initialize

An interactive command for setting up the Simone project-management framework in a software project. It scans the project, checks existing Simone files, and guides the creation of planning documents and a first milestone.

In plain words
What is it for?
Inspecting a new or existing project, preparing Simone documentation, creating the first milestone, and generating a project manifest.
Why use it?
It turns project setup into a defined sequence and asks the user to confirm the detected project details before creating framework files.

Command for Claude Code

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/helmi/claude-simone/initialize
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Helmi/claude-simone

Made for: Claude Code.

Per session 0 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 821 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00000 $0.00821
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.00411
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00164
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00082

Measured 2d ago against content hash 68a43b6867ea, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

initialize scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

Origin

Copies of this mod

1 near-identical copy found in the catalogue:

legacy/.claude/commands/simone/initialize.md · 135 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 135 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Initialize Simone Framework

Initialize the Simone project management framework through an adaptive, interactive process.

Create a TODO with EXACTLY these items

  1. Scan and analyze the project
  2. Interactive confirmation with user
  3. Check for existing Simone documents
  4. Guide document creation process
  5. Create first milestone for Simone
  6. Generate project manifest
  7. Provide next steps

DETAILS on every TODO item

1. Scan and analyze the project

Detect project characteristics:

  • Check for package.json, requirements.txt, composer.json, etc.
  • Identify project type (Node.js, Python, PHP, etc.)
  • Scan overall project structure
  • Check if this is a new or existing project
  • Look for existing documentation (README, docs/, etc.)

Keep findings brief - Just identify the essentials

2. Interactive confirmation with user

Present findings conversationally:

I found this to be a [project type] project named [detected name].
Is this correct? Should I proceed with Simone setup?

Get user confirmation before continuing

3. Check for existing Simone documents

Scan .simone/ directory for:

  • Any documents in 01_PROJECT_DOCS/
  • Any milestones in 02_REQUIREMENTS/
  • Any existing sprints or tasks
  • Current manifest status

Interactive decision:

  • If documents found: "I found existing documents: [list]. Should we work with these or extend them?"
  • If no documents: "No Simone documents found yet. Do you have any existing project documentation you'd like to copy in before we continue?"

Allow user to:

  • Use existing documents
  • Add new documents
  • Start fresh
  • Cancel to add documents manually first

4. Guide document creation process

Based on user's choice:

If starting fresh or extending:

  • Perform deep analysis of the codebase
  • Identify key components and architecture patterns
  • Create draft ARCHITECTURE.md based on analysis
  • Use Q&A style to refine and complete:
    • "What's the main purpose of this project?"
    • "What are the key technical decisions?"
    • "Any important constraints or requirements?"

Read the full file on GitHub · 135 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 135 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 68a43b6867ea

Subscribe to this mod's changes

initialize is a command published in the GitHub repository Helmi/claude-simone (558 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 821 tokens. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.