diff --git a/.github/copilot-instructions.md b/.github/copilot-instructions.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# FlightPHP/Core Project Instructions
+
+## Overview
+This is the main FlightPHP core library for building fast, simple, and extensible PHP web applications. It is dependency-free for core usage and supports PHP 7.4+.
+
+## Project Guidelines
+- PHP 7.4 must be supported. PHP8 or greater also supported, but avoid PHP8+ only features.
+- Keep the core library dependency-free (no polyfills or interface-only repositories).
+- All Flight projects are meant to be kept simple and fast. Performance is a priority.
+- Flight is extensible and when implementing new features, consider how they can be added as plugins or extensions rather than bloating the core library.
+- Any new features built into the core should be well-documented and tested.
+- Any new features should be added with a focus on simplicity and performance, avoiding unnecessary complexity.
+- This is not a Laravel, Yii, Code Igniter or Symfony clone. It is a simple, fast, and extensible framework that allows you to build applications quickly without the overhead of large frameworks.
+
+## Development & Testing
+- Run tests: `composer test` (uses phpunit/phpunit and spatie/phpunit-watcher)
+- Run test server: `composer test-server` or `composer test-server-v2`
+- Lint code: `composer lint` (uses phpstan/phpstan, level 6)
+- Beautify code: `composer beautify` (uses squizlabs/php_codesniffer, PSR1)
+- Check code style: `composer phpcs`
+- Test coverage: `composer test-coverage`
+
+## Coding Standards
+- Follow PSR1 coding standards (enforced by PHPCS)
+- Use strict comparisons (`===`, `!==`)
+- PHPStan level 6 compliance
+- Focus on PHP 7.4 compatibility (avoid PHP 8+ only features)
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7f0b216..90cd18f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ coverage/
 *.sublime*
 clover.xml
 phpcs.xml
-.runway-config.json
\ No newline at end of file
+.runway-config.json
+.runway-creds.json
diff --git a/flight/commands/AiGenerateInstructionsCommand.php b/flight/commands/AiGenerateInstructionsCommand.php
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+<?php
+namespace app\commands;
+
+use Ahc\Cli\Input\Command;
+
+class AiGenerateInstructionsCommand extends Command
+{
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        parent::__construct('ai:generate-instructions', 'Generate project-specific AI coding instructions');
+    }
+
+    public function execute()
+    {
+        $io = $this->app()->io();
+        $baseDir = getcwd() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
+        $runwayCredsFile = $baseDir . '.runway-creds.json';
+
+        // Check for runway creds
+        if (!file_exists($runwayCredsFile)) {
+            $io->error('Missing .runway-creds.json. Please run the \'ai:init\' command first.', true);
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        $io->info('Let\'s gather some project details to generate AI coding instructions.', true);
+
+        // Ask questions
+        $projectDesc = $io->prompt('Please describe what your project is for?');
+        $database = $io->prompt('What database are you planning on using? (e.g. MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL, none)', 'none');
+        $templating = $io->prompt('What HTML templating engine will you plan on using (if any)? (recommend latte)', 'latte');
+        $security = $io->confirm('Is security an important element of this project?', 'y');
+        $performance = $io->confirm('Is performance and speed an important part of this project?', 'y');
+        $composerLibs = $io->prompt('What major composer libraries will you be using if you know them right now?', 'none');
+        $envSetup = $io->prompt('How will you set up your development environment? (e.g. Docker, Vagrant, PHP dev server, other)', 'Docker');
+        $teamSize = $io->prompt('How many developers will be working on this project?', '1');
+        $api = $io->confirm('Will this project expose an API?', 'n');
+        $other = $io->prompt('Any other important requirements or context? (optional)', 'no');
+
+        // Prepare prompt for LLM
+        $contextFile = $baseDir . '.github/copilot-instructions.md';
+        $context = file_exists($contextFile) ? file_get_contents($contextFile) : '';
+        $userDetails = [
+            'Project Description' => $projectDesc,
+            'Database' => $database,
+            'Templating Engine' => $templating,
+            'Security Important' => $security ? 'yes' : 'no',
+            'Performance Important' => $performance ? 'yes' : 'no',
+            'Composer Libraries' => $composerLibs,
+            'Environment Setup' => $envSetup,
+            'Team Size' => $teamSize,
+            'API' => $api ? 'yes' : 'no',
+            'Other' => $other,
+        ];
+        $detailsText = "";
+        foreach ($userDetails as $k => $v) {
+            $detailsText .= "$k: $v\n";
+        }
+        $prompt = "" .
