/init

One-time founder onboarding. Asks key questions, generates personalized configuration files. Everything stored as readable markdown/YAML — edit anytime.

Two layers of config:

• ~/.solo-factory/defaults.yaml — org-level (bundle IDs, GitHub org, Apple Team ID). Shared across all projects.
• .solo/ in project — founder philosophy, dev principles, STREAM calibration, selected stacks. Per-project but usually the same.

The templates in solo-factory/templates/ are defaults. This skill personalizes them based on your answers.

Run once after installing solo-factory. Safe to re-run — shows current values and lets you update them.

Output Structure

~/.solo-factory/
└── defaults.yaml              # Org defaults (bundle IDs, GitHub, Team ID)

.solo/
├── manifest.md                # Your founder manifesto (generated from answers)
├── stream-framework.md         # STREAM calibrated to your risk/decision style
├── dev-principles.md          # Dev principles tuned to your preferences
└── stacks/                    # Only your selected stack templates
    ├── nextjs-supabase.yaml
    └── python-api.yaml

Other skills read from these:

• /scaffold reads defaults.yaml for <org_domain>, <apple_dev_team> placeholders + .solo/stacks/ for stack templates
• /validate reads manifest.md for manifesto alignment check
• /setup reads dev-principles.md for workflow config
• /stream reads stream-framework.md for decision framework

Steps

1. Check existing config

• Read ~/.solo-factory/defaults.yaml — if exists, show current values
• Check if .solo/ exists in project path
• If both exist, ask: "Reconfigure from scratch?" or "Keep existing and skip?"
• If neither exists, continue to step 2

2. Determine project path

If $ARGUMENTS contains a path, use it. Otherwise use current working directory.

3. Ask org defaults (AskUserQuestion, 5 questions)

See references/questions.md → "Round 0: Org Defaults" for full question specs.

4. Create org defaults

mkdir -p ~/.solo-factory

Write ~/.solo-factory/defaults.yaml:

# Solo Factory — org defaults
# Used by /scaffold and other skills for placeholder replacement.
# Re-run /init to update these values.

org_domain: "<answer from 3.1>"
apple_dev_team: "<answer from 3.2>"
github_org: "<answer from 3.3>"
projects_dir: "<answer from 3.4>"
knowledge_base_repo: "<answer from 3.5>"

5. Ask Round 1 — Philosophy & Values (AskUserQuestion, 4 questions)

See references/questions.md → "Round 1: Philosophy & Values" for full question specs.

6. Ask Round 2 — Development Preferences (AskUserQuestion, 4 questions)

See references/questions.md → "Round 2: Development Preferences" for full question specs.

7. Ask Round 3 — Decision Style & Stacks (AskUserQuestion, 3 questions)

See references/questions.md → "Round 3: Decision Style & Stacks" for full question specs.