dev backbone template

README.md

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+# Dev Backbone Template
+
+Drop-in baseline for:
+- `AGENTS.md` + `SKILLS/` (consistent agent behavior)
+- DoD gates (`scripts/dod.sh`, `scripts/dod.ps1`)
+- Copilot instructions
+- CI gates (GitHub Actions + GitLab CI)
+
+## Use for NEW projects
+1) Make this repo a GitHub **Template repository**.
+2) Create new repos from the template.
+
+## Apply to EXISTING repos
+Copy these into the repo root:
+- AGENTS.md
+- SKILLS.md
+- SKILLS/
+- scripts/
+- .github/copilot-instructions.md
+- (optional) .github/workflows/dod.yml
+- (optional) .gitlab-ci.yml
+
+Commit and push.
+
+## Run DoD
+- macOS/Linux: `./scripts/dod.sh`
+- Windows: `\scripts\dod.ps1`
+
+## Notes
+- DoD scripts auto-detect Node/Python and run what exists.
+- Customize per repo for extra checks (docker build, e2e, mypy, etc.).