Setting Up Python Projects

New projects start with the full safety net configured. The bootstrap flow is local and explicit: promote the template files into their final locations, copy shared/ and shared_tests/, copy the docs references into docs/, then customize.

For standalone scripts, use writing-python-scripts. For backend/service repos, start with setting-up-python-backends. For architecture shape of the project after bootstrap or updating an existing project, use architecting-python-changes. Come here when the answer is really about bootstrap, repo shape, or initial scaffolding for a general Python project.

Make sure to read repo's readme.

Choose the Shape First

Choose structure based on expected change axes and future callers, not aesthetics.