts, design system, and architecture skeleton before any feature code. Enforces phase gates to prevent incoherence and bugs.
License
MIT
Allowed tools
Read,, Grep,, Glob,, Bash,, Edit,, Write
Instructions
21 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub

Before installing

  • Pre-approves some shell commands

Files (1)

  • SKILL.md

SKILL.md (first lines)

# from-scratch

Runs in the main loop: its gates need the user between phases, and a subagent cannot ask. Three laws: (1) contracts before components — define routes/types/APIs first, (2) tokens before components — write globals.css CSS vars first, (3) phase gates — lint + tsc must pass before advancing. See `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/agent_docs/from-scratch-guide.md` for templates, framework init commands, and the self-review checklist.

0. Seed the project `CLAUDE.md` from the kit's matching stack preset (`${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/presets/<category>/<stack>/CLAUDE.md`; multiple stacks → concatenate their `compact.md`s per `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/presets/README.md`; no matching preset → `generic/fallback`).
1. Write `PROJECT-CONTRACTS.md` (routes, types, API endpoints, shared components, nav items). Determine archetype: SaaS | Marketing | DevTool | Ecommerce | Mobile | API | Internal | Creative, then select stack per archetype.
2. Collect the brief, then have `design-lead` return OPTIONS/QUESTION per `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/agent_docs/design-directions.md` (three far-apart options; bespoke when none of the eight fits) and put that question to the user yourself. Write `DESIGN-SPEC.md` (axes as real numbers + brief constraints + the one signature moment) + `globals.css` from those values. **Gate 1:** lint + tsc = 0 errors.
3. Write `types/index.ts` from contracts. Build layout shell (AppShell, Sidebar, TopBar, PageHeader, EmptyState, SkeletonCard). **Gate 2:** lint + tsc + build = 0 errors.
4. Build first feature page — all 4 states: loading skeleton + populated + empty + error. **Gate 3:** lint + tsc + build = 0 errors.
5. Self-review: design tokens, the spec's spacing scale, component completeness, structural coherence — then run `/design-check` for the rest (direction actually visible, tells, monotony, signature).

## Output

```text
PROJECT INITIALIZED: [name] | Archetype: [type] | Stack: [list]
Contracts: ✓ | Design: ✓ | CSS tokens: ✓ | Types: ✓ | Shell: ✓ | First page: ✓
Phase gates: Gate 1: ✓ | Gate 2: ✓ | Gate 3: ✓
Next: /new-page [route] for additional pages.
```

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from-scratch skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/mtvrkan-from-scratch (last updated 2026-10-24)