swe:init SKILL.md skillA
swe:init from ckorhonen/swe-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add ckorhonen/swe-skills/swe:init@git:20260405.b3aed37Pins git:20260405.b3aed37 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- ckorhonen/swe-skills
- Path
skills/init/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260405.b3aed37, committed Apr 5, 2026
- Size
- 8,242 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3
- License
- MIT
Initializes an optional repo-local agent collaboration preference file at `.ai/swe.json` by running a short interview or a zero-question quick mode. Use when a user says `initialize agent settings for this repo`, `set up my local agent prefs here`, `run quick init for this project`, or `create .ai/swe.json for how I like to work`. Do NOT use for `npm init`, project scaffolding, dependency installation, or environment bootstrap.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# SWE Init ## What This Skill Does Use this skill to establish an optional repo-local preference layer for how agents should collaborate in a specific repository. The job is to: - gather a short set of behavior-shaping preferences - write them to `.ai/swe.json` as minified JSON - keep the file local-first while allowing the user to commit it if they want - define how later skills should consult the file safely This skill is not a general repository bootstrapper. It configures agent collaboration defaults, not the project's runtime or package setup. ## When To Use Use this skill when the user wants to: - initialize repo-local agent settings - create a small preference file for how agents should work in this repo - run a quick-start setup with opinionated defaults - make later `swe:` skills respect local collaboration preferences ## Do Not Use Do not use this skill for: - `npm init`, `pnpm init`, or similar project scaffolding - dependency installation or toolchain bootstrap - `.env`, secret, or credential setup - committed team policy unless the user explicitly wants the file checked in - broad repo documentation or agent-guidance rewrites unrelated to the local …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add ckorhonen/swe-skills/swe:init@sha256:e0e2c844d36e4d8dThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260405.b3aed37, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Apr 5, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
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- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
ckorhonen/swe-skills · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-26 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_faj7ugwjeswfn4cz GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ckorhonen/swe-skills/swe:init GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e0e2c844d36e4d8dc61cb16aa9e4da226c1800cbc0c654638386d6c563d6bc91
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