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Initialize a project through deep questioning - PROJECT.md, REQUIREMENTS.md, a phased ROADMAP.md and .planning/ state

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

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  • 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-new-project

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Initialize a project through deep questioning - PROJECT.md, REQUIREMENTS.md, a phased ROADMAP.md and .planning/ state

SKILL.md

cad-new-project.SKILL.md
name: cad-new-project
description: "Initialize a project through deep questioning - PROJECT.md, REQUIREMENTS.md, a phased ROADMAP.md and .planning/ state"
argument-hint: "[--research] [--brief <file>]"
allowed-tools:
  - Read
  - Write
  - Edit
  - Bash
  - Grep
  - Glob
  - AskUserQuestion
  - Task

<objective> Start a project properly: question deeply until the idea is concrete, then write PROJECT.md and REQUIREMENTS.md, derive a phased ROADMAP.md with falsifiable per-phase success criteria, and initialize .planning/ (config copied from the engine template, STATE.md cursor). Research is off by default; `--research` or config `workflow.research` enables a single research pass. `--brief <file>` reads a design brief an earlier conversation produced and questions only what it leaves open. </objective>

<execution_context> @${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/cadence-core/workflows/new-project.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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