Initialize Ralph the Marketer

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description: Initialize a new Ralph Marketer project in the current directory allowed-tools: [Bash, Write, Read, Glob] model: sonnet

Initialize Ralph the Marketer

Set up a new Ralph Marketer copywriting project in the current directory.

What This Does

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Setup Steps

# Create directories
mkdir -p scripts/ralph content/{drafts,published} data src/{db,content}

# Copy database scripts from plugin
PLUGIN_ROOT="${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}"
cp "$PLUGIN_ROOT/scripts/src/db/init.js" src/db/
cp "$PLUGIN_ROOT/scripts/src/db/seed.js" src/db/
cp "$PLUGIN_ROOT/scripts/src/db/status.js" src/db/
cp "$PLUGIN_ROOT/scripts/src/db/query.js" src/db/
cp "$PLUGIN_ROOT/scripts/src/content/list.js" src/content/
cp "$PLUGIN_ROOT/scripts/src/test.js" src/

# Copy Ralph templates
cp "$PLUGIN_ROOT/templates/prd.json" scripts/ralph/
cp "$PLUGIN_ROOT/templates/progress.txt" scripts/ralph/
cp "$PLUGIN_ROOT/templates/prompt.md" scripts/ralph/

# Copy package.json if it doesn't exist
if [ ! -f package.json ]; then
  cp "$PLUGIN_ROOT/templates/package.json" .
fi

# Create .gitkeep files
touch content/drafts/.gitkeep content/published/.gitkeep data/.gitkeep

# Initialize git if needed
if [ ! -d .git ]; then
  git init
fi

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Initialize and seed database
npm run db:reset

echo "✅ Ralph Marketer initialized!"
echo ""
echo "Next steps:"
echo "  1. Edit scripts/ralph/prd.json with your content tasks"
echo "  2. Run /ralph-marketer to start the loop"

After Initialization

The user should:

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