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A reusable, professional baseline for open source repositories.

This template is intentionally generic so it can be adopted across teams, products, and languages with minimal changes.

## Why use this template

- **Consistent OSS standards**: ship repository health files from day one.
- **Faster onboarding**: contributors and maintainers get clear guidance.
- **Scalable governance**: reusable conventions for labels, milestones, and releases.
- **Production-grade defaults**: practical configuration for common Git and editor workflows.
- **Modular architecture**: separate core logic, integrations, extensions, config, scripts, and tests.
- **Reusable DevEx**: document setup, validation, debugging, dependency, and coding standards.

## Included components

- Repository health files:
- `LICENSE`
- `CONTRIBUTING.md`
- `SECURITY.md`
- `CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md`
- GitHub collaboration scaffolding:
- Issue templates
- Pull request template
- `CODEOWNERS`
- Standards and governance documentation:
- `docs/REPOSITORY_STANDARDS.md`
- `docs/ARCHITECTURE.md`
- `docs/DEVEX.md`
- `docs/examples/MODULAR_REFERENCE.md`
- Modular template structure:
- `core/`
- `providers/`
- `plugins/`
- `config/`
- `scripts/`
- `tests/`
- Baseline repository config:
- `.editorconfig`
- `.gitattributes`
- `.gitignore`
Use this template when you want clean OSS defaults, modular architecture conventions, reusable DevEx, and lightweight automation without locking a new project to one language or framework.

## What is included

- Repository health files: `LICENSE`, `CONTRIBUTING.md`, `SECURITY.md`, and `CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md`
- GitHub collaboration scaffolding: issue templates, pull request template, and `CODEOWNERS`
- Modular project structure: `core/`, `providers/`, `plugins/`, `config/`, `scripts/`, and `tests/`
- Reusable documentation for standards, architecture, DevEx, and setup
- Baseline repository config: `.editorconfig`, `.gitattributes`, and `.gitignore`
- Generic CI, release, bootstrap, validation, and hygiene automation

## Quick start

1. Click **Use this template** on GitHub.
2. Rename the repository and update project-specific fields.
3. Confirm or replace `LICENSE` for your legal requirements.
4. Update contacts in `SECURITY.md`, `CODEOWNERS`, and template placeholders.
5. Review `docs/DEVEX.md` and copy `config/.env.example` if runtime configuration is needed.
6. Enable branch protection and required status checks.

## Recommended repository settings

- Protect the default branch (`main`/`master`).
- Require pull requests and at least one approving review.
- Require status checks before merge.
- Enable secret scanning and dependency alerts.
- Restrict force pushes and branch deletion.

## Versioning and releases

Use [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/) and keep a human-readable `CHANGELOG.md`.

- **MAJOR**: incompatible API or behavior changes.
- **MINOR**: backward-compatible functionality.
- **PATCH**: backward-compatible fixes.

## Naming conventions

See `docs/REPOSITORY_STANDARDS.md` for reusable naming and governance conventions.

## Architecture conventions

See `docs/ARCHITECTURE.md` for the reusable modular layout, including core/provider/plugin/config/test separation. For a concrete walkthrough, see `docs/examples/MODULAR_REFERENCE.md`.

## Developer experience

See `docs/DEVEX.md` for local workflow, environment examples, dependency standards, validation, debugging, error handling, and coding standards.

## Suggested next steps

- Review prebuilt GitHub Actions workflows in `.github/workflows/` and enable commands for your stack.
- Run or adapt `bash scripts/validate.sh` for local project validation.
- Add language/tool-specific linting, formatting, and tests as your project grows.
- Fill in the modular folders with project-specific implementation code.
- Add project-specific architecture and operations documentation in `docs/`.
- Configure `release.yml` for semantic release PRs/tags if you publish artifacts.
3. Review the documentation map below.
4. Confirm or replace `LICENSE` for your legal requirements.
5. Update contacts in `SECURITY.md`, `CODEOWNERS`, and template placeholders.
6. Copy `config/.env.example` if runtime configuration is needed.
7. Enable branch protection and required status checks.

## Documentation map

| Need | Start here |
| --- | --- |
| Local setup and CI customization | `docs/developer-setup.md` |
| Developer workflow, validation, debugging, and coding standards | `docs/DEVEX.md` |
| Modular architecture conventions | `docs/ARCHITECTURE.md` |
| Concrete `core -> providers -> plugins` walkthrough | `docs/examples/MODULAR_REFERENCE.md` |
| Branch, commit, label, milestone, and release standards | `docs/REPOSITORY_STANDARDS.md` |
| Contribution expectations | `CONTRIBUTING.md` |
| Security reporting | `SECURITY.md` |

## Repository layout

```
```text
.github/
ISSUE_TEMPLATE/
workflows/
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ARCHITECTURE.md
DEVEX.md
REPOSITORY_STANDARDS.md
developer-setup.md
examples/
MODULAR_REFERENCE.md
scripts/
bootstrap.sh
hygiene.sh
validate.sh
tests/
CHANGELOG.md
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
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SECURITY.md
```

## Automation included
## Automation

- `.github/workflows/ci.yml` runs the reusable quality workflow.
- `.github/workflows/reusable-quality.yml` provides configurable hygiene, format, lint, and test checks.
- `.github/workflows/release.yml` provides release automation scaffolding.
- `bash scripts/bootstrap.sh` supports local setup.
- `bash scripts/hygiene.sh` runs stack-agnostic repository checks.
- `bash scripts/validate.sh` runs hygiene first, then project-specific checks when configured.

## Repository settings

Recommended GitHub settings:

- Protect the default branch (`main`/`master`).
- Require pull requests and at least one approving review.
- Require status checks before merge.
- Enable secret scanning and dependency alerts.
- Restrict force pushes and branch deletion.

## Versioning and releases

Use [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/) and keep a human-readable `CHANGELOG.md`.

- **MAJOR**: incompatible API or behavior changes.
- **MINOR**: backward-compatible functionality.
- **PATCH**: backward-compatible fixes.

## Suggested next steps

- Reusable quality workflow: `.github/workflows/reusable-quality.yml`
- CI entry workflow: `.github/workflows/ci.yml`
- Release automation workflow: `.github/workflows/release.yml`
- Bootstrap script: `scripts/bootstrap.sh`
- Validation script: `scripts/validate.sh`
- Developer setup guide: `docs/developer-setup.md`
- Enable or customize the workflow commands for your stack.
- Fill the modular folders with project-specific implementation code.
- Add project-specific architecture and operations notes under `docs/`.
- Configure release automation if you publish artifacts.
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