Add development tooling and project configuration

Introduce pre-commit hooks, Claude Code guidance, TODO tracking,
and pyproject.toml to modernize development workflow.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.pre-commit-config.yaml

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+repos:
+  - 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-json
+      - id: check-merge-conflict
+      - id: check-added-large-files

CLAUDE.md

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+# CLAUDE.md
+
+This file provides guidance to Claude Code when working with the stack-orchestrator project.
+
+## Some rules to follow
+NEVER speculate about the cause of something
+NEVER assume your hypotheses are true without evidence
+
+ALWAYS clearly state when something is a hypothesis
+ALWAYS use evidence from the systems your interacting with to support your claims and hypotheses
+
+## Key Principles
+
+### Development Guidelines
+- **Single responsibility** - Each component has one clear purpose
+- **Fail fast** - Let errors propagate, don't hide failures
+- **DRY/KISS** - Minimize duplication and complexity
+
+## Development Philosophy: Conversational Literate Programming
+
+### Approach
+This project follows principles inspired by literate programming, where development happens through explanatory conversation rather than code-first implementation.
+
+### Core Principles
+- **Documentation-First**: All changes begin with discussion of intent and reasoning
+- **Narrative-Driven**: Complex systems are explained through conversational exploration
+- **Justification Required**: Every coding task must have a corresponding TODO.md item explaining the "why"
+- **Iterative Understanding**: Architecture and implementation evolve through dialogue
+
+### Working Method
+1. **Explore and Understand**: Read existing code to understand current state
+2. **Discuss Architecture**: Workshop complex design decisions through conversation
+3. **Document Intent**: Update TODO.md with clear justification before coding
+4. **Explain Changes**: Each modification includes reasoning and context
+5. **Maintain Narrative**: Conversations serve as living documentation of design evolution
+
+### Implementation Guidelines
+- Treat conversations as primary documentation
+- Explain architectural decisions before implementing
+- Use TODO.md as the "literate document" that justifies all work
+- Maintain clear narrative threads across sessions
+- Workshop complex ideas before coding
+
+This approach treats the human-AI collaboration as a form of **conversational literate programming** where understanding emerges through dialogue before code implementation.
+
+## Insights and Observations
+
+### Design Principles
+- **When something times out that doesn't mean it needs a longer timeout it means something that was expected never happened, not that we need to wait longer for it.**
+- **NEVER change a timeout because you believe something truncated, you don't understand timeouts, don't edit them unless told to explicitly by user.**

TODO.md

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+# Stack Orchestrator TODO
+
+## Pending Features
+
+### k8s cluster management
+
+- [ ] Add command to remove unused/empty laconic-* kind clusters
+  - Should detect clusters with no deployments running
+  - Command: `laconic-so deploy k8s delete cluster` or similar
+  - Safety: prompt for confirmation before deletion

pyproject.toml

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+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "laconic-stack-orchestrator"
+version = "1.1.0"
+description = "Orchestrates deployment of the Laconic stack"
+readme = "README.md"
+license = {text = "GNU Affero General Public License"}
+authors = [
+    {name = "Cerc", email = "info@cerc.io"}
+]
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
+classifiers = [
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "python-decouple>=3.8",
+    "python-dotenv==1.0.0",
+    "GitPython>=3.1.32",
+    "tqdm>=4.65.0",
+    "python-on-whales>=0.64.0",
+    "click>=8.1.6",
+    "PyYAML>=6.0.1",
+    "ruamel.yaml>=0.17.32",
+    "pydantic==1.10.9",
+    "tomli==2.0.1",
+    "validators==0.22.0",
+    "kubernetes>=28.1.0",
+    "humanfriendly>=10.0",
+    "python-gnupg>=0.5.2",
+    "requests>=2.3.2",
+]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = [
+    "pytest>=7.0.0",
+    "pytest-cov>=4.0.0",
+    "black>=22.0.0",
+    "flake8>=5.0.0",
+    "pyright>=1.1.0",
+    "ansible-lint>=6.0.0",
+    "yamllint>=1.28.0",
+    "pre-commit>=3.0.0",
+]
+
+[project.scripts]
+laconic-so = "stack_orchestrator.main:cli"
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://git.vdb.to/cerc-io/stack-orchestrator"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["."]
+
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+"*" = ["data/**"]
+
+[tool.black]
+line-length = 88
+target-version = ['py38']
+
+[tool.flake8]
+max-line-length = 88
+extend-ignore = ["E203", "W503"]
+
+[tool.pyright]
+pythonVersion = "3.9"
+typeCheckingMode = "basic"
+reportMissingImports = "none"
+reportMissingModuleSource = "none"
+reportUnusedImport = "error"
+include = ["stack_orchestrator/**/*.py", "tests/**/*.py"]
+exclude = ["**/build/**", "**/__pycache__/**"]
+
+[tool.mypy]
+python_version = "3.8"
+warn_return_any = true
+warn_unused_configs = true
+disallow_untyped_defs = true
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+testpaths = ["tests"]
+python_files = ["test_*.py"]
+python_classes = ["Test*"]
+python_functions = ["test_*"]
+markers = [
+    "slow: marks tests as slow (deselect with '-m \"not slow\"')",
+    "e2e: marks tests as end-to-end (requires real infrastructure)",
+]
+addopts = [
+    "--cov",
+    "--cov-report=term-missing",
+    "--cov-report=html",
+    "--strict-markers",
+]
+asyncio_default_fixture_loop_scope = "function"
+
+[tool.coverage.run]
+source = ["stack_orchestrator"]
+disable_warnings = ["couldnt-parse"]
+
+[tool.coverage.report]
+exclude_lines = [
+    "pragma: no cover",
+    "def __repr__",
+    "raise AssertionError",
+    "raise NotImplementedError",
+]