donny-init

name	donny-init
description	Initialize Donny planning for a project: bootstrap a brand-new project (deep questioning, optional research, requirements, roadmap) or start the next milestone on an existing one. Auto-detects greenfield vs. brownfield from .planning/PROJECT.md presence. Use when starting a project from scratch, kicking off a new milestone or version cycle, or running the first Donny setup in a repo. The --milestone flag forces milestone mode; --auto runs the greenfield flow unattended from an idea document.
argument-hint	[milestone name] [--milestone] [--auto] [--reset-phase-numbers] [--ws <name>]
allowed-tools	["Read","Bash","Write","Task","AskUserQuestion"]

<runtime_note> Copilot (VS Code): Use vscode_askquestions wherever this workflow calls AskUserQuestion. They are equivalent - vscode_askquestions is the VS Code Copilot implementation of the same interactive question API. </runtime_note>

Initialize a project through one unified entry point. The workflow auto-selects between two flows:

• New project (greenfield) - no .planning/PROJECT.md. Runs questioning -> research (optional) -> requirements -> roadmap.
• New milestone (brownfield) - .planning/PROJECT.md exists. Loads history, gathers next-milestone goals, updates PROJECT.md/STATE.md, then requirements -> roadmap.

Routing: --milestone forces the milestone flow; otherwise the presence of .planning/PROJECT.md selects brownfield, its absence selects greenfield.

Creates / updates:

• .planning/PROJECT.md - project context (created greenfield, updated per milestone)
• .planning/config.json - workflow preferences (greenfield)
• .planning/research/ - domain research (optional)
• .planning/REQUIREMENTS.md - scoped requirements
• .planning/ROADMAP.md - phase structure
• .planning/STATE.md - project memory

After this command: Run /donny-discuss-phase [N] (or /donny-plan-phase [N]) to start execution.

**Flags:** - `--milestone` - Force the new-milestone flow even if detection is ambiguous. - `--auto` - Greenfield only. Skip interactive questioning; expects an idea document via `@file.md` or pasted text. - `--reset-phase-numbers` - Milestone flow only. Restart roadmap phase numbering at 1 instead of continuing. - Optional first argument: milestone name (milestone flow; prompts if omitted).

Project and milestone context files are resolved inside the workflow (init new-project / init new-milestone).

<execution_context> @/.claude/donny/workflows/init.md @/.claude/donny/references/questioning.md @/.claude/donny/references/ui-brand.md @/.claude/donny/templates/project.md @~/.claude/donny/templates/requirements.md </execution_context>

Execute the init workflow from @~/.claude/donny/workflows/init.md end-to-end. First run the routing step (Section 0) to pick the flow, then run only that flow's steps. Preserve all workflow gates (validation, questioning, research, requirements, roadmap approval, commits, routing).