init-ai

CLI tool to initialize TypeScript projects optimized for AI-assisted development workflows.

Installation

npm install -g init-ai

Usage

Create a new project

init-ai my-project

Initialize in current directory

init-ai

What it creates

The tool sets up a complete TypeScript project with:

• TypeScript configuration - Strict settings optimized for modern Node.js
• Package scripts - dev, check, repo commands ready to use
• Repomix integration - Generate AI-friendly codebase summaries
• Development dependencies - tsx, TypeScript, repomix, @types/node
• AI instruction templates - Coding guidelines for consistent AI assistance

Key commands after setup

# Start development
npm run dev

# Type check
npm run check

# Generate AI-ready codebase summary
npm run repo

Features

• No build step - Uses tsx for direct TypeScript execution
• ESM modules - Modern JavaScript module system
• Repomix ready - Creates repomix.sh script and instruction templates
• VS Code integration - Automatically opens project in VS Code
• AI config support - Copies ~/.aiconfig to project .env if available

Project structure

my-project/
├── index.ts              # Main entry point
├── tsconfig.json         # TypeScript configuration
├── package.json          # Project dependencies and scripts
├── repomix.sh           # Script to generate AI codebase summary
├── repomix-instruction.md # AI coding guidelines
├── .gitignore           # Git ignore rules
└── README.md            # Project documentation

The npm run repo command generates markdown files (new-llm-1.md, etc.) that contain your entire codebase formatted for AI tools like Claude or ChatGPT.