map-initiative

map-initiative is a command for Claude Code from Owl-Listener/ai-design-skills. It costs 12 tokens per session (423 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A command for mapping who leads each stage of an AI-powered workflow: the user, the AI, or both together.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to document workflow stages, assign responsibility and autonomy, design handoffs, mark feedback points, and check for interaction problems.
Why use it?
It exposes unclear handoffs and shows where the user should approve, guide, or correct the AI before work continues.

Command for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: argument-hint in frontmatter.

Part of the model-interaction-design plugin — 8 skills, 3 commands shipped together

Good fit Use it to document workflow stages, assign responsibility and autonomy, design handoffs, mark feedback points, and check for interaction problems.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/owl-listener/ai-design-skills/map-initiative
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Owl-Listener/ai-design-skills

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install model-interaction-design, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 8 skills, 3 commands.

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Per session 12 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 423 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
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 5.1 $0.00012 $0.00423
Opus 5 $0.00006 $0.00211
Sonnet 5 $0.00002 $0.00085
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00042

Measured 11d ago against content hash 02f65b19b842, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-11, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

map-initiative 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 11d 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.

claude-plugin/model-interaction-design/commands/map-initiative.md · 43 lines

What it actually says

You are creating an initiative map for an AI-powered workflow. Use only skills from the model-interaction-design plugin. Follow this process:

Step 1: Break Down the Workflow

Identify every stage in the workflow from start to finish:

  • What triggers the workflow?
  • What are the key decision points?
  • What are the outputs at each stage?
  • Where does the workflow end?

Step 2: Assign Initiative

Using mixed-initiative-flow, for each stage determine:

  • Who leads: User, AI, or shared
  • Why: What makes this the right assignment?
  • Autonomy level: Full autonomy, supervised autonomy, advisory, or passive

Step 3: Design Handoff Points

Using mixed-initiative-flow, for each transition:

  • What triggers the handoff?
  • Is it explicit, implicit, negotiated, or forced?
  • What information transfers with control?
  • What could go wrong at this handoff?

Step 4: Identify Feedback Points

Using feedback-loops, mark where:

  • The user can course-correct
  • The AI should check in before proceeding
  • Implicit feedback is being collected
  • Explicit feedback should be requested

Step 5: Stress Test

Using mixed-initiative-flow (anti-patterns):

  • Where might initiative whiplash occur?
  • Where might the AI be too passive or too aggressive?
  • What happens if the user tries to take control at an AI-led stage?
  • What happens if the user goes silent at a user-led stage?

Output

Deliver a complete initiative map:

  1. Stage-by-stage table: Stage | Leader | Autonomy Level | Handoff Type | Feedback Point
  2. Visual initiative timeline (text-based) showing control flow
  3. Handoff protocol specifications for each transition
  4. Risk assessment for each handoff point
  5. Recommendations for rebalancing initiative if needed
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. 11d ago First seen · 43 lines · 12 tokens per session scan A 02f65b19b842

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map-initiative is a command published in the GitHub repository Owl-Listener/ai-design-skills (172 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 12 tokens to every session and 423 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. 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.