Yeah, what you're describing is exactly how Minilla works.

minil new -p ExtUtilsMakeMaker Acme::Random::Perlmonks::Example

...results in what you'd find here: https://github.com/sanko/Acme-Random-Perlmonks-Example. The repo can be installed by cloning it and running the Makefile.PL as you would or with cpanminus like this:

cpanm https://github.com/sanko/Acme-Random-Perlmonks-Example.git

All without requiring end users or co-devs to install or even think about Minilla. It generates complete, ready to go boilerplate and gets out of the way.

After a full decade of development, it really does deserve broader use but it's largely ignored or simply unknown by the people in the best positions to steer new eyes towards it which is why I can't mention it often enough. It's a great tool.