Agent Doc Init

Initialize missing baseline policy documents with a non-destructive default.

Contract

Prereqs:

• agent-docs available on PATH.
• bash and python3 available on PATH.
• Write permission to target paths only when --apply is used.

Inputs:

• Entrypoint: $AGENT_HOME/skills/tools/agent-doc-init/scripts/agent_doc_init.sh.
• Optional flags:
  • --dry-run (default mode)
  • --apply (write mode)
  • --force (overwrite baseline docs; requires --apply)
  • --target all|home|project (default: all)
  • --project-path <path>
  • --agent-home <path>
  • --project-required <context:path[:notes]> (repeatable)

Outputs:

• Deterministic summary lines to stdout.
• Baseline checks before/after initialization.
• Optional baseline scaffolding (scaffold-baseline --missing-only by default).
• Project-doc hydration for baseline templates (AGENTS.md, DEVELOPMENT.md) using detected repo context (CI workflows, Formula files, git remote).
• Optional project extension upserts via agent-docs add.

Exit codes:

• 0: success (including no-op)
• 1: runtime/dependency failure
• 2: usage/safety contract violation

Failure modes:

• agent-docs is missing from PATH.
• Invalid --project-required format or unsupported context.
• --force is provided without --apply.
• agent-docs reports config/schema/runtime failures.
• Template-only baseline docs remain after hydration in apply mode.
• File permission errors when writing during apply mode.

Scripts (only entrypoints)

• $AGENT_HOME/skills/tools/agent-doc-init/scripts/agent_doc_init.sh

Workflow

1. Run baseline check (agent-docs baseline --check) and capture missing counts.
2. If required docs are missing (or force mode is requested), run scaffold-baseline:
   • default: --missing-only
   • overwrite path: --force (only when explicitly requested)
3. Hydrate baseline template docs into project-aware content (dry-run: plan only; apply: write).
4. Optionally upsert project extension docs via agent-docs add for each --project-required.
5. Re-run baseline check and emit deterministic summary (including doc_hydration + template_guard).

Safety defaults

• Dry-run by default (--apply is required for writes).
• No overwrite unless --force is explicitly provided.
• Missing-only scaffold is the default write behavior.
• Apply mode enforces template guard for project docs (fails if template-only docs remain).
• All actions are idempotent when rerun with the same inputs.

Usage

Preview only:

$AGENT_HOME/skills/tools/agent-doc-init/scripts/agent_doc_init.sh \
  --dry-run \
  --project-path /path/to/repo

Apply missing baseline docs:

$AGENT_HOME/skills/tools/agent-doc-init/scripts/agent_doc_init.sh \
  --apply \
  --project-path /path/to/repo

Apply and add one project extension required doc:

$AGENT_HOME/skills/tools/agent-doc-init/scripts/agent_doc_init.sh \
  --apply \
  --project-path /path/to/repo \
  --project-required "project-dev:BINARY_DEPENDENCIES.md:External runtime tools"