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Quick Start

Section titled “Quick Start”

Get up and running with project standards in 5 minutes.

Step 1: Install Standards

Section titled “Step 1: Install Standards”

Option A: One-line installer

Terminal window
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/c65llc/coding-standards/main/install.sh | bash

Option B: Git submodule (recommended for teams)

Terminal window
git submodule add https://github.com/c65llc/coding-standards.git .standards

Option C: Clone directly

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git clone https://github.com/c65llc/coding-standards.git .standards

Step 2: Run Setup

Section titled “Step 2: Run Setup”
Terminal window
.standards/scripts/setup.sh

This automatically configures all supported AI agents:

  • .cursorrules for Cursor AI
  • .github/copilot-instructions.md for GitHub Copilot
  • .aiderrc for Aider / Claude Code
  • .codexrc for OpenAI Codex
  • .gemini/GEMINI.md and .gemini/settings.json for Gemini CLI

Step 3: Restart Your Editor

Section titled “Step 3: Restart Your Editor”

Quit and reopen your editor (Cursor, VS Code, etc.) to load the new configuration.

Common Commands

Section titled “Common Commands”
Terminal window
# Initial setup
make setup


# Sync to latest standards
make sync-standards


# Check if standards are current
make check-standards


# Update the standards submodule
make update-standards

Project Layout After Setup

Section titled “Project Layout After Setup”
your-project/
├── .cursorrules            # Cursor AI configuration
├── .github/
│   └── copilot-instructions.md  # GitHub Copilot config
├── .aiderrc                # Aider / Claude Code config
├── .codexrc                # OpenAI Codex config
├── .gemini/
│   ├── GEMINI.md           # Gemini CLI context
│   └── settings.json       # Gemini CLI settings
├── .standards/             # Standards submodule
│   ├── standards/          # Standards documents
│   ├── scripts/            # Automation scripts
│   └── docs/               # Documentation
└── ...

Keeping Standards Up to Date

Section titled “Keeping Standards Up to Date”

Team members sync by running:

Terminal window
make sync-standards
# or
.standards/scripts/sync-standards.sh

Troubleshooting

Section titled “Troubleshooting”

Editor not using standards?

  • Make sure .cursorrules (or the relevant config file) is in your project root.
  • Restart your editor completely.

Standards out of date?

Terminal window
make sync-standards

Next Steps

Section titled “Next Steps”