init

name	init
description	Initialize an autonomous consolidation loop with worktree, output scaffolding, and pre-flight checks.
disable-model-invocation	true
allowed-tools	["Read","Edit","Bash","Glob"]

Initialize Consolidation Loop

Create a worktree for autonomous consolidation, scaffold output files from templates, run pre-flight checks, and print the launch command.

Instructions

1. Derive names

• Date: today's date in YYYY-MM-DD format
• Worktree path: claude/worktrees/consolidate-<date>
• Branch: consolidate/<date>

2. Check for existing worktree

If claude/worktrees/consolidate-<date>/ already exists, offer:

1. Reuse — keep existing worktree, skip creation
2. Remove and recreate — git worktree remove then create fresh
3. New with timestamp — append -HHMM (24h hour+minute) to create claude/worktrees/consolidate-<date>-<HHMM> with branch consolidate/<date>-<HHMM>
4. Abort — do nothing

3. Create worktree

git worktree add claude/worktrees/consolidate-<date> -b consolidate/<date> HEAD

If the branch consolidate/<date> already exists, use it without -b:

git worktree add claude/worktrees/consolidate-<date> consolidate/<date>

4. Scaffold output files

Copy all templates to the worktree in one Bash call:

mkdir -p claude/worktrees/consolidate-<date>/claude/consolidate-output && cp ~/.claude/ralph/consolidate/templates/*.md claude/worktrees/consolidate-<date>/claude/consolidate-output/

This copies all 7 templates (spec.md, broad-sweep-methodology.md, deep-dive-methodology.md, progress.md, decisions.md, report.md, review.md) verbatim. Only progress.md and report.md are modified in the next step — the other 5 are never read by this skill.

5. Run pre-flight

Gather collection metrics:

1. Recent commits: git log --oneline -10 — check if collection was recently curated

2. File counts (use Glob in the worktree):

   • Learnings: claude/worktrees/consolidate-<date>/claude/learnings/**/*.md (recursive — catches cluster subdirectories; exclude CLAUDE.md index files from count)
   • Skills: claude/worktrees/consolidate-<date>/claude/commands/**/SKILL.md
   • Skill references: claude/worktrees/consolidate-<date>/claude/skill-references/**/*.md
   • Guidelines: claude/worktrees/consolidate-<date>/claude/guidelines/*.md
   • Personas: claude/worktrees/consolidate-<date>/claude/commands/set-persona/*.md

3. Cadence analysis — scan the last 10 commits for curation-related keywords (curate, compress, fold, genericize, deduplicate, prune, consolidat). Count how many of the last 5 commits are curation commits. Classify:

   • Recent (3+ of last 5): suggest 10 iterations — corpus likely clean
   • Moderate (1-2 of last 5): suggest 15 iterations — some staleness possible
   • Stale (0 of last 5): suggest 20 iterations — full sweep warranted

4. Update progress.md and report.md — parallel-Read both (Edit requires recent Read), then parallel-Edit both (1 Edit per file):

   • progress.md: replace the (pending) block (lines 18–24 in template) with actual values
   • report.md: single Edit spanning from | Started | through | Persona files | — replace <!-- timestamp --> / <!-- branch name --> / <!-- worktree path --> with actuals and — | — health rows with N | — counts

6. Confirm to the operator

Consolidation loop initialized.

  Worktree: claude/worktrees/consolidate-<date>/
  Branch:   consolidate/<date>

  Pre-flight:
    Recent commits: <summary — note if recently curated>
    Learnings:       N files
    Skills:          N directories
    Skill references: N files
    Guidelines:      N files
    Personas:        N files

  Cadence: <recent|moderate|stale> (<X> curation commits in last 5)

  To launch:
    cd claude/worktrees/consolidate-<date>
    bash ~/.claude/ralph/consolidate/wiggum.sh <suggested_iterations>

Example

/ralph:consolidate:init

Consolidation loop initialized.

  Worktree: claude/worktrees/consolidate-2026-02-26/
  Branch:   consolidate/2026-02-26

  Pre-flight:
    Recent commits: ce44582 Compress allowed-tools... (curation 2 commits ago)
    Learnings:       12 files
    Skills:          23 directories
    Skill references: 16 files
    Guidelines:      3 files
    Personas:        4 files
    Cadence: recent (3 curation commits in last 5)

  To launch:
    cd claude/worktrees/consolidate-2026-02-26
    bash ~/.claude/ralph/consolidate/wiggum.sh 10