| name | aget-create-initiative |
| description | Scaffold approved initiative manifests at planning/initiatives/INIT-*.md. Mirrors /aget-create-project STRICT (D71 Layer 2) — direct Write/Edit to planning/initiatives/ is PROHIBITED once this skill is invoked. Implements SOP_initiative.md (graduated procedure) + future AGET_INITIATIVE_SPEC. Consumes PROPOSAL_init_*.md substrate produced by /aget-propose-initiative. |
| version | 1.0.0 |
/aget-create-initiative
Create a new AGET initiative manifest at planning/initiatives/INIT-*.md. Mirrors the /aget-create-project Strict pattern (D71 Layer 2): once invoked, direct Write/Edit to planning/initiatives/INIT-*.md is PROHIBITED. This skill closes the verb-pair gap with /aget-propose-initiative (Advisory).
Purpose
Per L867 (Coherence-Directed Investment) + D71 (Structural Skill Routing), each artifact-class needs a Strict create-side skill. The framework has:
/aget-create-project → PROJECT_PLAN_*.md (Strict)/aget-create-skill → skill scaffolding (Strict-adjacent)/aget-create-rubric → rubric scaffolding (Generator)/aget-create-briefing → briefing artifact (Generator)/aget-create-initiative → INIT-*.md (THIS SKILL — Strict, D71 Layer 2)
Evidence (2026-05-16):
- v3.18 orphan-routing batch scaffolded
INIT-FLEET-OBSERVABILITY.md by direct Write (governance bypass — L867 self-instance)
- 23 of 60 v3.18 items lacked owning initiative (38% orphan rate) — initiatives are critical infrastructure per principal directive
planning/skill-proposals/PROPOSAL_aget-create-initiative.md PROPOSED 2026-04-19; design complete; awaits implementation- Direct INIT-* authoring observed: INIT-REQ-SPEC-TEST-DEFINED (2026-04-19), INIT-FLEET-OBSERVABILITY (2026-05-16)
Governing Spec: sops/SOP_initiative.md v1.2.0 (graduated procedure; serves as governing contract until aget/specs/AGET_INITIATIVE_SPEC.md is authored at v3.19+).
Ontology Bindings (FWRK-2026-020 substrate)
This skill SHALL be interpreted in terms of the following AGET ontology concepts
(ontology v1.0.0, per aget:concept/ConceptPinningByVersion C643):
aget:concept/SpecificationToOntologyBinding (C644) — initiative manifests
authored by this skill are downstream binding consumers; new initiatives SHALL
declare their concept bindings inline (aget:concept/X).aget:concept/ConceptLifecycleState (C651) — initiative lifecycle states
(PROPOSED / ACTIVE / DORMANT / RETIRED) mirror SKOS concept lifecycle; the
same governance discipline applies.aget:concept/EditorialWorkflowStateLabel (C658) — **Status**: field in
manifest header is the state label per AGET INDEX convention.aget:concept/NormativeConceptBinding (C641) — the discipline that, when
applied to initiative manifests, makes Cross-Initiative Overlap claims
operationally verifiable (currently text-only).aget:concept/AuthorAssertedCleanlinessAntiPattern (C671) — Step 8
self-verification SHALL be replaced by validator output when Strict promotion
matures (currently author-asserted).
Vocabulary version: ontology/ONTOLOGY_personal_ai_systems_v1.0.yaml v1.0.0.
Concept Editor (aget:concept/ConceptEditorRole C657): aget-framework.
Input
$ARGUMENTS — Approved INIT-ID (e.g., INIT-SUBSTRATE-HYGIENE) OR the PP-### reference of an approved PROPOSAL_init_*.md.
Examples:
/aget-create-initiative INIT-SUBSTRATE-HYGIENE/aget-create-initiative PP-036/aget-create-initiative PP-037 INIT-EVOLUTION-DISCIPLINE
If no arguments provided:
Error: Approved INIT-ID or PP-### reference required.
Usage: /aget-create-initiative <INIT-NAME> | <PP-NNN>
Example: /aget-create-initiative INIT-SUBSTRATE-HYGIENE
Prerequisite: PROPOSAL_init_*.md must exist with Status: APPROVED via principal Decide.
