crew-init

crew-init is a skill for Claude Code from hamzaPixl/pixl-ai. It costs 61 tokens per session (1,105 once invoked), scanned B, original, MIT.

A project setup workflow for pixl-crew that adds shared instructions, delegation rules, permissions, and references to the project's available coding agents and skills.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to initialize crew support, create a CLAUDE.md file and related rules, and configure scoped local permissions.
Why use it?
It gives Claude project-specific guidance without copying the complete crew plugin into the project.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths; mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions subagents.

Runs only inside its plugin — its command needs a path that Claude Code sets for a plugin’s own hooks and for nothing else. Install the plugin, not this.

Part of the pixl-crew plugin — 93 skills, 14 agents, 6 hooks shipped together

Good fit Use it to initialize crew support, create a CLAUDE.md file and related rules, and configure scoped local permissions.

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Install

Getting it into your agent

This one installs as part of its plugin. Adding the marketplace and installing the plugin brings it with everything else the plugin ships.

Claude Code
/plugin marketplace add hamzaPixl/pixl-ai
Claude Code
/plugin install pixl-crew

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install pixl-crew, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 93 skills, 14 agents, 6 hooks.

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Per session 61 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,105 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan B 1 finding. 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 $0.00061 $0.01105
Opus 5 $0.00030 $0.00553
Sonnet 5 $0.00012 $0.00221
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00111

Measured 9d ago against content hash e39dd3a07cc9, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-09, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

crew-init scanned grade B with 1 finding 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 9d 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.

Reads agent configuration directoriesmediumAgent snooping

.claude/, .codex/, .gemini/ hold keys, settings and other credentials a mod has no legitimate need for.

1. Check if `<target>/.claude/settings.local.json` exists
packages/crew/skills/crew-init/SKILL.md · 98 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 98 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Overview

Drops lightweight pixl-crew awareness assets into any project so Claude knows about available agents, skills, and conventions without the full plugin source being present.

What gets created

File Purpose
CLAUDE.md Project identity + crew agents/skills reference + pixl CLI + operational rules
.claude/rules/crew-workflow.md Explore → Plan → Implement → Commit, frequent commits, parallel execution
.claude/rules/crew-delegation.md Agent routing table, when to use orchestrator, skill-first rules
.claude/rules/crew-enforcement.md Mandatory skill usage and agent delegation enforcement
.claude/rules/crew-context.md When to compact, subagent delegation, token budget, CLAUDE.md sizing
.claude/settings.local.json Scoped permission wildcards (only if file doesn't exist)

Step 0: Initialize pixl storage + crew

If pixl CLI is available (command -v pixl), run pixl project init in the target directory. This creates both the .pixl/ directory (SQLite storage) AND installs crew templates (CLAUDE.md, .claude/rules/, settings.local.json) in a single command.

if command -v pixl &>/dev/null; then
  pixl --project <target> project init
  # Done — pixl project init handles everything.
  # Skip to Step 6 (summary).
fi

Skip silently if pixl is not installed — continue with manual file creation below.

Step 1: Detect project info

  1. Determine the target directory (argument or cwd)
  2. Try to detect the project name from (in order):
    • package.jsonname field
    • pyproject.tomlname field
    • Directory basename
  3. Ask the user to confirm or override the project name

Step 2: Generate CLAUDE.md

  1. Read the template from ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/templates/crew-init/CLAUDE.md.tmpl
  2. Replace {{PROJECT_NAME}} with the detected/confirmed project name
  3. Write to <target>/CLAUDE.md
    • If a CLAUDE.md already exists, ask the user whether to append a crew section or skip

Read the full file on GitHub · 98 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. 9d ago First seen · 98 lines · 61 tokens per session scan B e39dd3a07cc9

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crew-init is a skill published in the GitHub repository hamzaPixl/pixl-ai (2 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 61 tokens to every session and 1,105 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (reads agent configuration directories). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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