Cs Init — Productivity skill for Claude Code
Initialize a project for cold-start workflow -- creates CONTEXT.md, tasks/CURRENT.md, and tasks/DECISIONS.md from templates.
How to install Cs Init
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/delarooster-skills-cs-init/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/delarooster-skills-cs-init && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/delarooster/skills/HEAD/commands/cs-init.md -o ~/.claude/skills/delarooster-skills-cs-init/SKILL.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Cs Init does
description: "Initialize a project for cold-start workflow -- creates CONTEXT.md, tasks/CURRENT.md, and tasks/DECISIONS.md from templates"
Load the `cold-start` skill.
Behavior
Check if `CONTEXT.md`, `tasks/CURRENT.md`, or `tasks/DECISIONS.md` already exist. If any do, ask the user before overwriting.
Create `tasks/` directory if it does not exist.
Ask the user:
- "What is this project? (1-2 sentences)" -- use the answer for CONTEXT.md Goal section.
- "What are the
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