diff --git a/home/.config/templates/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/home/.config/templates/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6c565f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/.config/templates/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Sensible defaults — keeps ruff + ty fast on every commit.
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
+    rev: v0.9.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: ruff
+        args: [--fix]
+      - id: ruff-format
+  - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ty-pre-commit
+    rev: 0.0.1a8
+    hooks:
+      - id: ty-check
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v5.0.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+      - id: end-of-file-fixer
+      - id: check-yaml
+      - id: check-toml
+      - id: check-added-large-files
+        args: ['--maxkb=1024']
+      - id: check-merge-conflict
diff --git a/home/.zshrc b/home/.zshrc
index e8e5aec..c4f2190 100644
--- a/home/.zshrc
+++ b/home/.zshrc
@@ -30,7 +30,34 @@ alias aider-fast='AIDER_MODEL=$MODEL_FAST      aider'
 mkproj() {
   local name="$1"
   [ -z "$name" ] && echo 'usage: mkproj <name>' && return 1
-  mkdir -p "$HOME/work/$name" && cd "$HOME/work/$name" && uv init
+  local dir="$HOME/work/$name"
+  mkdir -p "$dir" && cd "$dir" || return 1
+
+  uv init --no-readme >/dev/null
+
+  # tag pyproject with workspace + owner from Coder env (when present)
+  if [ -n "${CODER_WORKSPACE_NAME:-}" ]; then
+    cat >> pyproject.toml <<TOMLEND
+
+[tool.coder]
+workspace = "$CODER_WORKSPACE_NAME"
+owner = "$CODER_WORKSPACE_OWNER"
+owner_email = "$CODER_WORKSPACE_OWNER_EMAIL"
+TOMLEND
+  fi
+
+  # Python .gitignore
+  cp -n "$HOME/.config/templates/python.gitignore" .gitignore 2>/dev/null
+
+  # Dev tooling + pre-commit
+  uv add --dev pytest ruff ty pre-commit >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  cp -n "$HOME/.config/templates/.pre-commit-config.yaml" . 2>/dev/null
+  uv run pre-commit install >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
+  # First commit
+  git init -q -b main
+  git add . && git commit -q -m "chore: scaffold $name (mkproj)" || true
+  echo "$name ready at $dir"
 }
 
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