Journal Init — Git skill for Claude Code
One-time setup for the journal-skills plugin.
How to install Journal Init
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/sclarkamlab-journal-skills-journal-init/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/sclarkamlab-journal-skills-journal-init && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sclarkamlab/journal-skills/HEAD/commands/journal-init.md -o ~/.claude/skills/sclarkamlab-journal-skills-journal-init/SKILL.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Journal Init does
description: One-time setup for the journal-skills plugin. Collects user info (name, GitHub username, Jira site, vault path) and writes them to ~/.config/journal-skills/config.json.
You are running the one-time setup for the `journal-skills` plugin. Your job is to collect a small set of values from the user and write a config file that the other journal commands (`/wrap`, `/weekly-summary`, `/monthly-summary`, `/quarterly-summary`) read on every run.
Step 1: Check for existing confi
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