Init Workspace

---
name: init-workspace
user-invocable: true
version: 2.8.0
argument-hint: <target-dir>
author: "Gabriel Trabanco <gtrabanco@users.noreply.github.com>"
license: MIT
description: >
  Adapt the workflow scaffold to a new repository or add only missing substrate
  blocks to an existing install. Every install, hook, and overwrite needs
  explicit consent. Triggers: "init-workspace", "set up agentic workflow",
  "upgrade workflow scaffold".
---

# Init Workspace

Turn an empty or existing repo into one that works with the agentic workflow:
copy the generic scaffold, then **tailor it to this project** instead of leaving
raw placeholders.

## Turn contract — verify before ending the turn

```
✓ The adapted scaffold and repository-state ledger are written (or the merge/abort decision was asked) and remaining placeholders are listed
✓ Nothing was installed or overwritten without an explicit yes
✓ Artifact language: explicit user instruction > the project's declared docs language > English. The CONVERSATION language never decides — a Spanish prompt still produces English PRs/issues/commits/SPECs unless one of the first two says otherwise
✓ The closing `→ Next:` block is printed as the ABSOLUTE last output
```

About to end the turn with any box unchecked? The turn is NOT done — complete
the missing box first (weak models drop end-of-document duties; this list is
first on purpose).

## When to use

- Setting up a repo to use these skills and you want the documentation substrate
  (`CLAUDE.md` + `docs/` map + templates) adapted to the project, not just copied.
- Prefer this over a static `npx degit gtrabanco/agentic-workflow/template` when you
  want the gate commands, architecture, and doc domains filled in by interview.

## Step 0 — Discover the project (always first)

Inspect the target dir (`[target-dir]`, default cwd) before touching anything:

- Existing `CLAUDE.md` / `AGENTS.md` / `docs/` / `.github/`? If so, **do not
  clobber** — check first whether it's an **agentic-workflow scaffold**
  (marker: `CLAUDE.md` present *and* either `docs/features/ROADMAP.md` or a
  `docs/workflow/` dir). If both markers are present, offer **upgrade** as the
  default action, alongside merge / adapt-in-place / abort — see **Upgrade
  mode** below. If `CLAUDE.md`/`docs/` exist but the markers are absent (a
  foreign scaffold), stay in bootstrap and ask merge / adapt in place / abort
  as before.
- Detect the stack from manifests (`package.json`, `pyproject.toml`, `go.mod`,
  `Cargo.toml`, `Gemfile`, …) to *propose* gate commands and naming conventions.
- Note the git state (is it a repo, what's the default branch, and the **remote
  URL → forge**: github.com → GitHub/`gh`, gitlab → GitLab/`glab`, else ask).


## Progressive loading — bootstrap or upgrade, never both

The reference allowlist is exactly the four linked paths below. Never invent or
read another `references/` path. Step 0 selects exactly one route:

**Hard rule for an existing Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, or OpenCode
scaffold:** LOAD exactly `references/UPGRADE.md`. A missing committed safety
adapter is upgrade work, not a missing vendor primitive. Do not load bootstrap
or portability unless the runtime platform has no named adapter at all.

- Bare/foreign repository: read
  [bootstrap discovery](references/BOOTSTRAP_DISCOVERY.md), complete its
  interview, then read [bootstrap write](references/BOOTSTRAP_WRITE.md).
- Existing agentic-workflow scaffold: read [upgrade](references/UPGRADE.md)
  only. Its additive-only rule is absolute; do not replay bootstrap.
- No named adapter exists for the detected runtime platform: add
  [portability](references/PORTABILITY.md) only for that fallback. Claude Code,
  Cursor, Copilot, and OpenCode are named supported adapters; a missing adapter
  file is repaired by upgrade and does not trigger portability.

All resources are one hop from this file. Existing files, hook consent,
installation consent, and residual reporting are fixed contracts. Missing
template/migration evidence is reported by the selected route, never filled by
guessing. An existing OpenCode scaffold with only its safety adapter missing
loads exactly upgrade and skips bootstrap plus portability.

## Guardrails

- **Never overwrite an existing `CLAUDE.md` or `docs/` without explicit consent.**
- **Additive-only, never clobber (upgrade mode).** Upgrade mode only adds
  blocks the project lacks and fills raw placeholders — it never rewrites or
  deletes a block the project already tailored, even if the current template
  changed that block too. A genuine re-tailor is a separate, explicitly
  requested bootstrap adapt-in-place run, never something upgrade mode does
  on its own. **The urgency label seeding is additive-only the same way:**
  create a missing `urgent`/`fix-next` label, never touch one that already
  exists (name, color, or description a project already customized).
- **Never redefine the urgency label vocabulary here.** `skills/triage-issue
  /SKILL.md` is the sole owner of the `urgent`/`fix-next` names, colors, and
  apply rules — this skill only seeds those two labels into the repo; it never
  invents a third label or changes what the two mean.
- Docs-only scaffolding; no app code, no dependencies installed unprompted.
- Architecture-agnostic: record the project's pattern, don't impose one.
- Honest placeholders over invented specifics; flag what's left to fill.
- Honor the project's **Workflow conventions** once present; on an existing repo,
  don't work on its default branch and never commit/push unless asked.

## Normalized Repository State

Seed `docs/workflow/REPOSITORY_STATE.md` from the template. Explain that
discovery freezes evidence before planning and only the resolver updates facts.

## Architectural invariants

Offer `docs/architecture/ARCHITECTURAL_INVARIANTS.md` as an optional project
contract for long-lived architectural rules. Its entries must name a stable ID,
repository evidence, and the authority that can change the rule. Do not infer a
rule from the implementation or a feature SPEC. A project without this document
remains compatible; record `n/a: no project invariants declared` in later
workflow artifacts rather than creating one silently.


## Portability

The scaffold is vendor-neutral; only hook activation differs. When the detected
agent has no named adapter, follow [portability](references/PORTABILITY.md) and
keep it as an explicit residual. A supported Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, or
OpenCode adapter does not load this fallback.

## Relationship to other skills

- `npx degit gtrabanco/agentic-workflow/template` — the static copy this skill
  adapts. Use that when you want the raw scaffold and will fill it yourself.
- `docs/workflow/PORTABLE_PROMPT.md` — regenerates the **skills** adapted to a
  project (behavior). This skill adapts the **substrate** (docs). Complementary.
- After init: `discover-repository-state` → `design-feature` → `plan-feature` →
  `execute-phase`; run `audit-docs` to confirm the scaffold is coherent.

## Done when

- A tailored `CLAUDE.md` + `docs/` scaffold + `.github/` templates exist in the
  target, unused folders pruned, residual placeholders flagged, the platform's
  companion review skills are recorded (and offered), and the `urgent`/
  `fix-next` labels are seeded (scaffold) or additively reconciled (upgrade),
  and every accepted safety adapter is active and fixture-tested — or explicitly
  listed as a residual when its hook API/dependency was unavailable.
- **The closing `→ Next:` block is printed** (plus the offer to install the skills):

  ```
  → Next: /discover-repository-state — freeze repository evidence before planning
    · raw idea → /design-feature "<idea>" after discovery
    · next roadmap entry → /plan-feature --next after discovery
    · confirm the scaffold is coherent → /audit-docs
  ```