kata-flight-init

name	kata-flight-init
description	'Use to bind a consumer repo to Kata Flight: create or refresh .kata-flight seam, env/resources files, optional workspace marker, and optional RDR binding. Trigger for set up kata-flight or $kata-flight-init.'

kata-flight-init

Bind the current consumer repository to Kata Flight.

Run from the repository that owns the code and kata tracker. Do not run from the Kata Flight skill repo itself or from the RDR engine repo.

Usage

/kata-flight-init
/kata-flight-init --workspace
/kata-flight-init --context-root <path>
/kata-flight-init --rdr-home <path>        # non-standard or ambiguous RDR home
/kata-flight-init --context-root <path> --rdr-home <path>

Procedure

1. Confirm the current directory is a git repository:

   git rev-parse --show-toplevel
   

2. Resolve the engine root — the parent of the skills/ dir holding this skill (ENGINE_ROOT). The cwd is the consumer repo, not the engine, so use the installed skill path, never a bare relative path.

3. Run the bundled init script from ENGINE_ROOT:

   "$ENGINE_ROOT/scripts/flight-init.sh" [--workspace] [--context-root <path>] [--rdr-home <path>]
   

   When --context-root is omitted, a parent $WS/.rdr-workspace can supply the default context root from its RDR_RESOURCES path when that root has context/rdr-resources.md and rdr/evidence/. Otherwise the consumer repo is the context root. When --rdr-home is omitted, the script checks the two canonical workspace locations: $WS/rdr and $WS/process/rdr. It binds RDR automatically only when exactly one candidate has stages/, skills/, prompts/, and TEMPLATE.md. Use --rdr-home for non-standard paths or if both canonical candidates are valid.

4. Verify the seam contract:

   PROJECT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
   WS=$(dirname "$PROJECT")
   if   [ -f "$PROJECT/.kata-flight/workspace" ]; then . "$PROJECT/.kata-flight/workspace"
   elif [ -f "$WS/.kata-flight-workspace" ]; then . "$WS/.kata-flight-workspace"
   else echo "stopped:no-kata-flight-marker"; fi
   [ -d "$KATA_FLIGHT_HOME" ] || echo "stopped:kata-flight-home"
   [ -d "$KATA_FLIGHT_CONSUMER_ROOT" ] || echo "stopped:consumer-root"
   [ -f "$KATA_FLIGHT_ENV" ] || echo "stopped:env"
   [ -f "$KATA_FLIGHT_RESOURCES" ] || echo "stopped:resources"
   if [ -n "${KATA_FLIGHT_RDR_HOME:-}" ]; then
     [ -d "$KATA_FLIGHT_RDR_HOME/stages" ] || echo "stopped:rdr-home"
   fi
   

5. Report the marker path plus KATA_FLIGHT_EXPECTED_REPO_BASENAME, KATA_FLIGHT_CONTEXT_ROOT, KATA_FLIGHT_ENV, KATA_FLIGHT_RESOURCES, and the auto-detected or explicit KATA_FLIGHT_RDR_HOME when present.

Seam Shape

Default scope is repo-local: .kata-flight/workspace. --workspace writes a shared marker at the parent workspace: .kata-flight-workspace. Consumers should resolve nearest-wins: repo-local first, workspace marker second. If a parent RDR seam exists, Kata Flight inherits its project evidence context by default and adds Kata-specific runtime/research routes in .kata-flight/resources.md. The roots stay separate: KATA_FLIGHT_HOME is this plugin, KATA_FLIGHT_CONSUMER_ROOT is the repo being changed, and KATA_FLIGHT_CONTEXT_ROOT is the repo or sibling checkout that owns context/ and rdr/evidence/. Kata Flight itself needs no evidence directory.

The generated files mirror the RDR init pattern:

• .kata-flight/workspace — sourceable marker consumed by skills.
• .kata-flight/env.md — human-readable path map.
• .kata-flight/resources.md — runtime requirements plus optional research corpus routes.
• .kata-flight/env — compatibility shim that sources the marker.
• .kata-flight/.gitignore — ignores the per-machine seam without touching the consumer repo's root .gitignore.

Reference Files

flight-init.sh generates the live seam; these engine-root files are references:

• workspace.example — the marker contract (the KATA_FLIGHT_* variables a marker exports). For reading or hand-authoring.
• kata-flight-seam-context.sh.template — optional SessionStart hook that pre-resolves the seam. Not installed automatically; on request, copy to .claude/hooks/ (Claude) or .codex/hooks/ (Codex), wire a SessionStart hook in settings, and trust-review via /hooks.

RDR Binding

RDR is optional. Init auto-detects the two canonical workspace locations: $WS/rdr and $WS/process/rdr. If exactly one is a valid RDR engine checkout, it writes KATA_FLIGHT_RDR_HOME automatically. Pass --rdr-home <path> only for non-standard paths or if both canonical candidates are valid. Do not clone RDR without explicit user permission. If no RDR home is bound, kata-only skills still work; RDR-specific skills must stop and ask the user to rerun /kata-flight-init --rdr-home <path> before they rely on RDR resources.

Research Resources

If corpus discovery is available at init time, record it as optional metadata; never make corpus tooling a Kata Flight runtime dependency. Treat corpora as explicit, task-specific reference routes for RDR/citation work. Before adding a quote or citation to a kata, RDR, or skill, open the source result and anchor it by title plus DOI, arXiv, URL, page, or transcript/session identity.