init

Initialise Accelerator

You prepare a consumer repository with all directories and gitignore entries that Accelerator skills expect. This is safe to run repeatedly — it reports what was created versus what already existed.

Path Resolution

Resolve each output directory using the plugin's path configuration:

Plans directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/config-read-path.sh plans meta/plans Research directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/config-read-path.sh research meta/research Decisions directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/config-read-path.sh decisions meta/decisions PRs directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/config-read-path.sh prs meta/prs Validations directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/config-read-path.sh validations meta/validations Review plans directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/config-read-path.sh review_plans meta/reviews/plans Review PRs directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/config-read-path.sh review_prs meta/reviews/prs Review work items directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/config-read-path.sh review_work meta/reviews/work Templates directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/config-read-path.sh templates meta/templates Work items directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/config-read-path.sh work meta/work Notes directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/config-read-path.sh notes meta/notes Design inventories directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/config-read-path.sh design_inventories meta/design-inventories Design gaps directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/config-read-path.sh design_gaps meta/design-gaps Tmp directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/config-read-path.sh tmp meta/tmp

Steps

Execute the following steps in order, tracking what was created versus what already existed so you can present a summary at the end.

Step 1: Create output directories

For each of the directories resolved above, run:

mkdir -p {directory}

Then check whether .gitkeep already exists. If not, create it:

touch {directory}/.gitkeep

Track the status of each directory:

• If the directory did not exist before mkdir -p: created
• If the directory already existed: already exists

To determine this, check whether the directory exists before running mkdir -p (use [ -d {directory} ]).

Step 2: Set up the tmp directory

The tmp directory needs a .gitignore that ignores everything except itself. This inner .gitignore is the sole mechanism for ignoring tmp contents — do NOT add the tmp path to the consumer's root .gitignore (a root-level ignore entry would prevent git from descending into the directory, which means the inner .gitignore's exclusions would never take effect and the directory would not survive fresh clones).

Check whether {tmp directory}/.gitignore already exists. If not, write it using the Write tool with this exact content:

# Ignore everything in this directory except the directory itself
*
!.gitkeep
!.gitignore

Track whether it was created or already exists.

Step 3: Add .claude/accelerator.local.md to root .gitignore

Check whether a .gitignore file exists at the project root.

If no .gitignore exists, create one containing:

.claude/accelerator.local.md

If .gitignore already exists, read it and check whether .claude/accelerator.local.md is already present. When checking, trim whitespace from both the existing lines and the candidate entry before comparison. If not present, append it to the end of the file (with a leading newline if the file does not end with one).

Track whether it was added or already present.

Step 4: Report results

Only after all steps above have completed successfully, present a summary:

Initialisation complete:

Directories:
  ✓ {plans directory} (created | already exists)
  ✓ {research directory} (created | already exists)
  ✓ {decisions directory} (created | already exists)
  ✓ {prs directory} (created | already exists)
  ✓ {validations directory} (created | already exists)
  ✓ {review plans directory} (created | already exists)
  ✓ {review prs directory} (created | already exists)
  ✓ {review work items directory} (created | already exists)
  ✓ {templates directory} (created | already exists)
  ✓ {work items directory} (created | already exists)
  ✓ {notes directory} (created | already exists)
  ✓ {design inventories directory} (created | already exists)
  ✓ {design gaps directory} (created | already exists)
  ✓ {tmp directory} (created | already exists)

Tmp directory:
  ✓ {tmp directory}/.gitignore (created | already exists)
  ✓ {tmp directory}/.gitkeep (created | already exists)

Gitignore entries:
  ✓ .claude/accelerator.local.md (added | already present)

Use the actual resolved paths in the output (not the variable names).

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/accelerator:init bootstraps a fresh repository. To upgrade an existing repository after a plugin update, use /accelerator:migrate instead — it applies ordered, idempotent migrations to bring meta/ and .claude/accelerator*.md in line with the latest schema.