Constraints
INVIOLABLE — MUST NOT violate:
- C1 (D71 Layer 2 Strict): NEVER scaffold
planning/initiatives/INIT-*.md unless a corresponding APPROVED PROPOSAL_init_*.md exists. If proposal is PROPOSED (not yet Approved), REFUSE and direct user to /aget-propose-initiative flow + principal Decide.
- C2 (Status default): NEVER default new initiatives to
Status: ACTIVE. Default is Status: NASCENT. Promotion to ACTIVE requires explicit principal GO + cross-initiative coordination check (Open Questions).
- C3 (No proposal bypass): NEVER author the proposal-step content in this skill. Proposal is
/aget-propose-initiative responsibility. If user attempts to use this skill to also create the PROPOSAL, REFUSE and point to /aget-propose-initiative.
- C4 (SOP conformance): MUST verify all manifest sections defined in
sops/SOP_initiative.md are present before write. Missing sections = blocked write.
- C5 (Cross-initiative coordination MANDATORY): MUST execute Step 8 cross-initiative coordination check; Open Questions section MUST flag overlap with every existing INIT-* + every PROPOSED-but-fileless entry in
planning/initiatives/INDEX.md.
- C6 (Self-verification): MUST execute Step 7.5 + Step 8 self-verification; report PASS/FAIL/PARTIAL per section.
Execution
Step 0: Scope-Fit Validation
- Read
.aget/identity.json — extract domain, north_star, archetype
- Read
governance/SCOPE_BOUNDARIES.md — extract in-scope and out-of-scope areas
- Verify proposed INIT topic falls within agent's domain
- If out-of-scope: REFUSE; suggest routing to appropriate agent
Step 1: Input Analysis
Extract from $ARGUMENTS:
- INIT-ID:
INIT-{UPPER-KEBAB-CASE} (from explicit arg or derived from PP-###)
- PP-### reference: lookup the approved proposal substrate
- Snake-case filename slug: lowercase snake_case for
INIT-{NAME}.md
Step 2: Proposal Existence & Approval Check (C1 — Strict)
PROPOSAL_FILE=$(ls planning/project-proposals/PROPOSAL_init_*.md | grep -i "{slug}" | head -1)
grep -i "^\*\*Status\*\*:.*APPROVED" "$PROPOSAL_FILE"
If proposal does NOT exist: REFUSE — direct user to /aget-propose-initiative flow.
If proposal exists but Status is PROPOSED (not APPROVED): REFUSE — propose-review-approve-create gate not closed; await principal Decide.
If proposal exists with Status: APPROVED: PROCEED.
This is the Strict gate (C1).
Step 3: Research Phase
3.1 Read AGET Identity
python3 -c "import json; d=json.load(open('.aget/identity.json')); print(d.get('north_star',{}).get('statement',''))"
3.2 Read SOP_initiative.md (canonical procedure)
cat sops/SOP_initiative.md
3.3 Conflict check — does INIT-{NAME}.md already exist?
test ! -f "planning/initiatives/INIT-{NAME}.md" || REFUSE
3.4 Cross-initiative inventory (mandatory per C5)
ls planning/initiatives/INIT-*.md
3.5 Read approved PROPOSAL substrate
Extract from PROPOSAL_init_{slug}.md:
- North Star / Theme
- Problem / Opportunity
- Evidence rows (≥3 typed)
- Proposed Scope (In Scope / Out of Scope)
- Channels
- Contributors
- Cross-Initiative Overlap (relationship classifications)
- Streams Sketch
- Dependencies
- ADR-008 Readiness
Step 4: Template Selection & Scaffold Generation
Apply sops/SOP_initiative.md manifest template + sibling-initiative patterns (e.g., planning/initiatives/INIT-SKILL-MATURATION.md).