+            "You are an AI coding assistant. Update the following project instructions for this FlightPHP project based on the latest user answers. " .
+            "Only output the new instructions, no extra commentary.\n" .
+            "User answers:\n$detailsText\n" .
+            "Current instructions:\n$context\n";
+
+        // Read LLM creds
+        $creds = json_decode(file_get_contents($runwayCredsFile), true);
+        $apiKey = $creds['api_key'] ?? '';
+        $model = $creds['model'] ?? 'gpt-4o';
+        $baseUrl = $creds['base_url'] ?? 'https://api.openai.com';
+
+        // Prepare curl call (OpenAI compatible)
+        $headers = [
+            'Content-Type: application/json',
+            'Authorization: Bearer ' . $apiKey,
+        ];
+        $data = [
+            'model' => $model,
+            'messages' => [
+                ['role' => 'system', 'content' => 'You are a helpful AI coding assistant focused on the Flight Framework for PHP. You are up to date with all your knowledge from https://docs.flightphp.com. As an expert into the programming language PHP, you are top notch at architecting out proper instructions for FlightPHP projects.'],
+                ['role' => 'user', 'content' => $prompt],
+            ],
+            'temperature' => 0.2,
+        ];
+        $jsonData = json_encode($data);
+
+		// add info line that this may take a few minutes
+		$io->info('Generating AI instructions, this may take a few minutes...', true);
+
+        $ch = curl_init($baseUrl . '/v1/chat/completions');
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $jsonData);
+        $result = curl_exec($ch);
+        if (curl_errno($ch)) {
+            $io->error('Failed to call LLM API: ' . curl_error($ch), true);
+            return 1;
+        }
+        curl_close($ch);
+        $response = json_decode($result, true);
+        $instructions = $response['choices'][0]['message']['content'] ?? '';
+        if (!$instructions) {
+            $io->error('No instructions returned from LLM.', true);
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        // Write to files
+        $io->info('Updating .github/copilot-instructions.md, .cursor/rules/project-overview.mdc, and .windsurfrules...', true);
+        if (!is_dir($baseDir . '.github')) {
+            mkdir($baseDir . '.github', 0755, true);
+        }
+		if (!is_dir($baseDir . '.cursor/rules')) {
+			mkdir($baseDir . '.cursor/rules', 0755, true);
+		}
+        file_put_contents($baseDir . '.github/copilot-instructions.md', $instructions);
+        file_put_contents($baseDir . '.cursor/rules/project-overview.mdc', $instructions);
+        file_put_contents($baseDir . '.windsurfrules', $instructions);
+        $io->ok('AI instructions updated successfully.', true);
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/flight/commands/AiInitCommand.php b/flight/commands/AiInitCommand.php
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+++ b/flight/commands/AiInitCommand.php
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+<?php
+namespace app\commands;
+
+use Ahc\Cli\Input\Option;
+use Ahc\Cli\Output\Writer;
+use Ahc\Cli\IO\Interactor;
+use Ahc\Cli\Input\Command;
+
+class AiInitCommand extends Command
+{
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        parent::__construct('ai:init', 'Initialize LLM API credentials and settings');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Executes the function
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function execute()
+    {
+		$io = $this->app()->io();
+
+        $io->info('Welcome to AI Init!', true);
+
+		// if runway creds already exist, prompt to overwrite
+		$baseDir = getcwd() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;
+		$runwayCredsFile = $baseDir . '.runway-creds.json';
+
+		// make sure the .runway-creds.json file is not already present
+		if (file_exists($runwayCredsFile)) {
