Agent skill

Init

by 0xenzyme in 0xenzyme/agent-harness

Explicitly audit, initialize, import, or repair Agent Harness setup and config migration; not for ordinary status, intake, or product implementation.

MITAuto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Init

skills CLI
$ npx skills add 0xenzyme/agent-harness --skill init -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install 0xenzyme/agent-harness init --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/0xenzyme/agent-harness.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/agent-harness/skills/init .claude/skills/init && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
init
GitHub stars
107
Token cost
~496 tokens
SKILL.md length
169 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
4
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Explicitly audit, initialize, import, or repair Agent Harness setup and config migration; not for ordinary status, intake, or product implementation.

  • Works in 5 steps: Read repo instructions and inspect… → Before mutation, identify the existing… → Preview import/migration with --dry-run… → …
  • Productivity & Automation work in your project
  • Calls node

What it does

Init is an agent skill from 0xenzyme/agent-harness. Explicitly audit, initialize, import, or repair Agent Harness setup and config migration; not for ordinary status, intake, or product implementation. / 显式接入、迁移或修复 Harness。

Its SKILL.md is about 500 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including reference files (for example `agents/openai.yaml` and `references/setup-migration-safety.md`).

It sits in Productivity & Automation. The repository describes itself as: Adapter-driven control plane for coding-agent work: tasks, goals, run DAGs, gates, verification, and state sync. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Productivity & Automation work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/init”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Read repo instructions and inspect current state
  2. Before mutation, identify the existing Goal index and adapter paths. Never
  3. Preview import/migration with --dry-run --json. Canonical output writes
  4. Initialize or import only after explicit setup authority
  5. Every planned write must pass project-root, configured-root, absolute/..,

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 098b96d. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • node

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Init loads about 496 tokens when it runs, and up to ~636 if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 44 tokens; SKILL.md has 169 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~44
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~496
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~636

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from 0xenzyme/agent-harness at commit 098b96d, republished under its MIT licence (© 0xenzyme). 169 words, ~496 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/init/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
init
description
Explicitly audit, initialize, import, or repair Agent Harness setup and config migration; not for ordinary status, intake, or product implementation. / 显式接入、迁移或修复 Harness。

Harness Init

Use this skill only for explicit Harness setup, import, migration, or repair. Doctor and activation preview remain read-only.

The current user instruction and project instructions take precedence over this skill. This skill supplies routing and safety boundaries; it does not add an approval requirement beyond the boundaries stated below.

Read Setup And Migration Safety before any mutating init, import, or repair action.

  1. Read repo instructions and inspect current state:
bash
node <plugin-root>/scripts/agent-harness.mjs doctor --cwd <project>
node <plugin-root>/scripts/agent-harness.mjs config inspect --cwd <project> --json
node <plugin-root>/scripts/agent-harness.mjs config validate --cwd <project> --json
  1. Before mutation, identify the existing Goal index and adapter paths. Never create a second Goal index when importing an existing project.
  2. Preview import/migration with --dry-run --json. Canonical output writes contract, canonical paths, worktree.defaultPolicy, and completion gates. Legacy aliases are read for one migration boundary; conflicts fail.
  3. Initialize or import only after explicit setup authority:
bash
node <plugin-root>/scripts/agent-harness.mjs init --cwd <project> --contract adapter
node <plugin-root>/scripts/agent-harness.mjs config import --cwd <project> --task-index todolist.md --dry-run --json
  1. Every planned write must pass project-root, configured-root, absolute/.., and existing-parent realpath/symlink containment before any file is written.

Do not overwrite existing artifacts without explicit authority, edit AGENTS.md from an activation preview, start implementation, create workers, or perform delivery/deploy actions.

© 0xenzyme, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in plugins/agent-harness/skills/init of 0xenzyme/agent-harness.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml
  • references/setup-migration-safety.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 098b96d

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Questions about Init

What does Init do?

Explicitly audit, initialize, import, or repair Agent Harness setup and config migration; not for ordinary status, intake, or product implementation. Init is an agent skill from 0xenzyme/agent-harness. Explicitly audit, initialize, import, or repair Agent Harness setup and config migration; not for ordinary status, intake, or product implementation.

When should I use Init?

Init fits situations like: productivity & Automation work in your project.

How do I install Init in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add 0xenzyme/agent-harness --skill init -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/agent-harness/skills/init in 0xenzyme/agent-harness) into .claude/skills/init in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Init in Codex?

Run `npx skills add 0xenzyme/agent-harness --skill init -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/agent-harness/skills/init in 0xenzyme/agent-harness) into .agents/skills/init in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Init in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add 0xenzyme/agent-harness --skill init -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/init, .gemini/skills/init, .github/skills/init and .opencode/skills/init in your project.

What does Init need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Init needs the command-line tools its instructions call (node).

Does Init access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Init safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Init use?

Init is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Init use?

About 496 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 140 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Init?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Init: Agent Browser (quran/quran.com-frontend-next, 1.9k stars), Process Inbox (telegramdesktop/tdesktop, 33k stars), Perform Task (telegramdesktop/tdesktop, 33k stars) and Brave Search (badlogic/pi-skills, 2.6k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Init?

0xenzyme (a GitHub user) maintains it in 0xenzyme/agent-harness, which has 107 GitHub stars. The repository holds 4 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: 0xenzyme/agent-harness on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.