Initialise Accelerator
SkillDev toolsPrepare a repository with the directories and gitignore entries
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Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.
Then ask your AI: use the Initialise Accelerator skill
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by atomicinnovation/accelerator in skills/config/init/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
You prepare a consumer repository with all directories and gitignore entries that Accelerator skills expect. This is safe to run repeatedly — it reports what was created versus what already existed.
Path Resolution
Resolve each output directory using the plugin's path configuration:
Plans directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/accelerator config path plans --fail-safe
Research directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/accelerator config path research_codebase --fail-safe
Decisions directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/accelerator config path decisions --fail-safe
PRs directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/accelerator config path prs --fail-safe
Validations directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/accelerator config path validations --fail-safe
Review plans directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/accelerator config path review_plans --fail-safe
Review PRs directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/accelerator config path review_prs --fail-safe
Review work items directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/accelerator config path review_work --fail-safe
Work items directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/accelerator config path work --fail-safe
Notes directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/accelerator config path notes --fail-safe
Design inventories directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/accelerator config path research_design_inventories --fail-safe
Design gaps directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/accelerator config path research_design_gaps --fail-safe
Global directory: !${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/accelerator config path global --fail-safe
Steps
Execute the following steps in order, tracking what was created versus what already existed so you can present a summary at the end.
Steps 1–3: Run the init script
${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/bin/accelerator config init
The script creates 13 meta/ directories with .gitkeep files, creates the
.accelerator/ core scaffold (.gitignore, state/, tmp/, skills/,
lenses/, templates/), writes the inner tmp .gitignore, and appends the
.accelerator/config.local.md rule to the root .gitignore. It is idempotent
— safe to run repeatedly.
Step 4: Report results
Only after all steps above have completed successfully, present a summary:
Initialisation complete:
Directories:
✓ {plans directory} (created | already exists)
✓ {research directory} (created | already exists)
✓ {decisions directory} (created | already exists)
✓ {prs directory} (created | already exists)
✓ {validations directory} (created | already exists)
✓ {review plans directory} (created | already exists)
✓ {review prs directory} (created | already exists)
✓ {review work items directory} (created | already exists)
✓ {work items directory} (created | already exists)
✓ {notes directory} (created | already exists)
✓ {design inventories directory} (created | already exists)
✓ {design gaps directory} (created | already exists)
✓ {global directory} (created | already exists)
Accelerator scaffold:
✓ .accelerator/.gitignore (created | already exists)
✓ .accelerator/state/.gitkeep (created | already exists)
✓ .accelerator/skills/.gitkeep (created | already exists)
✓ .accelerator/lenses/.gitkeep (created | already exists)
✓ .accelerator/templates/.gitkeep (created | already exists)
✓ .accelerator/tmp/.gitignore (created | already exists)
✓ .accelerator/tmp/.gitkeep (created | already exists)
Gitignore entries:
✓ .accelerator/config.local.md (added | already present)
Use the actual resolved paths in the output (not the variable names).
/accelerator:init bootstraps a fresh repository. To upgrade an existing repository after a plugin update, use /accelerator:migrate instead — it applies ordered, idempotent migrations to bring meta/, .claude/, and .accelerator/ in line with the latest schema.
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 31
- Forks
- 1
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
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- github.com/atomicinnovation/accelerator