repo-init

repo-init is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from katalalab/katala-os. It costs 103 tokens per session (1,451 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A repository scaffolding tool for adding Katala OS agent-context files and conventions to a software project. Scaffolding means creating the initial configuration and support files a project needs.

In plain words
What is it for?
Starting or standardising a repository with AGENTS.md, .gitattributes, .gitignore, NEEDS_REVIEW.md, shared Git hooks, and optional hash-locked constitution files.
Why use it?
It gives human developers and AI agents shared repository rules, cross-platform file handling, ignore patterns, review notes, and optional integrity checks.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one. Also seen: mentions AGENTS.md.

Needs its repository: it runs a file that does not travel with it, so clone the repository first. The line is cd <target> && bash scripts/verify.sh.

Good fit Starting or standardising a repository with AGENTS.md, .gitattributes, .gitignore, NEEDS_REVIEW.md, shared Git hooks, and optional hash-locked constitution files.

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Install

Getting it into your agent

It runs from inside its repository, so the clone comes first — what it calls does not travel with the file alone.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/katalalab/katala-os
agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/katalalab/katala-os/repo-init

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 103 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,451 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 $0.00103 $0.01451
Opus 5.5 $0.00041 $0.00580
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00021 $0.00290
Haiku 4.5 $0.00010 $0.00145

Measured 2mo ago against content hash 452ba60ba5e7, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

repo-init 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 2mo 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.

skills/repo-init/SKILL.md · 122 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 122 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

repo-init — Katala OS repo scaffolding

This Skill scaffolds a new (or existing) repo with the agent-context style:

  • AGENTS.md — repo-specific delta, inherits global baseline (~/work/agent-context/AGENTS.MD) and constitution.
  • .gitattributes — LF for *.md / *.json / *.sh / *.py / *.ts etc., CRLF for *.ps1 / *.cmd. Stops Windows autocrlf=true from breaking hashes.
  • .gitignore — secrets, keys, backups, shell history, OS cruft, generic build/cache.
  • NEEDS_REVIEW.md — multi-agent dissent log; append-only, operator ratifies.
  • Shared pre-commit hook wired via git config core.hooksPath ~/work/agent-context/hooks.
  • Optional: CONSTITUTION.md + manifest.lock.json + scripts/verify.sh for repos that need hash-locked artifacts.

When to use this Skill

Match against operator intent like:

  • "新リポを Katala 標準で立てて"
  • "scaffold an agent-context repo"
  • "このリポに AGENTS.md 一式を足したい"
  • "hash-locked な constitution も付けて"
  • "set up the shared pre-commit hook here"

Do not use for:

  • Editing the global baseline (~/work/agent-context/AGENTS.MD) — that's a direct edit, not a scaffold.
  • One-off .gitignore additions in an existing repo — just edit.
  • Pure GitHub repo creation (use gh repo create directly).

How to invoke

macOS / Linux

~/work/agent-context/scripts/init-repo.sh <target-dir> \
  --name <repo-name> \
  --description "<one line>" \
  --operator <name> \
  [--with-constitution] \
  [--no-hooks-path] \
  [--dry-run]

Windows (PowerShell)

& "$env:USERPROFILE\work\agent-context\scripts\init-repo.ps1" `
  -Target <target-dir> `
  -RepoName <repo-name> `
  -Description "<one line>" `
  [-WithConstitution] `
  [-NoHooksPath] `
  [-DryRun]

Both are idempotent: existing files are backed up to *.bak.<yyyyMMdd-HHmmss> before being overwritten. Backups are pruned automatically when (a) a newer same-base backup exists AND (b) the older one is >30 days old. This matches the Hard Rule "every backup declares a retention rule and a matching prune step."

Read the full file on GitHub · 122 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. 2mo ago First seen · 122 lines · 103 tokens per session scan A 452ba60ba5e7

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repo-init is a skill published in the GitHub repository katalalab/katala-os (2 stars, last pushed 9d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 103 tokens to every session and 1,451 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 5.5. 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 2026-08-31.