zenforge-init — Repository Scaffolding Engine

Operating Invariants

• Pre-Mutation Gate: Stage strictly missing assets via Changeset and halt turn for human approval; never overwrite valid existing configurations.
• Privacy Baseline: Always isolate .agents/scratch/ in .gitignore; forbid committing transient scratch files or secrets.

Domain Rubric

1. Task Tracker Matrix (.agents/task-tracker.md)

• Remote GitHub + gh auth status valid ──> Propose GitHub Issues (gh) (template references/issue-tracker-github.md) or Local Markdown.
• Remote GitLab + glab auth status valid ──> Propose GitLab Issues (glab) (template references/issue-tracker-gitlab.md) or Local Markdown.
• Unauthenticated CLI / Other remotes / Offline ──> Propose Local Markdown (.agents/tasks/, template references/issue-tracker-local.md). Report CLI auth status to user so they can choose to authenticate or remain local.

2. Harness Anchor (.agents/harness-anchor.md)