| name | init |
| description | Seed a fresh (greenfield) repository with the PRD-Driven Context Engineering scaffold — PRD.md, SoT/ knowledge files, EPIC templates, domain-profile config, and agent MEMORY starters. Invoked as /prd-ce:init when the plugin is installed. The framework itself (skills, agents, hooks, scripts) ships LIVE in the plugin; this skill only plants the consumer-owned files the plugin cannot carry as behavior. Triggers on "/prd-ce:init", "set up PRD lifecycle here", "scaffold a new PRD-CE project", "initialize the methodology". Outputs a seeded scaffold + a verification report.
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| disable-model-invocation | true |
| execution_modes | {"default":"standard","supports":["quick","standard","deep"]} |
| allowed-tools | ["Read","Write","Edit","Glob","Grep","Bash"] |
/prd-ce:init — Greenfield Scaffold Seeder
Plant the consumer-owned scaffold for a fresh PRD-CE project. The methodology engine
(lifecycle skills, the agent squad, governance hooks, readiness.py) is delivered live
by the installed prd-ce plugin — it never gets copied into your repo. This skill seeds only
what is yours to own and edit: PRD.md, the SoT/ graph, epics/ templates, your
.claude/domain-profile.yaml, and per-agent MEMORY.md starters.
One manifest, no drift. The seed list comes from install-manifest.yaml's
template_seed section — the same list install.sh (fork path) and ghm-template-sync
(update path) read. This skill drives the deterministic prd-ce-init.sh so behavior is
identical no matter who invokes it.
Scope (v1): greenfield only. This seeds an empty structure into a fresh repo.
Mid-build and live-codebase on-ramps (entry-mode branching, graph extraction) are
backlogged — see temp/plugin-conversion-plan.md. If the target already has PRD.md or
SoT/ content, the seeder keeps it (non-destructive) rather than adapting to it.
Consumes
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/templates/ — the bundled seed sources (mirrors template_seed
paths) the packager ships with the plugin.
install-manifest.yaml template_seed + never_touch — authoritative seed/skip lists.
scripts/prd-ce-init.sh — the deterministic seeder this skill drives.
Produces
- A seeded scaffold in the target repo (no new SoT IDs — this skill places templates, it
does not author specs).
- A freshly reset
PRD.md (frontmatter at v0.1, today's date, no stale template_version).
- A verification report (hooks emit valid JSON;
readiness.py runs).
Workflow
Phase 1 — Preflight
- Confirm
git, python3, bash are present. Warn (don't block) if the target isn't a git repo.
- Confirm greenfield: if
PRD.md or non-empty SoT/ already exist, say so and stop —
the seeder will keep them untouched, so there is nothing for init to do. (Point the user at
the lifecycle skills to keep building, not at re-seeding.)
Phase 2 — Wizard questions
Ask only what changes the outcome (honor the execution mode's budget):
- Target directory (default: current repo).
- Domain profile:
product (default) · library · infrastructure · research.
Quick mode skips this and takes the default.
Phase 3 — Seed (drive prd-ce-init.sh)
Run the deterministic seeder so behavior matches every other path:
bash "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/prd-ce-init.sh" --target <DIR> --dry-run
bash "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/prd-ce-init.sh" --target <DIR>
- Show the
--dry-run plan first [standard+], then execute.
- The seeder skips any file that already exists (
never_touch honored) and resets a freshly
seeded PRD.md frontmatter to v0.1.
- After seeding, if the chosen domain profile differs from the default, update the
profile: key in the seeded .claude/domain-profile.yaml [standard+].
Phase 4 — Verify (trust-but-verify)
- Run each plugin hook against the target; assert valid JSON on stdout.
- Run
python "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/readiness.py" run — a BLOCK on an empty
scaffold is the gate working (no content yet), not a failure. Report the score.
- Print next steps: customize
README.md + PRD.md, then "Let's frame the problem" (v0.1).
Anti-patterns
| Pattern | Fix |
|---|
| Hardcoding the seed file list in the skill | Drive prd-ce-init.sh; it reads template_seed |
| Copying the framework (skills/hooks) into the consumer repo | The plugin provides those live — seed only consumer-owned files |
Overwriting an existing PRD.md/SoT/ | Greenfield-only; the seeder skips what exists |
Leaving PRD.md at the example's version header | Frontmatter reset to v0.1 happens automatically on a fresh seed |
| Treating a readiness BLOCK on a fresh scaffold as a bug | It's the gate working — report the score |