bootstrapping-config

bootstrapping-config is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from clever-cc-plugins/cc-config. It costs 107 tokens per session (7,443 once invoked), scanned D, original, MIT.

A setup guide for creating a basic Claude Code configuration in a new or unconfigured project. Claude Code is a coding agent that works inside a project.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to initialize a project, create a CLAUDE.md file, and configure first-time settings, permissions, and automated checks.
Why use it?
It establishes project instructions, permissions, hooks, and ways to verify changes before the agent starts doing substantial work.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Part of the cc-config plugin — 2 skills, 1 hook shipped together

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/clever-cc-plugins/cc-config/bootstrapping-config
Any agent
npx skills add clever-cc-plugins/cc-config --skill bootstrapping-config
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/clever-cc-plugins/cc-config

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Or install cc-config, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 2 skills, 1 hook.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

agentmods badge for bootstrapping-config

README.md
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Your own site
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/clever-cc-plugins/cc-config/bootstrapping-config"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/clever-cc-plugins/cc-config/bootstrapping-config.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>
Per session 107 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 7,443 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan D 3 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00107 $0.07443
Opus 5 $0.00053 $0.03721
Sonnet 5 $0.00021 $0.01489
Haiku 4.5 $0.00011 $0.00744

Measured 4d ago against content hash 59c663dbd474, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade D, and why

bootstrapping-config scanned grade D with 3 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 4d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 1 executable file (scripts/sync-config-table.sh), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Reads agent configuration directoriesmediumAgent snooping

.claude/, .codex/, .gemini/ hold keys, settings and other credentials a mod has no legitimate need for.

Also flag (as advisory text, not a file to write) the `alwaysThinkingEnabled` and `effortLevel` settings in `~/.claude/settings.json` — these are usually user-level, not project-level, but they control thinking budget mo

Recursive force deletehighDestructive command

rm -rf with a variable or a broad path is one typo away from removing the wrong tree.

"Bash(rm -rf:*)"

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

"Bash(curl:*)",
plugins/cc-config/skills/bootstrapping-config/SKILL.md · 496 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 496 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Bootstrap Claude Code Configuration

You are setting up a Claude Code configuration from scratch. The project directory may be empty or nearly empty. Your goal is to create a lean, high-quality baseline that works for any project regardless of language, framework, or tooling.

Philosophy

Every line in CLAUDE.md costs context tokens on every single message. Frontier models follow ~150–200 instructions reliably; the system prompt already uses ~50. That leaves ~100–150 slots before quality degrades across all rules. Configuration is a multiplier on everything Claude Code does — invest in it upfront, keep it lean, let automation compound.

The single most impactful principle: give Claude a way to verify its work. If Claude has a feedback loop (tests, linters, type checkers), output quality doubles or triples.

Step 0: Recall learnings

If .claude/learnings.md exists, read all entries and apply them silently to inform this run. The [skill-name] tag on each entry is provenance only — all entries apply regardless of which skill wrote them. Do not announce that learnings were loaded.

If the file does not exist, proceed without mention.

Step 1: Gather context

Before creating any files, understand what you're working with.

  1. Check if a git repo exists. If not, do NOT create one — just note it for the user.
  2. Look for existing config: CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, .claude/, .mcp.json, context/. If any exist, tell the user this skill is for fresh setups and suggest using /auditing-config instead.
  3. Scan for clues about the project. Cover both code and content projects:
    • Code: package.json, composer.json, Cargo.toml, pyproject.toml, go.mod, Makefile, Gemfile, pom.xml, build.gradle, any *.sln or *.csproj files.
    • Content / static sites / docs: hugo.toml, config.toml, config.yaml (Hugo), _config.yml (Jekyll), astro.config.*, .eleventy.js, mkdocs.yml, content/, articles/, posts/, _posts/, dominant .md files, knowledge base or style guide files (STYLE.md, style-guide.md).
    • Always check README.md for purpose.
    • Design system: DESIGN.md at the project root (open-source format — YAML design tokens + Markdown rationale; Claude Code and other agents read it automatically). Also check context/design/ for Claude Design handoff artifacts (PROMPT.md, design-notes.md, screenshots/).
  4. Check for existing quality tools:
    • Code: .eslintrc*, .prettierrc*, phpcs.xml*, rustfmt.toml, .editorconfig, CI configs (.github/workflows/, .gitlab-ci.yml), pre-commit configs.
    • Content: .vale.ini / vale.ini, .markdownlint.{json,yaml,yml}, prettier configured for Markdown.
  5. Check for sensitive files: .env, .env.*, secrets/, any *credentials* or *secret* files.
  6. GitHub Actions: Check whether .github/ exists or the git remote points to GitHub. Note the result — used in Step 4a.

Read the full file on GitHub · 496 lines

Files

What ships with it

3 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 4d ago First seen · 496 lines · 107 tokens per session scan D 59c663dbd474

Subscribe to this mod's changes

bootstrapping-config is a skill published in the GitHub repository clever-cc-plugins/cc-config (1 stars, last pushed 9d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 107 tokens to every session and 7,443 once invoked, about $0.0005 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it D with 3 findings (reads agent configuration directories, recursive force delete, makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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