An AI-assisted toolkit for packaging self-hosted services for StartOS. This repo contains documentation, templates, and a CLAUDE.md that teaches Claude Code how to package any open-source project as a StartOS .s9pk.

When you run Claude Code in a directory that references this repo's CLAUDE.md, it learns the full StartOS packaging workflow — manifest configuration, daemon setup, networking, actions, dependencies, and more. You just tell it what service you want to package.

1. Create a directory for your services and cd into it:

   mkdir services && cd services

2. Clone this repo:

   git clone https://github.com/Start9Labs/service-packaging.git ai-service-packaging

3. Copy the root CLAUDE.md into your services directory:

   cp ai-service-packaging/ROOT_CLAUDE.md CLAUDE.md

4. Run Claude Code and say hi:

   claude

   > hi
   

Claude will introduce itself, check for any pending tasks, and ask what you'd like to do — including packaging a new service. You can give it a repo URL, a project name, a product you want a self-hosted alternative to, or just describe what you need.