init

name	init
description	Initialize a new agentic-usability benchmark pipeline project. Use when setting up a new SDK benchmark, creating a config.json, or starting a new evaluation project.
argument-hint	[project-directory]
disable-model-invocation	true
allowed-tools	Bash(agentic-usability *) Write Read Glob

Initialize Pipeline Project

Set up a new agentic-usability benchmark pipeline in the given project directory.

echo "Project directory: $ARGUMENTS"

You have two approaches:

Option 1: Interactive Wizard

Run agentic-usability init -p $ARGUMENTS for a step-by-step interactive setup.

Option 2: Direct Config Creation

If the user has described their SDK, create config.json directly. This is faster and allows you to tailor the config to their exact setup.

Project Directory Structure

After init, the project should have:

<project>/
  config.json       # Configuration (you create this)
  suite.json        # Test suite (created by generate)
  results/          # Run results (created by eval/execute)
  cache/repos/      # Git repo cache (created automatically)

config.json Schema

{
  "privateInfo": [],
  "publicInfo": [],
  "agents": {},
  "targets": [],
  "sandbox": {}
}

privateInfo (required, non-empty array)

SDK source code and internal docs. Visible to generator and judge, never to executor. Each entry is a SourceConfig with a type discriminator:

Local source — filesystem path:

{ "type": "local", "path": "./src", "subpath": "packages/core", "additionalContext": "Focus on the Builder API" }

Fields: path (required), subpath (optional), additionalContext (optional)

Git source — clone a repository:

{ "type": "git", "url": "https://github.com/org/sdk.git", "branch": "main", "subpath": "src", "sparse": ["src/api"], "additionalContext": "..." }

Fields: url (required), branch, subpath, sparse (sparse checkout paths), additionalContext (all optional)

URL source — fetch documentation:

{ "type": "url", "url": "https://internal-docs.example.com/api-ref", "additionalContext": "..." }

Fields: url (required), additionalContext (optional)

Package source — metadata about the SDK package:

{ "type": "package", "name": "@example/sdk", "installCommand": "npm install @example/sdk", "language": "typescript", "additionalContext": "..." }

Fields: name (required), installCommand, language, additionalContext (all optional)

publicInfo (optional array)

Public docs and package info visible to both executor and judge. Same SourceConfig types as above. Typically includes:

• A package source so executors know what to install
• A url source for public documentation

agents (optional object)

Role	Type	Runs in sandbox?	Secret required?
generator	AgentConfig	No (host)	No
executor	SandboxAgentConfig	Yes	Yes
judge	SandboxAgentConfig	Yes	Yes
insights	AgentConfig	No (host)	No

AgentConfig fields (generator, insights):

• command (required): "claude", "codex", "gemini", or custom CLI name
• systemPrompt (optional): supports {{packageName}} and {{docsUrl}} placeholders

SandboxAgentConfig — extends AgentConfig with required secret:

{
  "command": "claude",
  "secret": { "value": "$ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" }
}

AgentSecretConfig fields:

• value (required): raw API key or "$ENV_VAR" reference
• envVar: env var name for key inside sandbox — auto-detected for known agents
• baseUrl: API base URL — auto-detected for known agents
• baseUrlEnvVar: env var for base URL override — auto-detected for known agents

Known agent defaults (auto-filled, user only needs value):

command	envVar	baseUrl	baseUrlEnvVar
claude	ANTHROPIC_API_KEY	https://api.anthropic.com	ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL
codex	CODEX_API_KEY	https://api.openai.com/v1	OPENAI_BASE_URL
gemini	GEMINI_API_KEY	https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com	GEMINI_API_BASE_URL

Custom agents must explicitly set envVar and baseUrl in the secret.

targets (required, non-empty array)

Docker images for sandboxed execution:

{ "name": "node-20", "image": "node:20-slim", "timeout": 1200, "additionalContext": "Node.js 20 with npm" }

Fields: name (required), image (required), timeout (optional, seconds), additionalContext (optional, included in generator prompt)

sandbox (required object, can be {})

{
  "concurrency": 3,
  "defaultTimeout": 600,
  "memoryMib": 2048,
  "cpus": 2,
  "secrets": {
    "EXTRA_API_KEY": {
      "value": "$EXTRA_KEY",
      "allowHosts": ["api.extra-service.com"],
      "allowHostPatterns": ["*.extra-service.com"]
    }
  },
  "env": {
    "LICENSE_KEY": "$MY_LICENSE_KEY"
  }
}

• secrets: TLS-injected secrets that never enter the VM. Each needs value and non-empty allowHosts.
• env: Plain env vars passed directly into sandbox. Values can use $VAR to reference host env.

workspace (optional)

{ "template": "./workspace-template", "setupScript": "./setup.sh" }

For the full schema with all validation rules, see config-schema.md.

Complete Example

{
  "privateInfo": [
    { "type": "local", "path": "./sdk-source", "additionalContext": "Main SDK source code" }
  ],
  "publicInfo": [
    { "type": "package", "name": "my-sdk", "installCommand": "npm install my-sdk", "language": "typescript" },
    { "type": "url", "url": "https://docs.my-sdk.io/getting-started" }
  ],
  "agents": {
    "generator": { "command": "claude" },
    "executor": { "command": "claude", "secret": { "value": "$ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" } },
    "judge": { "command": "claude", "secret": { "value": "$ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" } }
  },
  "targets": [
    { "name": "node-20", "image": "node:20-slim", "timeout": 1200 }
  ],
  "sandbox": {
    "concurrency": 3,
    "defaultTimeout": 600
  }
}

After creating config.json, run agentic-usability generate -p <project> to create the test suite.