Init

Name: Init
Author: ahoym

ahoym/dotfiles

1 installs
2 repo stars
Updated July 18, 2026
ahoym/dotfiles

init is a Claude Code skill that initializes an autonomous consolidation loop by creating a git worktree, scaffolding output files from templates, and running pre-flight checks.

About

init bootstraps an autonomous consolidation loop by creating a dated git worktree and branch, scaffolding output files from templates, and running pre-flight checks. It counts learnings, skills, references, guidelines, and personas in the collection and analyzes recent commit cadence to suggest how many loop iterations to run. It then prints the launch command for the consolidation runner script. It is the setup step for a periodic corpus-curation workflow.

Creates a dated git worktree and branch for an autonomous consolidation loop
Scaffolds output files from 7 templates and runs pre-flight checks
Suggests iteration count from a cadence analysis of recent commits

Init by the numbers

1 all-time installs (skills.sh)
Ranked #1,983 of 2,715 Automation & Workflows skills by installs in the Skillselion catalog
Data as of Jul 19, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)

At a glance

init capabilities & compatibility

Capabilities: worktree setup · scaffolding · pre flight check · cadence analysis
Works with: github
Use cases: orchestration · planning
Pricing: Free

From the docs

What init says it does

Initialize an autonomous consolidation loop with worktree, output scaffolding, and pre-flight checks.

SKILL.md

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

SKILL.md

npx skills add https://github.com/ahoym/dotfiles --skill init

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Last updated	July 18, 2026
Repository	ahoym/dotfiles ↗

What it does

Set up a dated worktree, scaffold output files, and print the launch command for an autonomous consolidation loop.

When should I use this skill?

You are starting a periodic autonomous consolidation or curation run over a learnings/skills collection and need the worktree and scaffolding set up.

What you get

A ready dated worktree with scaffolded output files, pre-flight metrics, and the printed launch command.

git worktree and branch
scaffolded progress.md and report.md

By the numbers

copies all 7 templates
suggests 10, 15, or 20 iterations by cadence

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

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  /  /  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