diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index fb7dd2d..ec3ccc4 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /* proj - project skeleton generator
  * Strict ANSI C89
- * Generates basic project layouts for C, Go, Python, REXX
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -10,18 +9,21 @@
 
 #define MAX_PATH 256
 #define MAX_CMD 512
+#define MAX_LINE 1024
 
-/* Simple template substitution */
-static void substitute(FILE *in, FILE *out, const char *projname, const char *author, const char *year)
+/* Simple key-value substitution */
+static void substitute(FILE *in, FILE *out, const char *projname,
+                       const char *author, const char *year, const char *desc,
+                       const char *quote)
 {
-    char line[1024];
+    char line[MAX_LINE];
     while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), in)) {
         char *p = line;
         while ((p = strstr(p, "{{"))) {
             char *end = strstr(p + 2, "}}");
             if (!end) break;
             *p = '\0';
-            fputs(p, out);           /* text before placeholder */
+            fputs(p, out);
             p += 2;
             if (strncmp(p, "PROJECT_NAME", end - p) == 0)
                 fputs(projname, out);
@@ -29,15 +31,19 @@ static void substitute(FILE *in, FILE *out, const char *projname, const char *au
                 fputs(author, out);
             else if (strncmp(p, "YEAR", end - p) == 0)
                 fputs(year, out);
+            else if (strncmp(p, "DESCRIPTION", end - p) == 0)
+                fputs(desc ? desc : "A simple CLI tool.", out);
+            else if (strncmp(p, "QUOTE", end - p) == 0)
+                fputs(quote ? quote : "", out);
             else
                 fputs("{{UNKNOWN}}", out);
             p = end + 2;
         }
-        fputs(p, out);               /* remaining text */
+        fputs(p, out);
     }
 }
 
-/* Create directory (via system for portability) */
+/* Create directory via system() - portable enough */
 static int make_dir(const char *path)
 {
     char cmd[MAX_CMD];
@@ -45,8 +51,9 @@ static int make_dir(const char *path)
     return system(cmd);
 }
 
-/* Generate a basic C CLI project */
-static int generate_c_cli(const char *projname, const char *author)
+/* Generate basic C CLI project */
+static int generate_c_cli(const char *projname, const char *author,
+                          const char *desc, const char *quote)
 {
     char year[16], path[MAX_PATH];
     time_t now = time(NULL);
@@ -62,7 +69,9 @@ static int generate_c_cli(const char *projname, const char *author)
     {
         FILE *f = fopen("README", "w");
         if (f) {
-            fprintf(f, "# %s\n\nA simple CLI tool.\n\n", projname);
+            fprintf(f, "# %s\n\n", projname);
+            if (quote) fprintf(f, "> %s\n\n", quote);
+            fprintf(f, "%s\n\n", desc ? desc : "A simple CLI tool.");
             fclose(f);
         }
     }
@@ -98,6 +107,8 @@ static int generate_c_cli(const char *projname, const char *author)
     }
 
     printf("Created C CLI project: %s\n", projname);
+    if (quote) printf("Inserted quote: %s\n", quote);
+
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -107,8 +118,8 @@ static void usage(void)
     printf("  c      Generate ANSI C CLI skeleton\n");
     printf("  go     Generate Go module skeleton\n");
     printf("  python Generate Python package skeleton\n");
-    printf("  rexx   Generate REXX script skeleton\n");
-    printf("\nOptions:\n");
+    printf("  rexx   Generate REXX script skeleton\n\n");
+    printf("Options:\n");
     printf("  --quote        Insert a random quote from cquote into README\n");
     printf("  --desc TEXT    Short project description\n");
     printf("  --author NAME  Author name\n");
@@ -123,15 +134,30 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     const char *lang = argv[1];
     const char *name = argv[2];
-    const char *author = "Greg Gauthier";   /* default - change or add flag */
+    const char *author = "Greg Gauthier";
+    const char *desc = NULL;
+    const char *quote = NULL;
+
+    /* Simple argument parsing */
+    int i;
+    for (i = 3; i < argc; i++) {
+        if (strcmp(argv[i], "--quote") == 0) {
+            /* For now, call cquote random via system() */
+            /* In real version we'd capture output properly */
+            quote = "TODO: insert quote from cquote";
+        } else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--desc") == 0 && i+1 < argc) {
+            desc = argv[++i];
+        } else if (strcmp(argv[i], "--author") == 0 && i+1 < argc) {
+            author = argv[++i];
+        }
+    }
 
     if (strcmp(lang, "c") == 0) {
-        generate_c_cli(name, author);
+        generate_c_cli(name, author, desc, quote);
     } else {
         printf("Language '%s' not yet supported.\n", lang);
         return 1;
     }
 
     return 0;
-}
-
+}
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