Required manifest sections (per SOP_initiative.md):
- Header (Initiative ID, Status, Created, Approved, Author, Target Versions, Parent Proposal, optional Sibling Initiative)
- North Star (one-line statement)
- Purpose (problem statement + opportunity + trigger)
- Channels (table; KB-only if no external channels)
- Contributors (table; Principal mandatory)
- Streams (table; 2-6 parallel work tracks)
- Capabilities (EARS — CAP-{NAME}-NNN; one per stream minimum)
- Verifications (V-{NAME}-NNN paired with CAPs)
- Dependencies (table)
- ADR-008 Readiness (L-doc evidence / SOP / Spec status per row)
- Relationship to Sibling Initiatives (table; classify EVERY ACTIVE initiative)
- Approval Trail (Decide gate citation + Loading Dock duration)
- Loading Dock Closure Note (if applicable)
- Traceability (link table; Proposal / Sibling / Related L-docs / Related issues)
Step 5: Status Lifecycle Default (C2)
**Status**: NASCENT (default — promotion to ACTIVE requires explicit principal GO + cross-initiative coordination check passed)
NEVER default to ACTIVE. Per the 2026-04-19 INIT-REQ-SPEC-TEST-DEFINED pattern, decorative-active-initiative anti-pattern is prevented by NASCENT default.
Step 6: Write to planning/initiatives/INIT-{NAME}.md
Step 7: Report Output Summary
=== Initiative Created ===
File: planning/initiatives/INIT-{NAME}.md
Status: NASCENT
Parent Proposal: PP-### (Approved YYYY-MM-DD)
Streams scaffolded: N
Capabilities defined: M
Dependencies cited: K
Sibling initiatives classified: L
Next steps:
1. Cross-initiative coordination check (Step 8 self-verification)
2. Principal Decide on NASCENT → ACTIVE promotion
3. Stream-level PROJECT_PLAN authoring (via /aget-create-project per stream)
Step 7.5: Self-Verification (C6 — MUST execute)
Verify each manifest section is present and non-empty:
| Section | Status | Evidence |
|---|
| Header | PASS/FAIL | Initiative ID + Status + Approved + Author cited |
| North Star | PASS/FAIL | Single-sentence statement present |
| Purpose | PASS/FAIL | Problem + Opportunity + Trigger present |
| Channels | PASS/FAIL | Table with ≥1 row (KB-only allowed) |
| Contributors | PASS/FAIL | Table includes Principal + agent owners |
| Streams | PASS/FAIL | Table with 2-6 streams |
| Capabilities (CAP-*) | PASS/FAIL | ≥1 CAP per stream |
| Verifications (V-*) | PASS/FAIL | ≥1 V-* paired with each CAP |
| Dependencies | PASS/FAIL | Table present |
| ADR-008 Readiness | PASS/FAIL | L-doc/SOP/Spec rows present |
| Sibling Relationships | PASS/FAIL | EVERY existing INIT classified |
| Approval Trail | PASS/FAIL | Decide gate + Loading Dock duration cited |
| Traceability | PASS/FAIL | Proposal / L-docs / Issues linked |
Any FAIL = REVERT scaffold; report to user; do NOT leave a partial INIT-*.md.
Step 8: Cross-Initiative Coordination Check (C5 — MUST execute)
For each existing initiative in planning/initiatives/INIT-*.md:
- Verify classification appears in §"Relationship to Sibling Initiatives" of new manifest
- Classification vocabulary: Independent | Producer/Consumer | Sibling | Fold-Candidate | Redundant
For each PROPOSED-but-fileless entry in planning/initiatives/INDEX.md:
- Note overlap or distinction
If any Fold-Candidate or Redundant classification: ADD to §"Open Questions" of new manifest; surface to principal.
Step 9: INDEX Update
Append to planning/initiatives/INDEX.md:
| INIT-{NAME} | NASCENT | YYYY-MM-DD | PP-### | one-line summary |
Step 10: Skill Completion Signal
Report: status of all gates, file path, NASCENT → ACTIVE promotion checklist for principal.
Enforcement Model
This skill is Strict per ADR-008 Layer 2 + D71 Structural Skill Routing:
| Action | Enforcement |
|---|
Direct Write/Edit to planning/initiatives/INIT-*.md | PROHIBITED — flag as governance bypass per L867 |
/aget-create-initiative without Approved proposal | REFUSED at Step 2 |
| Missing manifest section | REVERT at Step 7.5 |
| Missing cross-initiative classification | OPEN QUESTION surface at Step 8 |
D71 Strict promotion: parallels /aget-create-project Strict. Future hook enforcement at v3.19+ via pre-commit gate (check that planning/initiatives/INIT-*.md was created within the same session as /aget-create-initiative invocation).
