From AI Chat to Claude Code in 3 Seconds

Source: Dev.to

The Problem

You know the flow: brainstorm with an AI chat, land on a plan, and get a nice CLAUDE.md generated.
Then you have to:

1. Download CLAUDE.md
2. Open a terminal
3. Create a project folder
4. Move CLAUDE.md into it
5. git init
6. Open your editor
7. Start Claude Code
8. Type “Start implementation”

That’s a lot of steps. The goal is to do it in 3 seconds.

GitHub – m4suisui/kickstart

Install

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/m4suisui/kickstart/main/install | bash

Usage

Quick start (with CLAUDE.md contents in your clipboard)

kickstart 

What the command does

• Creates ~/bin (if it doesn’t exist), places the executable there, and adds it to PATH
• Reads the clipboard, creates the project folder, and writes the CLAUDE.md file into it
• Runs git init in the new folder
• Resolves the Claude Code path and generates tasks.json
• Opens your editor, which reads tasks.json and runs Claude Code with “Start implementation”

Configuration

Working directory and editor are configurable via a .kickstartrc file (defaults: ~/projects and VS Code).

{
  "projectRoot": "~/projects",
  "editorCmd": "code",
  "editorArgs": ["--wait"]
}

Typical workflow

1. Copy CLAUDE.md contents to the clipboard
2. Open a terminal
3. Run kickstart

You can bind the command to a keyboard shortcut (e.g., Shortcuts.app on macOS or Power Automate on Windows) to skip the terminal entirely.

Advanced Options

–yolo mode

Add --yolo to launch Claude Code with --dangerously-skip-permissions.
Set ALWAYS_YOLO=true in .kickstartrc to enable it automatically.

kickstart --yolo

Clipboard safety

If your clipboard starts with -n or -e, echo may treat them as flags and discard the data. The script uses printf '%s\n' to avoid this issue.

Editor‑agnostic

The default editor is VS Code, but you can change it by setting EDITOR_CMD and EDITOR_ARGS in .kickstartrc to use any editor you prefer (e.g., Cursor, Sublime Text, etc.).

{
  "editorCmd": "cursor",
  "editorArgs": ["--wait"]
}

If you do everything inside Claude Code from the start, this tool isn’t necessary. But if you like planning in chat first, it saves a few minutes every time.