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Initialize .planning/ from a repo that already exists - PROJECT.md, REQUIREMENTS.md and a remaining-work ROADMAP.md derived from the code and the git history

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cadence
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Install
$ npx -y skills add crenshawdev/cadence --skill cad-adopt --agent claude-code

How it fires

How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/cad-adopt

Context preview

The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.

Initialize .planning/ from a repo that already exists - PROJECT.md, REQUIREMENTS.md and a remaining-work ROADMAP.md derived from the code and the git history

SKILL.md

cad-adopt.SKILL.md
name: cad-adopt
description: "Initialize .planning/ from a repo that already exists - PROJECT.md, REQUIREMENTS.md and a remaining-work ROADMAP.md derived from the code and the git history"
argument-hint: ""
allowed-tools:
  - Read
  - Write
  - Edit
  - Bash
  - Grep
  - Glob
  - AskUserQuestion

<objective> The second front door. A project that already has code and history enters Cadence as itself instead of as a blank page: the README, the manifests, the tree and `git log` are read here, shipped capability lands in PROJECT.md as Validated, the roadmap covers what is LEFT, and the only questions asked are the ones the repo cannot answer. What it writes is the same `.planning/` shape /cad-new-project writes, so every downstream command works unchanged. </objective>

<execution_context> @${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/cadence-core/workflows/adopt.md </execution_context>

<process> Execute end-to-end. </process>

Ships withcadence

Appearance is cheap. Verification is the work. Cadence is for developers using Claude Code on software they will still own after the session ends. Claude can write a convincing plan, produce working code, and tell you the job is finished.

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