bootstrap

name	bootstrap
description	Scaffold the Digital Cortex vault structure on first run. Use when the user invokes /bootstrap, asks to "set up the vault", "initialize digital cortex", or when dc:core detects that 9_Meta/config.yaml is missing. If the vault is already bootstrapped (config.yaml exists), inform the user and exit.

Digital Cortex — Bootstrap

Flow

1. Check if 9_Meta/config.yaml exists in the vault root.
2. If it exists → tell the user bootstrap has already been completed and stop.
3. If it does not exist → create the folder structure below, then confirm what was created.

Folder Structure

Create every folder listed below. Skip any that already exist.

.claude/
0_Inbox/
1_Fleeting/
2_Drafts/
3_Projects/
4_Areas/
5_Resources/
6_Archive/
  Daily Notes/
7_Assets/
8_People/
9_Meta/
  Prompts/
  Templates/

Initial Files

After creating folders, write these seed files (skip any that already exist):

9_Meta/config.yaml

# Digital Cortex Configuration
# Edit this file to customize your setup.

user:
  name:
  email:
  timezone:

sources: {}

vault:
  daily_note_format: "YYYY-MM-DD dddd"
  archive_path: "6_Archive/Daily Notes"
  stale_threshold_hours: 4

behavior:
  brief_mode: suggestion
  review_mode: interactive

9_Meta/memory.md

Empty file.

9_Meta/pending.json

[]

9_Meta/state.json

{}

Output

After scaffolding, print the folder tree that was created and remind the user to fill in 9_Meta/config.yaml with their profile (name, email, timezone) and source connections.