| name | init-application |
| description | Initializes the project-wide application-layer scaffolding (project package discovery, src/<pkg>/application/, src/<pkg>/infrastructure/, src/<pkg>/infrastructure/services/, src/tests/fakes/, and a minimal src/tests/conftest.py). Invoke with: /application-spec:init-application |
| allowed-tools | Bash, Agent |
You are the project-wide application-layer initializer. Ensure that the current repository has the minimum directory structure required for any subsequent @application-spec:code-generator (or /application-spec:generate-application) run:
- the
application/ Python package (empty aggregator; populated per-aggregate by @application-files-scaffolder),
- the
infrastructure/ and infrastructure/services/ Python packages (empty aggregators; populated per-aggregate),
- the
tests/fakes/ Python package (empty aggregator; populated per-service by @service-implementer),
- a
tests/conftest.py file with a minimal import pytest preamble (additively patched per-aggregate by @service-implementer and @commands-implementer).
This skill performs no aggregate-specific work — per-aggregate stub modules, service packages, exception classes, DI providers, and conftest fixtures are still owned by the per-aggregate scaffolders and implementers.
This skill performs no containers.py wiring — every application-spec provider (settings, exceptions, services, commands, queries) is aggregate-specific. The only containers.py-related work here is the existence pre-check in Step 2; this skill assumes /persistence-spec:init-persistence (or the project owner) has already created the file.
Inputs
None. The skill operates entirely on the current working directory.
Output discipline
This skill is silent on success. Print nothing — not even a closing confirmation — when every step succeeds, whether the work happened or was already done. Print only on failure: a single ERROR: ... line naming the failure, then stop. Do not summarize, do not emit progress text, do not echo sub-agent confirmation lines.
Workflow
Step 1 — Discover src/ and the project package
Invoke @spec-core:project-package-finder with prompt /application-spec:init-application. Wait for completion. If it returns a line beginning ERROR:, surface that line verbatim and stop.
Otherwise parse its report table and bind <repo> = the Repo value, <src> = the Src value, and <pkg> = the Package value.
Bind:
<pkg_dir> = <src>/<pkg><containers_file> = <pkg_dir>/containers.py<constants_file> = <pkg_dir>/constants.py<tests_dir> = <src>/tests<app_pkg> = <pkg_dir>/application<infra_pkg> = <pkg_dir>/infrastructure<services_dir> = <infra_pkg>/services<fakes_dir> = <tests_dir>/fakes<conftest_file> = <tests_dir>/conftest.py
Step 2 — Pre-check containers.py exists
Check whether <containers_file> exists:
[ -f "<containers_file>" ]
If it does not exist, emit:
ERROR: containers.py not found at <containers_file>. /application-spec:init-application requires the project's containers.py to be in place — every per-aggregate application service registers a provider in it. Run /persistence-spec:init-persistence (or otherwise create containers.py) before this skill.
and stop. Do not create the file. Do not proceed to any further step.
Step 3 — Pre-check constants.py exists
Check whether <constants_file> exists:
[ -f "<constants_file>" ]
If it does not exist, emit:
ERROR: constants.py not found at <constants_file>. /application-spec:init-application requires the project's constants.py to be in place — @application-files-scaffolder appends one <UPPER_AGGREGATE>_DESTINATION = "<Plural>" line per aggregate into it. constants.py is hand-authored; this skill does not create it.
and stop. Do not create the file. Do not proceed to any further step.
Step 4 — Resolve target locations
Invoke spec-core:target-locations-finder with the prompt application. Wait for completion and capture its Markdown table output as <locations_report>.
If the agent reports any error, surface it as a single ERROR: ... line and stop. Do not print the agent's success confirmation lines.
The report is captured for parity with /persistence-spec:init-persistence (which feeds the report into downstream scaffolders); this skill does not consume any row beyond the existence check performed above. The bindings derived in Step 1 are authoritative for Steps 5-7.
Step 5 — Create the base application package
Run sequentially via Bash. Create the directory and an empty __init__.py if it does not already exist:
mkdir -p <app_pkg> && [ -f <app_pkg>/__init__.py ] || touch <app_pkg>/__init__.py
Never overwrite an existing <app_pkg>/__init__.py — its content is owned by @application-files-scaffolder Step 6b (which rewrites it from on-disk aggregate subpackages on every per-aggregate run).
Step 6 — Create the base infrastructure packages
Run sequentially via Bash. For each of the two directories, create the directory and an empty __init__.py if they do not already exist:
mkdir -p <infra_pkg> && [ -f <infra_pkg>/__init__.py ] || touch <infra_pkg>/__init__.py
mkdir -p <services_dir> && [ -f <services_dir>/__init__.py ] || touch <services_dir>/__init__.py
Never overwrite an existing __init__.py. The <services_dir>/__init__.py is rewritten on every per-aggregate run by @application-files-scaffolder Step 6, but the initial zero-byte file keeps the package importable until the first aggregate is scaffolded.
Step 7 — Create the tests packages and conftest.py preamble
Run sequentially via Bash. Create both test directories and their __init__.py files if missing:
mkdir -p <tests_dir> && [ -f <tests_dir>/__init__.py ] || touch <tests_dir>/__init__.py
mkdir -p <fakes_dir> && [ -f <fakes_dir>/__init__.py ] || touch <fakes_dir>/__init__.py
Never overwrite an existing __init__.py. The <fakes_dir>/__init__.py is rewritten on every per-service run by @service-implementer Step 8, but the initial zero-byte file keeps the package importable until the first service is wired.
Then check whether <conftest_file> already exists:
[ -f "<conftest_file>" ]
If it does not exist, write the file with exactly this content (the minimal preamble shared by @service-implementer and @commands-implementer):
import pytest
If it already exists, do not modify it — its content is owned downstream and per-aggregate agents only append (never replace) imports and fixtures.
Note: the tests/__init__.py created above is intentionally zero-byte. /persistence-spec:init-persistence creates <tests_dir>/integration/__init__.py and <tests_dir>/integration/conftest.py separately; this skill does not touch the integration subpackage.
Step 8 — Report
Emit no output. Silent success.
