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skill_name: astro-setup description: Provides installation, prerequisite checking, and project initialization for Astro websites with AI Tech Stack 1 integration use_when:

• "initializing new Astro website project"
• "setting up Astro prerequisites"
• "configuring Astro integrations"
• "setting up Astro environment variables" tools_provided:
• check-prerequisites.sh
• install-astro.sh
• init-project.sh
• setup-integrations.sh
• setup-env.sh

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Astro Setup Skill

Overview

Provides installation, prerequisite checking, and project initialization for Astro websites with AI Tech Stack 1 integration.

Purpose

Automate the setup of Astro projects with proper Node.js version checking, dependency installation, integration configuration (React, MDX, Tailwind, Supabase), and MCP server setup.

When to Use

• Initializing a new Astro website project
• Setting up prerequisites (Node.js 18.14.1+)
• Installing Astro CLI and project dependencies
• Configuring integrations for AI Tech Stack 1
• Setting up environment variables and MCP servers

Components

Scripts

1. check-prerequisites.sh - Verify Node.js version, package manager
2. install-astro.sh - Install Astro CLI globally if needed
3. init-project.sh - Initialize Astro project with proper configuration
4. setup-integrations.sh - Install and configure Astro integrations
5. setup-env.sh - Create .env file with API key placeholders

Templates

1. astro.config.mjs - Complete Astro configuration with all integrations
2. tsconfig.json - TypeScript configuration for Astro
3. tailwind.config.js - Tailwind CSS configuration
4. .env.example - Environment variable template
5. package.json.template - Package.json with all dependencies

Examples

1. minimal-astro.config.mjs - Minimal Astro configuration
2. full-stack-astro.config.mjs - Full AI Tech Stack 1 configuration
3. blog-astro.config.mjs - Blog-optimized configuration

Integration with Website-Builder

This skill is invoked by:

• /website-builder:init command
• website-setup agent
• Any workflow requiring Astro project initialization

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18.14.1 or higher
• npm, pnpm, yarn, or bun package manager
• Internet connection for package installation

Documentation References

Uses Astro's LLM-optimized documentation:

• https://docs.astro.build/llms-full.txt - Complete Astro documentation
• https://docs.astro.build/_llms-txt/api-reference.txt - API reference
• https://docs.astro.build/en/install-and-setup/ - Installation guide

Output

• Initialized Astro project with TypeScript
• Installed integrations: @astrojs/react, @astrojs/mdx, @astrojs/tailwind, @astrojs/sitemap
• Configured astro.config.mjs
• Created .env.example with required variables
• Ready-to-use project structure