What is the Project Guidelines skill used for?

It provides a structured template for Claude to understand your project's specific architecture, coding patterns, and deployment rules, ensuring it generates code that fits your existing ecosystem.

Does this support testing workflows?

Yes, it defines specific command structures and expectations for both backend unit tests (pytest) and frontend E2E/component tests (Playwright/RTL).

How does this skill help with AI integration?

It includes specific code patterns for Claude API structured outputs, helping you implement robust tool-calling and AI-driven features correctly.

Can I adapt this for a different tech stack?

Yes. While the example uses Next.js and FastAPI, the structure is designed to be easily modified for any tech stack like MERN, Django, or Ruby on Rails.

Project Blueprint & Guidelines Template

Name: Project Blueprint & Guidelines Template
Author: affaan-m

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Learning & Documentation

Establishes a comprehensive framework for project architecture, coding patterns, testing protocols, and deployment workflows.

This skill serves as a battle-tested template for defining project-specific guidelines within Claude Code, ensuring consistency across the entire development lifecycle. It provides detailed blueprints for a full-stack architecture (Next.js, FastAPI, Supabase, GCP), standardized directory structures, and specific code patterns for API handling and AI integration. By formalizing testing requirements and deployment checklists, it streamlines developer onboarding and maintains high code quality through enforced rules like TDD and immutability.

Key Features

01Pre-defined code patterns for structured AI outputs and API responses

02Full-stack architecture overview for Next.js and FastAPI environments

03Standardized directory structures for frontend and backend modules

04Deployment checklists and environment variable management guides

05Integrated testing requirements for pytest and React Testing Library

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Use Cases

01Bootstrapping new full-stack projects with standardized architectural patterns

02Onboarding developers to complex repositories with clear file and coding rules

03Enforcing Test-Driven Development (TDD) and quality benchmarks in CI/CD

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add affaan-m/everything-claude-code project-guidelines-example

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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