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Streamline dev setup with base

Bootstrap environments easily with base. For founders setting up dev workspaces on Mac.

From the repo · “A local, GitHub-centric operating contract that makes a collection of independent repositories behave like one understandable, verifiably ready workspace for humans and coding agents.”

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120 stars17 forksPythonGuide quality 8/10 · reviewed Jul 2Updated 10/21/2026100% free · 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
  • •You're setting up a new development project and want a consistent environment across your team
  • •You need to manage multiple projects with different dependencies and configurations
  • •You 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
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Claude Code
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/base && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/base/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/base/SKILL.md
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Details
Creator
basefoundry
Language
Python
Category
automation
Published
3/9/2019

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