init-project

To automate research project scaffolding, you can use an interactive setup tool that generates a complete directory tree including paper/, jcode/, notes/, and refs/ folders. It populates templated starter files like Project.toml and CLAUDE.md, creating a full project skeleton aligned to your preferred architecture.

The best way to create consistent project scaffolding for academic research is to use an automated template-generation process that parses mandatory frontmatter and populates starter structures. This approach preserves existing files without overwriting, ensuring your current research data remains intact while standardizing the directory tree.

Yes, automated project scaffolding supports both modular and flat architectures for industrial research projects. During the interactive setup, you can specify your architecture preference, and the tool will scaffold the complete directory structure and populate templates accordingly.

Yes, you can generate a CLAUDE.md file and a Julia starter structure together through automated project scaffolding. The tool creates a templated CLAUDE.md at the project root and populates jcode/Project.toml with Julia starter files, ensuring both are aligned to your selected architecture.

To set up a new research project directory tree, launch an interactive scaffolding tool that gathers your project identity and architecture preferences. It generates the full folder structure, populates LaTeX starter files within the paper/ directory, and creates dedicated notes/ and refs/ folders for your research materials.

A key limitation of automated project scaffolding is that it strictly preserves existing files without overwriting, meaning pre-existing conflicting templates will not be updated. Additionally, the generated structure is focused on specific research formats like LaTeX and Julia, and may not suit unrelated software development workflows.