lever-init

name	lever-init
description	Bootstrap a repo for agent-levers. Creates .agents/levers/, wires CLAUDE.md/GEMINI.md to import AGENTS.md, writes an AGENTS.md skeleton when missing. Hands off via /lever-new.
metadata	{"author":"fmind","url":"https://github.com/fmind/agent-levers/tree/main/skills/lever-init"}

lever-init

Bootstrap this repo for agent-levers. Idempotent: only adds files. The one exception is §3 — when AGENTS.md exists but doesn't reference the lever skills, init appends a Workflow section pointing at them.

GitHub Copilot reads AGENTS.md natively; Claude Code (CLAUDE.md) and Gemini CLI (GEMINI.md) need a one-line @-import shim.

1. Pre-flight

1. Confirm the cwd is a git repo: git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree. If not, stop with "Blocked: not a git repository — run \git init` first."`

2. Run git status --porcelain. If non-empty, list dirty paths under a Pre-existing changes: heading in the chat reply and proceed — init only adds files.

3. Confirm .agents/levers/ is not git-ignored (handles negations, nested .gitignores, glob patterns, portable across Linux/macOS/Windows Git Bash):

   git check-ignore -q .agents/levers/.gitkeep
   

   Exit 0 means the path is ignored. Surface the offending line(s) with grep -n '\.agents' .gitignore and stop with a chat sentence naming the gitignored path.

2. Workspace skeleton

mkdir -p .agents/levers

3. AGENTS.md

AGENTS.md is the project's contract with its agents — voice, conventions, layout, workflow. Three cases:

• Missing. Write templates/AGENTS.md (sibling of this SKILL.md) verbatim. Surface in chat: "Wrote AGENTS.md from the lever-init skeleton — fill in the placeholders before running /lever-new."
• Exists, mentions any of /lever-new, /lever, /lever-status. No-op. The workflow is already wired.
• Exists, no lever mention. Append a Workflow section pointing at /lever-new, /lever, /lever-status (and /lever-status <id> cancel [<reason>] for retirement). Use the Workflow bullets from templates/AGENTS.md. If the file already has a ## Workflow heading, append at its end (before the next ## or EOF); otherwise add a new ## Workflow section. Surface in chat: "Appended a Workflow section to AGENTS.md — review and revert if you'd rather wire the skills differently."

Detect the lever-mention case with:

grep -qE '/lever-new|/lever\b|/lever-status' AGENTS.md

The append is safe (additive, narrative-only) — no risk of overwriting prose. Init never edits any other AGENTS.md content.

4. Wire host context files (write missing, verify existing)

For each of CLAUDE.md and GEMINI.md:

• Missing. Write the import shim. The [ -f … ] || guard is POSIX bash:

  [ -f CLAUDE.md ] || printf '@AGENTS.md\n' > CLAUDE.md
  [ -f GEMINI.md ] || printf '@AGENTS.md\n' > GEMINI.md
  

• Exists. Grep for @AGENTS.md. If absent, the host file won't pick up AGENTS.md — silent break. List each broken file with the suggested one-line edit under a Drift detected: heading and stop. Init never edits existing host files.

Copilot needs no shim — it reads AGENTS.md natively.

5. Surface the gitignore choice

Lever artifacts (.agents/levers/<id>-<slug>/) are committed by default — useful audit trail. If the user prefers to ignore them (PII, scratch), they add .agents/levers/ to .gitignore themselves. Surface as one line under Gitignore choice: in the chat reply; don't write it for them.

6. Hand off

Invariant: .agents/levers/ exists and isn't gitignored; AGENTS.md exists (written, appended-to, or pre-existing) and references the lever skills; host shims actually import AGENTS.md. End the chat reply with one clear sentence stating what just happened and the next command.

• Ready — everything in place. Recommend /lever-new <short-title-of-first-task>.
• Ready, AGENTS.md just written/appended — same recommendation, plus a note to fill in placeholders or review the appended section.
• Blocked — not a git repo; .agents/levers/ is gitignored; or a host file exists without importing AGENTS.md. Name the blocker and the fix.