MATLAB Project — Setup, Conventions, and Build-Script Patterns

A MATLAB Project (.prj) is a single file that manages path, tracked artifacts, shortcuts, derived-output locations, and health checks. This skill covers the mechanics so every downstream workflow (requirements, architecture, analysis, anything else) can rely on a predictable project shape.

Domain skills reuse this skill's helpers (setupProject, registerWithProject) and conventions (idempotent build scripts, removeFile before delete, runChecks at the end of buildAll). They may override the living-doc templates with domain-specific versions.

Creating a project

Use code/setupProject.m to create the project inline (not as a saved script — the scripts/ folder doesn't exist yet):