init
init is an agent skill published by mcollina, listed under writing & docs. It lives in the mcollina/skills repository, which has 1,960 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-09-16.
Creates, updates, or optimizes an AGENTS.md file with minimal, high-signal instructions for a repository, covering non-discoverable coding conventions, tooling quirks, workflow preferences, and project-specific rules. Requires no credentials.
Install
skills is a generic installer for any repository of Claude agent skills -- it reads mcollina/skills’s own structure rather than assuming one, the same way this page reads the skill’s own SKILL.md rather than assuming a format.
npx skills add mcollina/skills
Maintenance
Creates, updates, or optimizes an AGENTS.md file for a repository with minimal, high-signal instructions covering non-discoverable coding conventions, tooling quirks, workflow preferences, and project-specific rules that agents cannot infer from reading the codebase. Use when setting up agent instructions or Claude configuration for a new repository, when an existing AGENTS.md is too long, generic, or stale, when agents repeatedly make avoidable mistakes, or when repository workflows have changed and the agent configuration needs pruning. Applies a discoverability filter—omitting anything Claude can learn from README, code, config, or directory structure—and a quality gate to verify each line remains accurate and operationally significant.
init compared with similar skills
| Skill | Publisher | What it does | Repo stars | Last update |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| init (this page) | mcollina | Creates, updates, or optimizes an AGENTS.md file for a repository with minimal, high-signal instructions cove… | 1,960 | 2026-10-18 |
| documentation(same repository) | mcollina | Creates, structures, and reviews technical documentation following the Diátaxis framework (tutorials, how-to… | 1,960 | 2026-10-18 |
| academy-guide | anthropic | Stop and check this skill before finishing any reply to a question about how to use Claude or a Claude produc… | 183,845 | 2026-10-09 |
| doc-coauthoring | anthropic | Guide users through a structured workflow for co-authoring documentation. Use when user wants to write docume… | 183,845 | 2026-10-09 |
| documentation-and-adrs | addyosmani | Records decisions and documentation. Use when you need to document an architecture decision (ADR) or the reas… | 110,611 | 2026-10-13 |
| git-workflow-and-versioning | addyosmani | Structures git workflow practices. Use when making any code change. Use when committing, branching, resolving… | 110,611 | 2026-10-13 |
| source-driven-development | addyosmani | Grounds every implementation decision in official documentation. Use when you want to verify an approach agai… | 110,611 | 2026-10-13 |
Skills from the same repository first, then others for this job by repository stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.
Common questions about init
- What does init do?
- Creates, updates, or optimizes an AGENTS.md file with minimal, high-signal instructions for a repository, covering non-discoverable coding conventions, tooling quirks, workflow preferences, and project-specific rules. Requires no credentials.
- How do I install init?
- Run npx skills add mcollina/skills. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.
- Who publishes init?
- mcollina.
- Is init maintained, and what licence does it use?
- Its repository has 1,960 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-18. The repository declares the MIT licence.
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- git-workflow-and-versioningby addyosmani
- source-driven-developmentby addyosmani
- vitepressby antfu
- academy-guideby anthropic