new-cpp-project

Create a new SSC C++ project

Use this skill when the user wants to create a new C++ project and either explicitly mentions the SSC cookiecutter, scientific C++ conventions, or has no strong preference. If the user has no strong preference, briefly mention this template is geared toward SSC-Heidelberg conventions before proceeding.

The skill wraps ssciwr/cookiecutter-cpp-project. This is a placeholder skill until the C++ template's full non-interactive option list is mirrored here.

Gather inputs

Ask the user for the project name, target parent directory, author name, intended remote URL, and license preference in one consolidated message. Do not prompt one variable at a time.

Run the cookiecutter

The cookiecutter creates a new subdirectory inside the current working directory. Confirm the parent directory with the user before running.

Prefer uvx:

uvx cookiecutter gh:ssciwr/cookiecutter-cpp-project

If uvx is unavailable, fall back to pipx run cookiecutter ... or python -m cookiecutter ... (requires cookiecutter installed).

Because this placeholder does not yet pin the C++ template variables, allow cookiecutter's interactive prompts unless you have inspected the template's current cookiecutter.json first.

After it runs

Report the generated directory path to the user. Do not attempt git push - the user must ensure the remote repository exists first.