Init

One-time founder onboarding — generates personalized manifest, STREAM calibration, dev principles, and stack selection. Use when user says "set up solo facto...

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.

8. Load default templates + generate personalized files

See references/generation-rules.md for:

• Template source locations
• Output file structure (defaults.yaml, manifest.md, stream-framework.md, dev-principles.md, stacks/)
• Personalization rules per file (how answers map to generated content)
• Stack template mapping (answer → YAML file)

10. Verify Solograph MCP (optional check)

• Try running uvx solograph --help or check if MCP tools are available
• If available: "Solograph detected — code graph ready"
• If not: "Tip: install Solograph for code search across projects (pip install solograph or uvx solograph)"

11. Summary

Solo Factory initialized!

Org config:
  Config:         ~/.solo-factory/defaults.yaml
  org_domain:     <value>
  apple_dev_team: <value>
  github_org:     <value>
  projects_dir:   <value>

Founder profile:
  Manifest:       .solo/manifest.md
  Dev Principles: .solo/dev-principles.md
  STREAM:          .solo/stream-framework.md
  Stacks:         .solo/stacks/ (N stacks)

These files are yours — edit anytime.
Other skills read from .solo/ automatically.

Next steps:
  /validate "your idea"          — validate with your manifest
  /scaffold app nextjs-supabase  — scaffold with your stack

Edge cases

See references/generation-rules.md → "Edge Cases" for full list.

Common Issues

Templates directory not found

Cause: solo-factory not installed as submodule or templates moved. Fix: Skill generates from inline knowledge if templates missing. To fix permanently, ensure solo-factory/templates/ exists.

Stacks not copied to .solo/

Cause: Stack selection answer didn't map to a template file. Fix: Check available stacks in templates/stacks/. Re-run /init and select from the list.

defaults.yaml already exists

Cause: Previously initialized. Fix: Skill detects existing config and asks whether to reconfigure. Choose "Reconfigure from scratch" to overwrite.