project-setup

# project-setup

Initialize qualitative research projects with epistemic partnership at the core. This skill guides researchers through philosophical foundation establishment via Socratic dialogue, then creates the project infrastructure.

## When to Use

Use this skill when:
- User wants to start a new qualitative research project
- User mentions "initialize", "setup", "new project", or "getting started"
- User asks about establishing philosophical foundations
- User needs to configure their epistemic stance

## Capabilities

1. **Socratic Onboarding** - Guide researchers through 5 key philosophical questions
2. **Project Structure Creation** - Create the sandwich methodology folder hierarchy
3. **Configuration Generation** - Generate config.json from dialogue responses
4. **Partnership Agreement** - Establish mutual commitments

## Two Modes

### Full Setup (15 min) - Recommended
Complete Socratic dialogue exploring:
- What is "data" to you? (ontology)
- When you code, you are...? (epistemology)
- Your role as researcher? (methodology)
- How do you view AI? (relationship)
- Stage 1 status? (sandwich methodology)

### Quick Start (3 min)
Use sensible defaults (Gioia/Systematic Interpretivist):
- Ontology: interpretivist
- Epistemology: systematic_interpretation
- Tradition: gioia_corley
- AI Relationship: epistemic_partner

**Quick Start still requires Stage 1 manual coding** - no shortcuts to theoretical sensitivity!

## Scripts

### create-structure.js
Creates the project folder hierarchy:
```
project-name/
├── .interpretive-orchestration/
│   ├── config.json
│   ├── reflexivity-journal.md
│   ├── conversation-log.jsonl
│   └── decision-history.md
├── stage1-foundation/
│   ├── manual-codes/
│   └── memos/
├── stage2-collaboration/
│   ├── stream-a-theoretical/
│   ├── stream-b-empirical/
│   └── synthesis/
├── stage3-synthesis/
│   ├── evidence-tables/
│   └── theoretical-integration/
└── outputs/
```

**Usage:**
```bash
node skills/project-setup/scripts/create-