# setting-up-astro-project

> Claude/Codex skill by [@astronomer](https://omgskills.com/library/astronomer/index.md) · 454 stars · Updated 2026-10-14

Initialize and configure Astro/Airflow projects. Use when the user wants to create a new project, set up dependencies, configure connections/variables, or understand project structure. For running the local environment, see managing-astro-local-env.

Tags: agentic-workflow, agents, ai, ai-agents, airflow, apache-airflow, claude, cursor, dag, data-engineering, data-pipelines, dbt, llm, mcp, orchestrator, skills, workflow-automation, workflow-management, workflow-orchestration, workflows

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/astronomer/agents /tmp/agents && ln -s /tmp/agents/skills/setting-up-astro-project ~/.claude/skills/setting-up-astro-project
```

## From README

Astro Project This skill helps you initialize and configure Airflow projects using the Astro CLI. To run the local environment, see the managing-astro-local-env skill. To write DAGs, see the authoring-dags skill. Open-source alternative: If the user isn't on Astro, guide them to Apache Airflow's Docker Compose quickstart for local dev and the Helm chart for production. For deployment strategies, use the deploying-airflow skill. --- Initialize a New Project Don't pass --airflow-version or --runtime-version unless the user explicitly asks for a specific pin. Plain astro dev init resolves to the latest Astro Runtime — that's the right default. Specifying a version risks pinning to a stale value from training data. If the user wants to know what was installed, read the generated Dockerfile afterward instead of guessing.

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/skills/astronomer/agents/setting-up-astro-project/
- GitHub: https://github.com/astronomer/agents
- Author: [@astronomer](https://omgskills.com/library/astronomer/index.md)

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