README
The README every repository must have, answering four questions in order: what is this, who is it for, how do I run it, how do I contribute or extend it. Short by design; detail lives in linked documents.
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Skeleton
# {{project_name}}
**What is this?** {{what}}
**Who is it for?** {{audience}}
**How do I run it?**
```bash
{{run_commands}}
```
**How do I contribute or extend it?** {{contribute}}
{{license_line}}
Rendered example
# ai-atoms
**What is this?** A typed, versioned catalog of AI runtime primitives: skills, hooks, prompts, agents, personas, models, policies, tools, and templates.
**Who is it for?** Runtime authors that install behaviour by id, and contributors who publish it.
**How do I run it?**
```bash
pip install jsonschema pytest
python3 scripts/build-exports.py
python3 -m pytest
```
**How do I contribute or extend it?** See CONTRIBUTING.md for the per-class rules and docs/adr/ for why it is shaped this way.
Licensing: code Apache-2.0, data CC-BY-4.0.
Placeholders
| Name | Required | What goes here | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
{{project_name}} | yes | Repository or product name. | ai-atoms |
{{what}} | yes | One or two sentences saying what the thing is and does. | A typed, versioned catalog of AI runtime primitives. |
{{audience}} | yes | Who should use it, by role. | Runtime authors and contributors. |
{{run_commands}} | yes | The minimal commands that build, test, or start it from a clean machine. | pip install jsonschema python3 scripts/build-exports.py |
{{contribute}} | yes | Where the contribution rules, spec, and architecture live. | See CONTRIBUTING.md and docs/adr/. |
{{license_line}} | no | License statement. | Licensing: code Apache-2.0, data CC-BY-4.0. |
Rules for the finished document
- Answer the four questions in this order; do not add sections above them.
- Commands must run on a clean machine; test them before committing.
- Write at an 8th–10th grade reading level; link jargon on first use.
Produced by
- skill/documentation — documentation
- skill/onboard — Onboard
readmedocsrequired-document
Author convergent-systems-key. Source ai-atoms. License CC-BY-4.0. Skeleton follows the README rule in the convergent-systems AI Constitution (required documents §4.9.1).