# kb-init

This skill builds an OKF v0.2 knowledge-bundle scaffold tailored to a project. Use it to start a wiki or add a bundle under knowledge/.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 41
- Author: stjbrown
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/stjbrown/agent-knowledge/tree/HEAD/skills/kb-init/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-08-01
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/kb-init

## What it does

Before writing files, kb-init inspects the workspace and settles the bundle location and name. It asks about the remaining domain details: which entities the schema should cover and how material should be routed. For repository documentation, it establishes the project scope; for captured sources, it asks where they come from and how to file them. The initial vocabulary can grow as the bundle develops.

The skill adapts the OKF example scaffold, creating files such as `index.md`, `log.md`, and the schema documents in `spec/`. It runs `kb-lint` when available, then points the user to `kb-document` or `kb-ingest` for the next stage. A named bundle under `knowledge/` also gets an entry in the parent catalog. If the target already has a root `index.md`, kb-init stops rather than overwrite an existing bundle.

New bundles target OKF v0.2. When the project uses `CLAUDE.md` or `AGENTS.md`, the skill may offer to add a pointer to the bundle; it waits for approval before making that edit.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stjbrown/agent-knowledge --skill kb-init -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/kb-init/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/kb-init/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stjbrown/agent-knowledge --skill kb-init -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/kb-init/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stjbrown/agent-knowledge --skill kb-init -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/kb-init/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install stjbrown/agent-knowledge kb-init
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/kb-init/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stjbrown/agent-knowledge --skill kb-init -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/stjbrown/agent-knowledge --path skills/kb-init
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/kb-init/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stjbrown/agent-knowledge --skill kb-init -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/stjbrown/agent-knowledge/tree/HEAD/skills/kb-init/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- scaffold an OKF knowledge bundle for a project
- choose initial entity types and routing rules
- catalog a named bundle under `knowledge/`
- check a new bundle for OKF conformance

## Example prompts
- Use `kb-init` to scaffold a knowledge bundle for this repository's documentation.
- Run `kb-init` to create a `ci` bundle under `knowledge/`.
- Use `kb-init` to set up a bundle for captured research sources.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: kb-init
description: Scaffold a new OKF knowledge bundle in this project — run when starting a wiki or adding a bundle under knowledge/.
disable-model-invocation: true
version: 0.3.2
tags: [knowledge, okf, init, scaffold]
---

# kb-init — scaffold a knowledge bundle

Scaffold a conformant **bundle** per [kb](../kb/SKILL.md). Your unique work is the **schema layer**
(step 2) and adapting the seed (step 3).

Read [the version profile](../kb/references/version-profile.md) before writing. New bundles target
OKF v0.2. Read [the glossary](../kb/references/glossary.md) if the terms below are unfamiliar.

## 1. Resolve location and bundle name

Default to a bundle at **`knowledge/`**. Accept overrides from the user's request:

- A different path (e.g. `docs/kb`) → scaffold there instead.
- A **named bundle** (e.g. "a `ci` bundle") → scaffold at `knowledge/<name>/` and treat `knowledge/`
  as a **multi-bundle** folder: ensure a top-level `knowledge/index.md` exists that catalogs the
  bundles (create it if missing; add this bundle to it).

If the target directory already contains a bundle (a root `index.md`), stop and report it — do not
overwrite. Offer [kb-document](../kb-document/SKILL.md) for repository documentation or
[kb-ingest](../kb-ingest/SKILL.md) for captured sources.

Choose an honest producer actor for `generated.by`: the current agent/tool as
`<producer>/<version>`, never `human:<id>` unless the human actually authored the content.

**Completion criterion:** the target path, bundle name, and producer actor are fixed, and the target
is confirmed not to collide with an existing bundle.

## 2. Understand the domain before scaffolding

The scaffold is deterministic; the **schema layer** needs judgment, so gather it first. Inspect the
workspace for signal (README, existing docs, the code, any notes the user points at), determine
whether this is a repository-documentation or captured-source bundle, and ask the user only what you
still can't infer:

- What kind of knowledge will this bundle hold? (work context — people, deals, product; a research corpus you keep adding papers to; a codebase or product handbook; competitive landscape; a book/course you're studying; a spec or pattern you're documenting, like this repo's OKF bundle, …)
- What are the main **entities** — the recurring things worth a concept each? These become the
  `type` vocabulary (e.g. `person`, `deal`, `metric`; or `character`, `chapter`, `theme`).
- For a captured-source bundle: what raw **sources** will be ingested, how should they route to
  those entities, and which intake locations are explicitly managed?
- For repository documentation: which parts of the repository are in scope, and how should
  components, workflows, interfaces, operations, and decisions route? Repository files remain
  evidence in place and are not raw intake.
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