aidlc-init

Start an AI-DLC workflow — run the whole Initialization phase (mint the intent, detect the workspace, build state) in one step, without typing a stage. The engine normally auto-creates the first inten

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AI-DLC - start a workflow (create the first intent)

Start a fresh AI-DLC workflow. The workspace shell ships in dist/ (no setup command), and the engine auto-creates the first intent when you describe what to build - this skill is opt-in packaging over that creation move. Initialization is a PHASE, not a single stage — it mints the intent, detects the workspace (greenfield/brownfield), and builds aidlc-state.md together, in one deterministic call. There is no per-init-stage runner because an init stage has no standalone meaning.

Steps

  1. Read the user's $ARGUMENTS. The recognized flags are --scope <name>, --depth <level>, and --test-strategy <level>; the rest is a freeform description of what to build.

  2. The user named a scope with --scope <name>: create the intent (run the initialization phase). Forward the recognized flags as-is, and pass any freeform description text via --arguments "<text>" (intent-create reads the description from the --arguments flag, NOT a positional: forwarding it bare would silently drop it). ALSO derive a short --label: a 2-3 word kebab-case essence of what's being built ("I would like to build a simple calculator application" gives --label "simple calc"). The label becomes the readable, date-prefixed record dir name (<YYMMDD>-simple-calc); the full --arguments text is preserved separately in the audit + state. When only a scope was supplied, omit --arguments and --label (the tool then falls back to the scope token):

    aidlc engine intent create --scope <scope> --arguments "<description>" --label "<2-3 word essence>"
    

    Print the tool's output and stop. This does not advance a stage; run /aidlc afterwards to continue.

  3. The user described the work but gave no --scope (even when the description starts with a scope name, as in feature flags for billing): do not create it on a scope they have not seen. Pass the arguments to the engine as new work; it proposes the plan that fits the description (for example bugfix for a described bug) or offers to compose one, and asks the user to choose. Work already in progress is left as it is:

    aidlc engine orchestrate next --new-intent $ARGUMENTS
    

    Before acting on each directive, read .claude/aidlc-common/protocols/stage-protocol.md once per session, then every .claude/aidlc-common/protocols/stage-protocol-<module>.md named by directive.protocol_modules. Act on the directive exactly as the aidlc skill's forwarding loop describes. From here the flow IS the /aidlc flow - continue its loop until the directive says stop.

  4. If the user gave neither a scope nor a description, do not run a bare intent-create: ask what they want to build or which scope to use.