Add --in-place flag to init-project.js

[jrenaldi79]

Summary

Root cause of setup eval failures: init-project.js --name=myapp always creates a myapp/ subdirectory, but the grader checks the temp dir root.

• New --in-place flag: uses the name for package.json but scaffolds in the current directory
• SKILL.md Phase 3 now defaults to --in-place unless the user explicitly requests a new subdirectory
• 2 new tests for --in-place behavior (114 total)

Test plan

• npx jest --config '{}' tests/scripts/init-project.test.js — 15 tests pass
• --in-place creates files in cwd, not in subdirectory
• --in-place uses --name value in package.json

https://claude.ai/code/session_01Hbxy31TkbujzukGFSxLcPw

Summary by CodeRabbit

Release Notes

• New Features

  • Added --in-place flag to scaffold projects directly in the current directory without creating a subdirectory.

• Documentation

  • Updated scaffolding instructions to clarify --in-place as the default option when the current directory is empty.

• Tests

  • Added test coverage validating --in-place flag functionality and project naming behavior.

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Review profile: CHILL

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Run ID: 0a2b4c2e-92d3-4e61-afd3-659873e42bcb

📥 Commits

Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between 136c9e1 and ea470ea.

📒 Files selected for processing (4)

• CLAUDE.md
• skills/setup/SKILL.md
• skills/setup/scripts/init-project.js
• tests/scripts/init-project.test.js

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

A new --in-place CLI flag is added to the project initialization script, enabling projects to be scaffolded directly in the current working directory instead of creating a subdirectory. Documentation is updated to reflect this new capability and clarify default scaffolding behavior.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Documentation Updates CLAUDE.md, skills/setup/SKILL.md	Updated key modules table and documentation to reflect --in-place scaffolding behavior. Removed legacy critical gotchas about eval prompt phrasing. Added explicit instructions for the --in-place command as the default scaffold path.
Core Feature Implementation skills/setup/scripts/init-project.js	Added --in-place CLI flag parsing. Modified project directory resolution to skip subdirectory creation when flag is set. Updated projectName derivation to prefer --name value when provided, independent of directory handling mode.
Feature Tests tests/scripts/init-project.test.js	Added comprehensive test suite validating --in-place flag behavior: scaffolding occurs directly in working directory with package.json and src at root level; --name value correctly sets the package name regardless of directory structure.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~12 minutes

Poem

🐰 Hops in place, no subdirs today!
With --in-place, we scaffold right away,
Current directory, cozy and tight,
Project roots here—everything's right!

✨ Finishing Touches

📝 Generate docstrings

• Create stacked PR
• Commit on current branch

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch claude/fix-in-place

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