Bos Init — Development skill for Claude Code
Start a BuilderOS project or a new initiative in one: PRODUCT.md, TECH.md, the roadmap and the .builderos/ state directory.
How to install Bos Init
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/mariomile-builder-os-bos-init/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/mariomile-builder-os-bos-init && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mariomile/builder-os/HEAD/commands/bos-init.md -o ~/.claude/skills/mariomile-builder-os-bos-init/SKILL.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Bos Init does
name: bos-init description: "Start a BuilderOS project or a new initiative in one: PRODUCT.md, TECH.md, the roadmap and the .builderos/ state directory"
Entry point for any idea, problem, or existing product entering the BuilderOS lifecycle, and for every new initiative after the first.
**REQUIRED BACKGROUND:** `builder-os` (section Initialization), `evidence-ledger`.
The BuilderOS script is the `node …/scripts/bos.mjs` command named on the `BuilderOS script:` line at session start. U
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Full documentation available on GitHub
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