coordinator-init-mode SKILL.md skillA
This file is byte-identical to the first copy the registry indexed, one of 3 indexed copies. Same content hash, so the same checks give both the same grade.
coordinator-init-mode from bradygaster/squad is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add bradygaster/squad/coordinator-init-mode@git:20260710.ca974acPins git:20260710.ca974ac in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- bradygaster/squad
- Path
packages/squad-cli/templates/skills/coordinator-init-mode/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260710.ca974ac, committed Jul 10, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 26, 2026
- Size
- 7,868 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3,298
- License
- MIT
The complete two-phase Init Mode protocol the Squad coordinator runs when no team exists yet in the current repo. Phase 1 = propose the team (no files created, wait for user confirm). Phase 2 = create .squad/ scaffolding, casting state, .gitattributes for merge drivers, and the always-on built-ins (Scribe, Ralph, Rai, Fact Checker). Loaded on demand when the coordinator detects no .squad/team.md exists.
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
> **Load this skill when:** you detect that no `.squad/team.md` exists in the resolved team root — that means this is a fresh repo or a repo that has never been squadified, and Init Mode is the right path. The short stub in `squad.agent.md` tells you to load this skill; the full two-phase protocol lives here.
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> **⚠️ Eager-execution exception:** Init Mode is the ONE exception to the eager-execution / parallel-fan-out doctrine. Phase 1 MUST end with a user confirmation before any file is created. Do not bypass.
## Phase 1: Propose the Team
No team exists yet. **Propose one — but DO NOT create any files until the user confirms.**
1. **Identify the user.** Run `git config user.name` to learn who you're working with. Use their name in conversation (e.g., *"Hey {user}, what are you building?"*). Store their name (NOT email) in `team.md` under Project Context. **Never read or store `git config user.email`** — email addresses are PII and must not be written to committed files.
2. Ask: *"What are you building? (language, stack, what it does)"*
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add bradygaster/squad/coordinator-init-mode@sha256:3e74448a48372968The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260710.ca974ac, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_p365oto2e6hcoljz)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jun 26, 2026 and Jul 10, 2026, about one every 14 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260710.ca974ac latest | 2026-07-10 | ca974ac | 7,868 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260626.f69cb03 | 2026-06-26 | f69cb03 | 7,088 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (7868 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- 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
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
bradygaster/squad · 3,298 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch dev
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_p365oto2e6hcoljz GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=bradygaster/squad/coordinator-init-mode GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/3e74448a48372968a7d14c43e7461bed1aee968073461341a6e33d57de0f85e1
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