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+---
+id: task-001
+title: Initial toolkit setup
+status: Done
+priority: high
+created_date: '2025-12-15 23:35'
+labels: [setup, feature]
+---
+
+## Description
+
+Created the mycro-zine repository with core utilities for generating print-ready 8-page mini-zines.
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+
+- [x] Repository structure created (src/, examples/, output/)
+- [x] Layout script generates single-page output (2x4 grid)
+- [x] Prompt templates for AI content/image generation
+- [x] Example Undernet zine pages included
+- [x] Pushed to Gitea and GitHub
+
+## Implementation Notes
+
+Repository locations:
+- Gitea: gitea.jeffemmett.com:jeffemmett/mycro-zine
+- GitHub: github.com/Jeff-Emmett/mycro-zine
+
+Files created:
+- `src/layout.mjs` - Print layout generator (all 8 pages on one 8.5"x11" sheet)
+- `src/prompts.mjs` - Prompt templates for AI generation
+- `src/index.mjs` - Main entry point and exports
+- `examples/undernet/` - 8 example zine pages
+
+Test with: `npm run example`
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+project_name: "MycroZine"
+default_status: "To Do"
+statuses: ["To Do", "In Progress", "Done"]
+labels: ["feature", "bug", "docs", "enhancement"]
+milestones: []
+date_format: yyyy-mm-dd
+max_column_width: 20
+auto_open_browser: true
+default_port: 6420
+remote_operations: true
+auto_commit: true
+zero_padded_ids: 3
+bypass_git_hooks: false
+check_active_branches: true
+active_branch_days: 60