Prothon – docs-first Python project generator for AI development

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Prothon is a Python project generator that scaffolds a uv-based project with eight quality tools (ruff, ty, pytest, hypothesis, mutmut, bandit, vulture, complexipy) and a documentation-driven workflow for AI coding agents.The problem it solves: AI assistants lose context between sessions and drift from your decisions as context windows fill up. Prothon addresses this with three ideas:1. A three-level doc hierarchy (SPEC, DESIGN, PATTERNS) where each level scopes a single concern and higher always overrides lower. The AI implements from these docs, not from memory. Each doc-writing step is a dedicated agent that refuses content belonging at another level.2. Automated agents that keep things c

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