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Streamline dev setup with base

Bootstrap environments easily with base.
intermediateโฑ 30 minutes๐Ÿ’ต Free + LLM API costs
120 stars15 forksPythonGuide quality 8/10Updated 9/7/2026100% free ยท open source
What it is

Use base to quickly set up your development workspace on Mac with pre-configured settings and tools.

Real use case example

"A founder, John, needs to quickly set up a new development environment on his Mac for a new project. He runs a command in Terminal to clone his GitHub project repo and use base to configure his workspace. Base takes care of the rest, setting up his IDE, shell, and other development tools. John now has a fresh, pre-configured workspace ready to go."

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When to use it
  • โ€ขYou're setting up a new development project and want a consistent environment across your team
  • โ€ขYou need to manage multiple projects with different dependencies and configurations
  • โ€ขYou want to automate the process of setting up a development workspace on a new Mac
Ready-to-paste prompt
base up --project=myproject --config=base.yaml
Heads up: Make sure you have Homebrew installed and configured on your Mac before attempting to install Base
Saves to your device
Use with Claude
New

Skip the builder โ€” one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

โœ… Light setup

Installs with a command or two; your AI agent can do it for you.

Try it instantly โ€” no install
Claude Code
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/base && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/base/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/base/SKILL.md
Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go โ€” no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)
claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How Streamline dev setup with base works
Codeflow
Free to inspect

Streamline dev setup with base is a large Python project (~46k lines across 221 code files, plus 128 test files). Setup is light: installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional. Last commit this month, Apache-2.0 license, has a test suite.

Size
Large codebase
~46k lines ยท 221 code files ยท ~6 h to skim
Setup
One-command install
Installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional.
Runs on
Python
No API keys detected
Python 54%Shell 46%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here โ€” what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    AGENTS.md
    The instructions the AI actually follows
  3. 3
    bin/basectl
    Where the program starts running
  4. 4
    lib/README.md
    Inside lib/ โ€” the main logic begins here
  5. 5
    demo/demo.sh
    A worked example โ€” copy this to get going
What's in each folder
lib/Core code โ€” the actual logic29 files
cli/Command-line entry points340 files
bin/Command-line entry points5 files
docs/Documentation95 files
templates/Templates4 files
demo/Examples you can copy1 files
tests/Tests โ€” proof it works42 files
.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)16 files
READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksExamples includedApache-2.0 licenseUpdated this month
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Details
Creator
basefoundry
Language
Python
Category
automation
Published
3/9/2019

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