Claude-kit: Open-Source Config Manager for Claude Code

What claude-kit does

Claude-kit is a configuration management system for Claude Code that handles the entire .claude/ directory lifecycle. It's not a one-time bootstrap tool or static CLAUDE.md generator, but a system that evolves with your projects.

Commands and functionality

The tool provides several commands:

/forge init — Auto-detects your tech stack (15 supported) and generates a complete .claude/ setup including CLAUDE.md, settings.json with deny lists, contextual rules with glob patterns, hooks (block destructive commands, lint on save), 7 specialized subagents, and error tracking.
/forge audit — Scores your config on a 10-point scale using a 12-item checklist covering security (deny lists, destructive command blocking), quality (rules, lint hooks, agents), and completeness. Missing security items cap your score at 6.0.
/forge status — Registry dashboard tracking scores across all your projects with trend sparklines.
/forge bootstrap — Full interactive setup with preview and confirmation for when you want more control.
/forge sync — Updates configurations without overwriting your custom content, using  markers to separate managed sections from customizations.

Key features

Stack layering — Multi-stack projects get all matching configs merged automatically (e.g., Python + Docker + Redis + Supabase = 4 layers combined)
Template sync — Uses markers to separate managed sections from customizations, allowing updates without overwriting your content
Practices pipeline — Continuous improvement system that captures patterns from sessions, upstream docs, and audits with lifecycle stages: inbox → evaluating → active → deprecated
7 subagents — researcher, architect, implementer, code-reviewer, security-auditor, test-runner, session-reviewer — with model routing (haiku/sonnet/opus by task type)
MCP server templates — Ready-to-use configs for GitHub, Postgres, Supabase, Redis, Slack
Cross-project registry — Tracks audit scores with history across all managed projects

What it's not

Not application code — it's all markdown + shell scripts, consumed directly by Claude Code
Not a CLAUDE.md generator — it manages the entire .claude/ directory lifecycle
Not a one-shot tool — it bootstraps, syncs, audits, and evolves with your projects

Supported tech stacks

15 stacks are supported: Python/FastAPI, React/Vite/TS, Swift/SwiftUI, Supabase, Docker, GCP Cloud Run, Redis, Node/Express, Java/Spring, AWS Deploy, Go, Data Analysis, DevContainer, Trading, and a hookify framework for custom hooks.

Getting started

git clone https://github.com/luiseiman/claude-kit.git
cd claude-kit
export CLAUDE_KIT_DIR="$(pwd)"
./global/sync.sh
# Then in any project:
/forge init

The project is MIT licensed and available on GitHub at https://github.com/luiseiman/claude-kit.

📖 Read the full source: r/ClaudeAI