Verification (V-tests)
| V-test | Verifies | Constraint |
|---|
| V-CI-001 | Approved PROPOSAL_init_*.md exists before scaffold | C1 |
| V-CI-002 | Status defaults to NASCENT (never ACTIVE) | C2 |
| V-CI-003 | No proposal-step content inside the manifest | C3 |
| V-CI-004 | All SOP_initiative.md manifest sections present | C4 |
| V-CI-005 | Open Questions classifies every ACTIVE + PROPOSED initiative | C5 |
| V-CI-006 | Self-verification report executed at Step 7.5 | C6 |
| V-CI-007 | Filename matches INIT-{UPPER-KEBAB-CASE}.md pattern | structural |
| V-CI-008 | INDEX.md has matching row | structural |
| V-CI-009 | CAP-{NAME}-NNN and V-{NAME}-NNN naming present | structural |
| V-CI-010 | Sibling Mode-1 dual-approval recorded when applicable | structural |
Composition (Verb-Pair)
/aget-propose-initiative (Advisory) → /aget-create-initiative (Strict — this skill)
Mirrors:
/aget-propose-project (Advisory) → /aget-create-project (Strict)/aget-propose-skill (Advisory) → skill-implementation flow
The verb-pair is the canonical pattern per AGENTS.md §"Structural Skill Routing" (D71).
Related Skills
/aget-propose-initiative — sibling propose-side (Advisory); produces PROPOSAL_init_*.md consumed by this skill/aget-check-initiative — read-only cross-system coherence check; runs AFTER this skill creates the manifest/aget-create-project — Strict sibling for PROJECT_PLAN scaffolding/aget-enhance-spec — for v3.19+ when AGET_INITIATIVE_SPEC is authored, manifest enhancement routes here
Traceability
| Link | Reference |
|---|
| Skill ID | SKILL-053 (.aget/specs/skills/SKILL-053_aget-create-initiative.yaml) |
| Proposal | planning/skill-proposals/PROPOSAL_aget-create-initiative.md (PROPOSED 2026-04-19) |
| Sibling skill (verb-pair) | .claude/skills/aget-propose-initiative/SKILL.md v1.0.0 |
| Sibling skill (structural mirror) | .claude/skills/aget-create-project/SKILL.md |
| Governing SOP (graduated procedure) | sops/SOP_initiative.md v1.2.0 |
| Future Governing Spec | aget/specs/AGET_INITIATIVE_SPEC.md (CANDIDATE — v3.19+ per PROPOSAL §Dependencies) |
| ADR | ADR-008 (Advisory → Strict → Generator progression — this skill graduates SOP_initiative to skill level Strict) |
| D71 | AGENTS.md §"Structural Skill Routing" (Strict enforcement level) |
| L-docs | L760 (Initiative as Scope Modifier), L867 (Coherence-Directed Investment as enhance-Verb-Family), L617 (Gate Ordering), L944 (Verb-Pair Discipline) |
| Verb registry | ontology/DESIGN_DIRECTION_skill_verb_vocabulary.md v3.16 — create is verb #6 (Common, approved) |
| Trigger | 2026-04-19 INIT-REQ-SPEC-TEST-DEFINED direct-Write incident + 2026-05-16 INIT-FLEET-OBSERVABILITY direct-Write self-instance |
| v3.18 scope | VERSION_SCOPE_v3.18.0.md §2.9 T2.46 (post-Gate-1 amendment 2026-05-16 PM) |
| Closes | D71 STRUCTURAL gap on initiative-class authoring; verb-pair gap with /aget-propose-initiative |
aget-create-initiative v1.0.0 — implemented 2026-05-16 PM under v3.18 scope amendment 2.9 (T2.46).
Category: Creation
Enforcement: Strict (ADR-008 Layer 2 + D71 Layer 2)
Verb family: propose-initiative (propose) → create-initiative (this skill, create) → check-initiative (verify) → enhance-spec (post-AGET_INITIATIVE_SPEC v3.19+)
Authored under principle-triad: spec+verify-first, coherence-next, evidence-driven, diligent (per principal directive 2026-05-16 PM)
