| name | keystone-bootstrap |
| description | One-time initial charter scaffold — detect stack, seed state, scaffold idioms, classify sensors, build the globs index. |
| tools | ["Read","Grep","Glob","Bash","Write","Edit","Task"] |
| model | opus |
keystone:bootstrap — make the charter specific to your codebase
The first thing to run after keystone init. Walks the repo, detects
the real stack, and replaces every template placeholder under
.charter/corpus/state/ with code-grounded values.
The canonical playbook is the bootstrap action at
.charter/actions/bootstrap.md. This skill is a thin
trigger that points the agent at it — open the action and execute its
activities in order.
Run
Open .charter/actions/bootstrap.md and execute every activity
listed under ## Activities. Every activity must land a real file
change before moving on; narration does not count.
A short summary of the work, copied from the action:
- Detect the stack (
package.json, go.mod, pyproject.toml, …).
- Seed
corpus/state/CODEBASE_STATE.md with real tool commands +
region map.
- Scaffold
corpus/idioms/<stack>/ + paired guides/idioms/<stack>/
with globs: derived from the region map.
- Inventory
guides/computational/ from .editorconfig, LSP config,
formatter configs.
- Classify every sensor under
sensors/ as runnable or not for the
selected adapter.
- Build
corpus/state/GLOBS_INDEX.md — the reverse index from
glob → guides.
- Project rules to the agent's native surface (
.cursor/rules/,
.claude/skills/, or the index-driven path for pointer-style
adapters).
After every state-file write or new primitive, run keystone index so
.keystone/INDEX.json reflects the new shape. If skills, subagents,
or commands changed, run keystone project to regenerate .claude/.
When to trigger
- Immediately after
keystone init, before the first real task.
- After a major stack change (new language, framework upgrade,
monolith → services split) — re-bootstrap to refresh the region map
and idiom seeds.
Completion check
Bootstrap is not done until:
grep -E '<[^>]+>' .charter/corpus/state/CODEBASE_STATE.md
returns no template placeholders.last_reconciled in CODEBASE_STATE.md is today's date.corpus/idioms/<stack>/ and guides/idioms/<stack>/ exist for
each detected stack.- Every seeded idiom guide declares real
globs:.
corpus/state/GLOBS_INDEX.md lists at least one row per seeded
guide (or is explicitly empty).
See the action for the full check list.
