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Agent skill

Initialize

by reactive in reactive/data-client

Setup, install, and onboard new developers to Reactive Data Client monorepo - nvm, yarn, build, test, getting started guide

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedDevelopment

Install Initialize

skills CLI
$ npx skills add reactive/data-client --skill initialize -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install reactive/data-client initialize --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/reactive/data-client.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/initialize .claude/skills/initialize && 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
initialize
GitHub stars
2k
Token cost
~588 tokens
SKILL.md length
220 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
17
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Setup, install, and onboard new developers to Reactive Data Client monorepo - nvm, yarn, build, test, getting started guide

  • Works in 6 steps: Install prerequisites → Install dependencies → Build the project → …
  • Tasks that involve Monorepo tooling
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Steps, Onboarding Checklist and Helpful Commands, plus 1 more section
  • Calls yarn and nvm

What it does

Initialize is an agent skill from reactive/data-client. Setup, install, and onboard new developers to Reactive Data Client monorepo - nvm, yarn, build, test, getting started guide

Its SKILL.md is about 590 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 Development, covering Monorepo tooling. The repository describes itself as: Async State Management without the Management. REST, GraphQL, SSE, Websockets. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Monorepo tooling

Example prompts

  • “/initialize”

Requirements

  • Node.js

Workflow steps

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

  1. Install prerequisites
  2. Install dependencies
  3. Build the project
  4. Run tests
  5. Project familiarization
  6. Optional: Start website locally

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 02c0932. 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:

    • yarn
    • nvm

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

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • dataclient.io
    • github.com
    • discord.gg

    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

Initialize loads about 588 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 34 tokens; SKILL.md has 220 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~34
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~588

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 reactive/data-client at commit 02c0932, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© reactive). 220 words, ~588 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/initialize/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
initialize
description
Setup, install, and onboard new developers to Reactive Data Client monorepo - nvm, yarn, build, test, getting started guide
disable-model-invocation
true
metadata.internal
true

Initialize Development Environment

Overview

Get a new developer up and running with the Reactive Data Client monorepo.

Steps

  1. Install prerequisites

    • Install Node.js >= 14 via nvm: nvm install
    • Enable Corepack for Yarn 4: corepack enable
    • Verify Yarn: yarn --version (should be 4.x)

  2. Install dependencies

    • Run yarn install from repo root
    • This installs all workspace dependencies

  3. Build the project

    • Run yarn build to build all packages
    • This runs TypeScript compilation and Babel transforms

  4. Run tests

    • Run yarn test to verify everything works
    • Tests use Jest with projects: ReactDOM, Node, ReactNative

  5. Project familiarization

    • Review monorepo structure:
      • packages/endpoint – Base endpoints and declarative schemas
      • packages/rest – REST modeling (resource(), RestEndpoint)
      • packages/core – Framework-agnostic normalized store
      • packages/react – React hooks (useSuspense, useLive, useQuery)
      • packages/vue – Vue 3 composables
      • packages/normalizr – Schema/Entity/normalization
    • Read official docs
    • Explore example apps in examples/

  6. Optional: Start website locally

    • Use workspace task "website: start" or cd website && yarn start
    • Documentation site runs on localhost

Onboarding Checklist

  • Node.js >= 14 and Yarn 4 ready
  • yarn install completed without errors
  • yarn build succeeds
  • yarn test passes
  • Reviewed packages/ structure
  • Read CONTRIBUTING.md
  • Explored an example app (examples/todo-app or examples/github-app)

Helpful Commands

CommandDescription
yarn buildBuild all packages
yarn testRun all tests
yarn lintRun ESLint
yarn formatAuto-fix lint issues
yarn changesetCreate a changeset for your PR

Resources

© reactive, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/initialize of reactive/data-client.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 02c0932

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Categories

Questions about Initialize

What does Initialize do?

Setup, install, and onboard new developers to Reactive Data Client monorepo - nvm, yarn, build, test, getting started guide. Initialize is an agent skill from reactive/data-client.

When should I use Initialize?

Initialize fits situations like: tasks that involve Monorepo tooling.

How do I install Initialize in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add reactive/data-client --skill initialize -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/initialize in reactive/data-client) into .claude/skills/initialize in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Initialize in Codex?

Run `npx skills add reactive/data-client --skill initialize -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/initialize in reactive/data-client) into .agents/skills/initialize in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Initialize 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 reactive/data-client --skill initialize -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/initialize, .gemini/skills/initialize, .github/skills/initialize and .opencode/skills/initialize in your project.

What does Initialize need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Initialize needs the command-line tools its instructions call (yarn and nvm). Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Initialize access the network?

SKILL.md names 3 domains. As links in the text: dataclient.io, github.com and discord.gg. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Initialize 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 Initialize use?

Initialize is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Initialize use?

About 588 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.4k 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 Initialize?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Initialize: Nx Import (nrwl/nx, 29k stars), Nx Workspace (nomcopter/react-mosaic, 4.8k stars), Electron Multi-Process Architecture (iOfficeAI/AionUi, 33k stars) and Nx Run Tasks (nomcopter/react-mosaic, 4.8k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Initialize?

reactive (a GitHub organization) maintains it in reactive/data-client, which has 2,037 GitHub stars. The repository holds 17 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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