Setup Workflow Skills

Scaffold the per-repo configuration that the engineering skills assume:

• Issue tracker — this workflow uses Beads. Setup auto-detects if it exists and flags a todo if it doesn't.
• Agent orientation — creates or updates the ## Agent orientation block in AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md to point to CONTEXT.md and ISSUE_TRACKER.md

This is a prompt-driven skill, not a deterministic script. Explore, check for Beads, present findings, confirm with the user, then write.

Process

1. Explore

Look at the current repo to understand its starting state. Read whatever exists; don't assume:

• Check if Beads CLI is available: command -v bd
• Look for Beads markers: beads.config.json, beads/ directory, .beads/ configuration
• Look for Beads in git/info/exclude: cat .git/info/exclude
• AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md at the repo root — does either exist? Is there already an ## Agent orientation section in either?
• ISSUE_TRACKER.md at the repo root — does it already exist?
• CONTEXT.md or CONTEXT-MAP.md at the repo root (to determine single vs multi-context)

2. Present findings

Summarise what's present and what's missing. Include the Beads setup status:

• Beads CLI available + project initialized — Beads is ready. Proceed to write.
• Beads CLI available + project not initialized — Beads CLI is installed but bd init hasn't been run yet. The write phase will initialize it.
• Beads CLI not available — The Beads CLI needs to be installed. The write phase will install it and then initialize the project.

3. Determine context layout and confirm

Confirm the layout (this affects the Agent orientation block):

• Single-context — one CONTEXT.md + docs/adr/ at the repo root. Most repos are this.
• Multi-context — CONTEXT-MAP.md at the root pointing to per-context CONTEXT.md files (typically a monorepo).

Then show the user a draft of the entire ## Agent orientation block to add/update in whichever of CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md is chosen (see step 4 for selection rules).

The content comes from:

• Single-context: entire contents of domain-single-context.md
• Multi-context: entire contents of domain-multi-context.md

Let them edit before writing.

Pick the file to edit:

• If CLAUDE.md exists, edit it.
• Else if AGENTS.md exists, edit it.
• If neither exists, ask the user which one to create — don't pick for them.

Never create AGENTS.md when CLAUDE.md already exists (or vice versa) — always edit the one that's already there.

If an ## Agent orientation block already exists in the chosen file, update its contents in-place rather than appending a duplicate. Don't overwrite user edits to the surrounding sections.

Then copy the template:

• Copy issue-tracker.md → ISSUE_TRACKER.md at the repo root

If Beads CLI is not available:

Run the command:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gastownhall/beads/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

This installs the Beads CLI system-wide.

If Beads project initialization is needed:

Run the command: bd init --stealth --non-interactive

This will create beads.config.json and the necessary Beads directory structure in this project.

Run the command: sed -i '/^\.beads\/$/c\.beads/*\n!.beads/issues.jsonl' .git/info/exclude to track the issues.jsonl export file

4. Done

Tell the user the setup is complete. If Beads CLI was installed or the project was initialized, confirm what ran successfully. The ## Agent orientation block is now in place, and downstream skills (to-tasks, tdd, etc.) will have the context they need.