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Streamline dev env with hal-9000

Automate macOS dev environment setup with hal-9000, ideal for startup founders, 120 GitHub stars

From the repo · “Opinionated macOS development environment automation”

141 stars+2★ this week26 forksPythonGuide quality 9/10 · reviewed Jul 21Updated 10/23/2026100% free · open source
What it does

Hal-9000 automates the setup of a macOS development environment by installing and configuring essential tools and software

When to use it
  • •When setting up a new MacBook for development
  • •When onboarding new team members to ensure consistent environments
  • •When migrating to a new version of macOS and needing to reinstall development tools
Ready-to-paste prompt
hal-9000 --config=~/.hal-9000.yml --tools=git,node,ruby
Heads up: Hal-9000 requires Homebrew to be installed and configured on the system, and will fail if it's not present
Saves to your device
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⚡ Runs out of the box

A prompt/skill package — nothing to install beyond adding it to your AI tool.

Try it instantly — no install
Claude Code
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/hal-9000 && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/hal-9000/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/hal-9000/SKILL.md
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How Streamline dev env with hal-9000 works
Codeflow
Free to inspect

Streamline dev env with hal-9000 is a medium Python project (~3.6k lines across 35 code files, plus 16 test files). You install it into your AI tool with one command; there is nothing to run yourself. Last commit this month, MIT license, has a test suite.

Size
Medium codebase
~3.6k lines · 35 code files · 30 min skim
Setup
Install as a skill / plugin
Add it to Claude Code (or your AI tool) with one command — 14 skills inside. Nothing to run yourself.
Runs on
Inside your AI tool
Helper scripts use Python
Python 70%Shell 15%TypeScript 15%Makefile 1%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    AGENTS.md
    The instructions the AI actually follows
  3. 3
    bin/hal
    Where the program starts running
  4. 4
    skills/README.md
    Inside skills/ — an example of what the AI is told to do
What's in each folder
skills/Prompts, skills & agent definitions41 files
plugins/Sub-packages / plugins179 files
bin/Command-line entry points4 files
dotfiles/Folder30 files
playbooks/Folder24 files
scripts/Helper scripts2 files
.claude-plugin/Plugin manifest — what gets installed1 files
tests/Tests — proof it works14 files
READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksMIT licenseUpdated this month
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Details
Creator
vinta
Language
Python
Category
devtools
Published
11/21/2015

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