@boeschj/ide-tooling

Interactive CLI tool for setting up IDE configuration files in your development projects.

Features

• 🎯 Interactive Setup - Choose exactly which config files you want
• 📁 Multiple IDE Support - Cursor, VS Code, and more
• 🔄 GitHub Actions - Ready-to-use CI workflow
• 🤖 Claude AI Integration - Project configuration for Claude
• ⚠️ Safe Overwrite - Warns before overwriting existing files

Installation

npm install -g @boeschj/ide-tooling

Or use directly with npx:

npx @boeschj/ide-tooling init

Usage

Navigate to your project directory and run:

ide-tooling init

Or specify a target directory:

ide-tooling init /path/to/your/project

What Gets Installed

The tool can install the following configuration files:

.cursorrules

• Cursor IDE rules and coding preferences
• TypeScript/JavaScript best practices
• Git workflow guidelines

claude.md

• Claude AI project configuration
• Project overview and setup instructions
• Development commands and standards

.vscode/settings.json

• VS Code workspace settings
• TypeScript and formatting preferences
• Editor optimizations

.vscode/extensions.json

• Recommended VS Code extensions
• Essential tools for TypeScript development
• Linting, formatting, and productivity extensions

.github/workflows/ci.yml

• GitHub Actions CI workflow
• TypeScript build and test automation
• Security auditing with pnpm

Interactive Experience

🚀 IDE Tooling Setup
Target directory: /path/to/project

Select which configuration files to copy:

📁 .cursorrules - Cursor IDE rules and preferences (y/n): y
📁 claude.md - Claude AI project configuration (y/n): y
📁 .vscode/settings.json - VS Code workspace settings (y/n): n
📁 .vscode/extensions.json - VS Code recommended extensions (y/n): y
📁 .github/workflows/ci.yml - GitHub Actions CI workflow (y/n): y

📋 Will copy 4 file(s):
  • .cursorrules
  • claude.md
  • .vscode/extensions.json
  • .github/workflows/ci.yml

Proceed with copying? (y/n): y

🔄 Copying files...

✓ Copied .cursorrules to /path/to/project/.cursorrules
✓ Copied claude.md to /path/to/project/claude.md
✓ Copied extensions.json to /path/to/project/.vscode/extensions.json
✓ Copied ci.yml to /path/to/project/.github/workflows/ci.yml

✨ Setup complete!
📁 Successfully copied 4/4 files

💡 Next steps:
1. Restart VS Code to apply new settings
2. Install recommended extensions when prompted
3. Update claude.md with project-specific information

Template Files

All template files are designed to work with:

• TypeScript projects with strict configuration
• ESLint and Prettier for code quality
• pnpm as the package manager
• Modern ES modules and tooling

Customization

After installation, you can customize any of the copied files to match your specific project needs. The templates provide a solid starting point with best practices built in.

Related Packages

• @boeschj/ts-tooling - TypeScript, ESLint, and Prettier configurations

License

MIT - see LICENSE for details.