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

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
  - 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>

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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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cad-adopt installs in Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode and Windsurf with the skills CLI, using each agent's flag shown on this page. Flowy's auto-invocation, which fires a skill when your prompt matches, runs in Claude Code only.