Claude-kit: Configuration Management System for Claude Code Projects
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<!-- forge:section -->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
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