+			$io->error('.runway-creds.json file already exists. Please remove it before running this command.', true);
+			// prompt to overwrite
+			$overwrite = $io->confirm('Do you want to overwrite the existing .runway-creds.json file?', 'n');
+			if ($overwrite === false) {
+				$io->info('Exiting without changes.', true);
+				return 0;
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Prompt for API provider with validation
+		do {
+			$api = $io->prompt('Which LLM API do you want to use? (openai, grok, claude) [openai]', 'openai');
+			$api = strtolower(trim($api));
+			if (!in_array($api, ['openai', 'grok', 'claude'], true)) {
+			$io->error('Invalid API provider. Please enter one of: openai, grok, claude.', true);
+			$api = '';
+			}
+		} while (empty($api));
+
+		// Prompt for base URL with validation
+		do {
+			switch($api) {
+				case 'openai':
+					$defaultBaseUrl = 'https://api.openai.com';
+					break;
+				case 'grok':
+					$defaultBaseUrl = 'https://api.x.ai';
+					break;
+				case 'claude':
+					$defaultBaseUrl = 'https://api.anthropic.com';
+					break;
+				default:
+					$defaultBaseUrl = '';
+			}
+			$baseUrl = $io->prompt('Enter the base URL for the LLM API', $defaultBaseUrl);
+			$baseUrl = trim($baseUrl);
+			if (empty($baseUrl) || !filter_var($baseUrl, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL)) {
+			$io->error('Base URL cannot be empty and must be a valid URL.', true);
+			$baseUrl = '';
+			}
+		} while (empty($baseUrl));
+
+        // Validate API key input
+        do {
+            $apiKey = $io->prompt('Enter your API key for ' . $api);
+            if (empty(trim($apiKey))) {
+                $io->error('API key cannot be empty. Please enter a valid API key.', true);
+            }
+        } while (empty(trim($apiKey)));
+
+        // Validate model input
+        do {
+			switch($api) {
+				case 'openai':
+					$defaultModel = 'gpt-4o';
+					break;
+				case 'grok':
+					$defaultModel = 'grok-3-beta';
+					break;
+				case 'claude':
+					$defaultModel = 'claude-3-opus';
+					break;
+				default:
+					$defaultModel = '';
+			}
+            $model = $io->prompt('Enter the model name you want to use (e.g. gpt-4, claude-3-opus, etc)', $defaultModel);
+            if (empty(trim($model))) {
+                $io->error('Model name cannot be empty. Please enter a valid model name.', true);
+            }
+        } while (empty(trim($model)));
+
+        $creds = [
+            'provider' => $api,
+            'api_key' => $apiKey,
+            'model' => $model,
+			'base_url' => $baseUrl,
+        ];
+
+        $json = json_encode($creds, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES);
+        $file = $runwayCredsFile;
+        if (file_put_contents($file, $json) === false) {
+            $io->error('Failed to write credentials to ' . $file, true);
+            return 1;
+        }
+        $io->ok('Credentials saved to ' . $file, true);
+
+		// run a check to make sure that the creds file is in the .gitignore file
+		$gitignoreFile = $baseDir . '.gitignore';
+		if (!file_exists($gitignoreFile)) {
+			// create the .gitignore file if it doesn't exist
+			file_put_contents($gitignoreFile, ".runway-creds.json\n");
+			$io->info('.gitignore file created and .runway-creds.json added to it.', true);
+		} else {
+			// check if the .runway-creds.json file is already in the .gitignore file
+			$gitignoreContents = file_get_contents($gitignoreFile);
+			if (strpos($gitignoreContents, '.runway-creds.json') === false) {
+				// add the .runway-creds.json file to the .gitignore file
+				file_put_contents($gitignoreFile, "\n.runway-creds.json\n", FILE_APPEND);
+				$io->info('.runway-creds.json added to .gitignore file.', true);
+			} else {
+				$io->info('.runway-creds.json is already in the .gitignore file.', true);
+			}
+		}
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+}