c3-config

What problem does it solve?

This Skill centralizes and simplifies the configuration of project-specific preferences for C3 documentation. It ensures consistency in diagramming tools, layer-specific guidance, architectural guardrails, and post-ADR handoff procedures, reducing manual effort and enforcing best practices.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Automatic Settings Detection: Checks for existing settings.yaml and offers to create or update it.
• Sensible Defaults: Initializes settings.yaml with practical default values, allowing immediate use without extensive setup.
• Socratic Refinement: Guides users through targeted questions to customize sections like diagramming tools, layer-specific guidance (Context, Container, Component), team guardrails, ADR settings, and handoff procedures.
• Flexible YAML Structure: Stores preferences in a human-readable and directly editable YAML file.
• Integration with C3 Workflow: Ensures that configured preferences are automatically applied by other C3 skills during design and documentation.
• Use Case: A team wants to enforce specific diagramming tools and a mandatory ADR review process. They use c3-config to define these preferences in .c3/settings.yaml, which then guides all subsequent C3 design work, ensuring compliance.

Quick Start

Use the c3-config skill to set up project preferences for C3 documentation.