Agent skill

Maestro Init

by catlog22 in catlog22/maestro-flow

Initialize project with auto state detection. An agent skill from catlog22/maestro-flow.

No licenceAuto-check: notesMobile

Install Maestro Init

skills CLI
$ npx skills add catlog22/maestro-flow --skill maestro-init -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install catlog22/maestro-flow maestro-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/catlog22/maestro-flow.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.codex/skills/maestro-init .claude/skills/maestro-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
maestro-init
GitHub stars
563
Token cost
~2.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
796 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
30
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Initialize project with auto state detection. An agent skill from catlog22/maestro-flow.

  • Works in 5 steps: Idempotent init — re-running init on an… → Scope guard — init MUST only make… → All artifacts required — init MUST NOT… → …
  • Tasks that involve Mobile testing and debugging
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Maestro Init is an agent skill from catlog22/maestro-flow. Initialize project with auto state detection

Its SKILL.md is about 2.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Mobile, covering Mobile testing and debugging. The repository describes itself as: Intent-driven workflow orchestration for multi-agent AI development — adaptive lifecycle engine, self-reinforcing knowledge graph, and visual dashboard for Claude Code, Gemini….

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Mobile testing and debugging

Example prompts

  • “/maestro-init”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash, Glob, Grep, Read, Write, followup_task, interrupt_agent, list_agents, request_user_input, send_message, spawn_agent, spawn_agents_on_csv, wait_agent

Workflow steps

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

  1. Idempotent init — re-running init on an already-initialized project MUST detect existing .workflow/ and warn (E002); NEVER silently…
  2. Scope guard — init MUST only make initialization decisions; NEVER prejudge roadmap structure, plan scope, or implementation details
  3. All artifacts required — init MUST NOT report completion until project.md, state.json, and config.json all exist; missing artifacts MUST…
  4. Template-driven — deferred templates (project.md, state.json, config.json) MUST be read from ~/.maestro/templates/ and customized; NEVER…
  5. Interview writes back — all interactive decisions MUST be written to project.md/config.json before proceeding to research or completion…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6b18789. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Bash
    • Glob
    • Grep
    • Read
    • Write
    • followup_task
    • interrupt_agent
    • list_agents
    • request_user_input
    • send_message

    …and 3 more on the same allowed-tools line.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    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

Maestro Init loads about 2.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 14 tokens; SKILL.md has 796 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~14
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.1k

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: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Bash, Glob, Grep, Read, Write, followup_task, interrupt_agent, list_agents, request_user_input, send

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 796 words (~2,060 tokens).

“This skill initializes protected project state before a Session exists. It MUST NOT call maestro run create; bootstrap files remain owned by their protected stores.”

— opening of SKILL.md by catlog22
name
maestro-init
allowed-tools
Bash, Glob, Grep, Read, Write, followup_task, interrupt_agent, list_agents, request_user_input, send_message, spawn_agent, spawn_agents_on_csv, wait_agent
disable-model-invocation
true
argument-hint
[-y] [--from <source>] [--from-brainstorm SESSION-ID]
session-mode
bootstrap
version
0.5.89

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .codex/skills/maestro-init of catlog22/maestro-flow.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6b18789

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Categories

Questions about Maestro Init

What does Maestro Init do?

Initialize project with auto state detection. An agent skill from catlog22/maestro-flow. Maestro Init is an agent skill from catlog22/maestro-flow.

When should I use Maestro Init?

Maestro Init fits situations like: tasks that involve Mobile testing and debugging.

How do I install Maestro Init in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add catlog22/maestro-flow --skill maestro-init -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.codex/skills/maestro-init in catlog22/maestro-flow) into .claude/skills/maestro-init in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Maestro Init in Codex?

Run `npx skills add catlog22/maestro-flow --skill maestro-init -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.codex/skills/maestro-init in catlog22/maestro-flow) into .agents/skills/maestro-init in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Maestro 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 catlog22/maestro-flow --skill maestro-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/maestro-init, .gemini/skills/maestro-init, .github/skills/maestro-init and .opencode/skills/maestro-init in your project.

What does Maestro Init need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Maestro Init is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash, Glob, Grep, Read, Write, followup_task, interrupt_agent, list_agents, request_user_input, send_message, spawn_agent, spawn_agents_on_csv, wait_agent.

Does Maestro 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 Maestro Init safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Maestro Init use?

No licence was found for Maestro Init or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Maestro Init use?

About 2.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Maestro Init?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Maestro Init: Phone Harness (ShawnPana/phone-harness, 3.2k stars), Maa Issue Log Analysis (MaaAssistantArknights/MaaAssistantArknights, 24k stars), Mobile QA (tloncorp/tlon-apps, 107 stars) and Store Listing Screenshots (therxmv/Telegram-Themer, 119 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Maestro Init?

catlog22 (a GitHub user) maintains it in catlog22/maestro-flow, which has 563 GitHub stars. The repository holds 30 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: catlog22/maestro-flow on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.