Docker Project Foundations

Overview

This skill guides you in Dockerizing a project from scratch. It focuses on creating the initial Docker file set, choosing a sane layout, and preferring containerized dependencies over host-level installs.

When to use this skill

Activate this skill when:

• A user asks you to set up, initialize, or Dockerize a project
• A project needs an initial Dockerfile, compose.yaml, or .dockerignore and does not have one
• A user wants to add a service dependency (database, cache, message queue) to a project
• A user asks how to run or develop a project locally and Docker is available

Do not use this skill when

Do not use this skill when: