setup-coding-standards

Initialize the repo's coding standards

Steps

1. Find the repo root. Run git rev-parse --show-toplevel from the cwd; if the repo has no git root, use the cwd. Done when one root path is chosen.

2. Check for an existing standards file. Look at the root for CODING_STANDARDS.md and near-variants (coding-standards.md, case variants). If one exists: stop, report its path, write nothing. Done when existence is decided.

3. Compose the file. Read references/baseline.md (in this skill's directory) and copy it verbatim as the file's lead; do not rename or restructure its headings. The baseline ends with a marker comment — repo conventions go below that marker, never above it. Then append the repo's conventions you verified from the code as it is now: evidence-cited, nothing invented, and no empty headings. A comment is not evidence — a convention a comment claims must be checked against the code it describes, or dropped. Skip conventions that merely restate what the repo's tooling already enforces — the formatter, linter, or type checker is the single source for those. If you hold no verified conventions, the file is the baseline alone. Done when the baseline part matches references/baseline.md exactly, every appended line sits below the marker and is verified from the code, and no section is empty.

4. Write it to the repo root. Read it back and confirm the content matches what you composed. Done when the file exists and matches.

5. Report: the path, what was written (baseline only, or baseline plus which conventions), and that extending the file is a one-place edit: new rules are added here, keeping a single home for each rule.