workflow-setup

A first-time setup guide for a project workflow system. It records where your project rules, architecture notes, progress files, and branch settings are kept.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when the workflow command finds no .claude/workflow.json file. It helps configure project documentation paths, crash-recovery progress storage, and the branching approach for feature work.
Why use it?
It prevents the workflow from starting without knowing the project's conventions and file locations. It also gives existing projects a way to review or change their setup.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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/parkerm2/create-claude-workflow/workflow-setup
Any agent
npx skills add ParkerM2/create-claude-workflow --skill workflow-setup
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ParkerM2/create-claude-workflow

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 43 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,788 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan B 1 finding. 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 $0.00043 $0.02788
Opus 5 $0.00022 $0.01394
Sonnet 5 $0.00009 $0.00558
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00279

Measured 2d ago against content hash b8c6a3ad2fd6, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

workflow-setup scanned grade B with 1 finding 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 2d ago.

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.

Read `~/.claude/settings.json`. Add (or merge into) the `hooks` section:
skills/workflow-setup/SKILL.md · 362 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 362 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Workflow Setup

First-time project configuration for claude-workflow.

Instructions

Follow this setup flow:

1. Check for existing configuration

Read .claude/workflow.json in the current project root. If it exists, display the current configuration to the user and ask what they would like to change. If it does not exist, proceed with first-time setup.

2. Ask configuration questions

Use the AskUserQuestion tool to ask the following questions one at a time:

Question 1: Project rules file

Where is your project rules file? This is the file that contains coding standards, conventions, and project-specific instructions.

Default: CLAUDE.md

Question 2: Architecture file

Where is your architecture documentation? This file describes your project structure, key abstractions, and design decisions.

Default: docs/ARCHITECTURE.md

Question 3: Progress directory

Where should workflow progress files be stored? These track feature implementation state for crash recovery.

Default: .claude/progress

Question 4: Branching strategy

How should branches be organized for feature work?

Options:

  • Standard (recommended) — base → feature/<name> → work/<name>/<task> with worktrees for agent isolation
  • Flatbase → <featurePrefix>/<task>, agents work on feature branches directly (no work branches)
  • Custom — provide your own prefix configuration

Default: Standard

Question 5: Base branch

What is your primary/base branch?

Default: auto (auto-detects main or master)

Question 6: Agent isolation

How should agents be isolated during parallel work?

Options:

  • Worktrees (recommended) — each agent gets an isolated git worktree directory
  • Shared directory — all agents share one working directory, switching branches via checkout

Default: Worktrees

Question 7: Branch enforcement

How strictly should branch rules be enforced?

Options:

  • warn (recommended) — show warnings but allow the operation
  • block — prevent commits/pushes on protected branches
  • off — no branch checking at all

Default: warn

Read the full file on GitHub · 362 lines

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. 2d ago First seen · 362 lines · 43 tokens per session scan B b8c6a3ad2fd6

Subscribe to this mod's changes

workflow-setup is a skill published in the GitHub repository ParkerM2/create-claude-workflow (4 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 43 tokens to every session and 2,788 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (reads agent configuration directories). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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