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/project-setup

Set up a construction project — inventories files, classifies drawings/specs/schedules/registers, detects AgentCM mode, appends construction context to CLAUDE.md. Triggers: 'set up project', 'construction setup', 'classify documents'.

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$ npx -y skills add dleerdefi/claude-code-construction --skill project-setup --agent claude-code

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  • Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/project-setup

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Set up a construction project — inventories files, classifies drawings/specs/schedules/registers, detects AgentCM mode, appends construction context to CLAUDE.md. Triggers: 'set up project', 'construction setup', 'classify documents'.

SKILL.md

project-setup.SKILL.md
name: project-setup
description: >
  Set up a construction project — inventories files, classifies
  drawings/specs/schedules/registers, detects AgentCM mode, appends
  construction context to CLAUDE.md. Triggers: 'set up project',
  'construction setup', 'classify documents'.
argument-hint: "[project-directory]"
disable-model-invocation: true

Project Setup

Set up a construction project directory for use with Claude Code construction skills. This skill inventories all files, classifies construction document types, and appends construction-specific context to the project's CLAUDE.md.

Run this **after** `/init` has created the base CLAUDE.md.

Pipeline Position

/init (built-in) → THIS SKILL → /spec-splitter, /sheet-splitter → /submittal-log-generator

Runs once per project. Identifies which Builder skills should run next.

Workflow

Project Setup Progress:
- [ ] Step 1: Detect operational mode
- [ ] Step 2: Inventory and classify files
- [ ] Step 3: Present summary and recommend next actions
- [ ] Step 4: Amend project CLAUDE.md

Step 1: Detect Operational Mode

Check for `.construction/` directory at the project root.

**If present (AgentCM mode):** 1. Read `.construction/CLAUDE.md` for project navigation context 2. Query database for entity counts (read `query_command` from `.construction/database.yaml`): `{query_command} -c "SELECT (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sheets WHERE project_id = '{id}') AS sheets, (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM rooms WHERE project_id = '{id}') AS rooms, (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM graph_elements ge JOIN sheets s ON s.id = ge.sheet_id WHERE s.project_id = '{id}') AS elements"` Fallback: read `.construction/graph/graph_summary.yaml` if database unavailable 3. Read `.construction/index/sheet_index.yaml` for drawing inventory 4. Skip to Step 3 with instant summary — no file scanning needed

**If absent (Flat File mode):** Continue to Step 2.

Step 2: Inventory and Classify Files

Scan the project directory. No vision calls — use filename and folder pattern matching only.

**Classification rules:**

| Document Type | Detection Pattern | |---|---| | **Drawing sets** | PDFs in `drawings/`, `plans/`, or root with discipline prefixes (A-, S-, M-, E-, P-, C-, L-). PDFs > 2MB with keywords: "plan", "drawing", "bid set", "dwg". | | **Specifications** | Folders named `Specifications/`, `specs/`, `02 - Specifications/`. PDFs with "project manual", "spec", "volume". CSI section number patterns in filenames. | | **Schedules** | Excel/CSV files with "schedule", "CPM", "lookahead", "milestone" in name. | | **Submittal log** | Excel files with "submittal" in name, typically in `Submittals/` or `06 - Submittals/`. | | **RFI log** | Excel files with "RFI" in name, typically in `RFIs/` or logs folder. | | **Change orders** | Excel/PDF files with "change order", "CO", "PCO" in name. | | **Other** | Correspondence, photos, reports, geotechnical, environmental. |

**Also check for existing indexes:**

  • `sheet_index.yaml` → drawings already indexed
  • `spec_index.yaml` → specs already split
  • `.construction/spec_text/manifest.json` → spec text already extracted

Step 3: Present Summary and Recommend Next Actions

Report what was found:

## Project Summary
- Drawing sets: {count} PDFs ({disciplines found})
- Specifications: {bound manual / split sections / not found}
- Schedules: {list}
- Registers: {RFI log, submittal log, CO log — found or not found}
- Other: {count} files

## Recommended Next Actions

**Recommendations by mode:**

| Condition | Recommendation | |---|---| | Bound spec manual found, not yet split | "Run `/spec-splitter` to split the project manual into individual sections and extract searchable text." | | Bound drawing set found, flat file mode | "Run `/sheet-splitter` to split the drawing set into individual sheet PDFs and identify sheet numbers." | | Bound drawing set found, AgentCM mode | "Split sheets via the AgentCM UI for zero-vision-cost splitting using labeled OCR data." | | Specs already split but no text extracted | "Run `/spec-splitter` — specs are split but text extraction hasn't been done yet." | | Submittal log needed | "Run `/submittal-log-generator` after spec text is available." | | Specs split and text extracted | "Would you like to generate a submittal log from the specification sections? Run `/submittal-log-generator`." |

Step 4: Amend Project CLAUDE.md

Append construction-specific context to the **project root's CLAUDE.md** (the file created by `/init`). Do NOT modify the construction skills directory CLAUDE.md.

**Append format:**

## Construction Project Context

### Document Locations
- Drawing set: {path} ({N} sheets, disciplines: {list})
- Specifications: {path} ({N} sections or "bound manual, not yet split")
- Schedule: {path or "not found"}
- RFI log: {path or "not found"}
- Submittal log: {path or "not found"}

### Status
- Operational mode: {AgentCM / Flat File}
- Sheets indexed: {yes/no}
- Specs split: {yes/no}
- Spec text extracted: {yes/no}

Only append — never overwrite existing CLAUDE.md content.

What This Skill Does NOT Do

  • **Does not split PDFs** — recommends `/spec-splitter` and `/sheet-splitter` instead
  • **Does not use vision** — all classification is filename/folder pattern matching
  • **Does not create .construction/ directory** — that's AgentCM's job
  • **Does not replace /init** — `/init` creates the base CLAUDE.md, this skill enriches it

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Open-source skills that give Claude Code the working knowledge of a Project Engineer. Split drawings, parse specs, tabulate bids, generate subcontracts, and more — directly from your terminal or IDE.

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