Quickstart

April 7, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

Get nv:context running in 2 minutes.

See it live: skills.nichevlabs.com shows production case studies, the research library, and the full synthesis.

Install

npx skills add johnnichev/nv-context -g -y

Option 2: One-liner

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/nv-context && curl -o ~/.claude/skills/nv-context/SKILL.md \
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/johnnichev/nv-context/main/skills/nv-context/SKILL.md

Option 3: Clone with templates

git clone https://github.com/johnnichev/nv-context.git
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/nv-context
cp -r nv-context/skills/nv-context/* ~/.claude/skills/nv-context/

Use

Open Claude Code in your repo and run:

/nv-context

The skill will:

  1. Ask you about your tools, team, pain points, and landmines (~2 min)
  2. Analyze your codebase (~30 sec)
  3. Score your current maturity and leverage
  4. Generate tailored config files
  5. Set up hooks, session management, and token budgets
  6. Report what was created and what to hand-refine

What Gets Generated

Depends on your answers, but typically:

your-repo/
  AGENTS.md                    # Universal config (all AI tools read this)
  CLAUDE.md                    # Claude-specific with @imports
  tests/CLAUDE.md              # Testing scope
  src/CLAUDE.md                # Source scope
  HANDOFF.md                   # Session handoff template
  .claudeignore                # Exclude irrelevant files
  .claude/
    settings.local.json        # Hooks (auto-format, branch protection, etc.)
  .cursor/rules/               # Cursor scoped rules (if you use Cursor)
  .github/
    copilot-instructions.md    # Copilot config (if you use Copilot)
    workflows/
      learn-from-reviews.yml   # Auto-learn from PR reviews

After Setup

  1. Use it. Start coding with your AI agent. Watch where it stumbles.
  2. Iterate. When an agent makes a mistake, add one line to AGENTS.md that prevents it.
  3. Prune. When a line stops being useful, delete it.
  4. Hand off. Before ending long sessions, update HANDOFF.md.
  5. Review. Check your configs every few weeks. Delete what's stale.

Your codebase gets smarter with every iteration.

Verify

Run /nv-context again anytime to re-score your setup and find gaps.