Initialize Harness

Initialize the AI Engineering Harness in this repository.

What This Command Does

1. •Creates the thoughts/ directory structure for context engineering.
2. •Adds a ticket template for consistent ticket creation.
3. •Provides guidance on next steps.

Instructions

Follow these steps to initialize the harness:

1. •

   Check the current state of the repository

   • •Verify if thoughts/ directory exists
2. •

   Create the thoughts/ directory structure:

   bash

   mkdir -p thoughts/shared/{tickets,plans,research}
   mkdir -p thoughts/global
   

3. •

   Add the ticket template to thoughts/shared/tickets/ticket-template.md

4. •

   Optionally create a personal thoughts directory:

   • •Check if personal directory exists
   • •Check if all directories within personal exist (tickets, plans, research)
   bash

   mkdir -p thoughts/$(whoami)/{tickets,plans,research}
   

5. •

   Present next steps to the user

Quick Reference

After running this command, the repository will have:

thoughts/
├── shared/
│   ├── tickets/                    # Feature requests, bugs, tasks
│   │   └── ticket-template.md      # Template for new tickets
│   ├── plans/                      # Implementation plans
│   └── research/                   # Research documents
└── global/                         # Cross-repository concerns

Workflow After Initialization

Ticket → /create_plan → /implement_plan → /validate_plan → /commit