Maestro Init

by catlog22

Maestro Init is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by catlog22 in maestro-flow.

530 stars65 forkson catlog22/maestro-flowAdded 2026/08/26+1% in starsRepository updated 2026/08/24

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Install Maestro Init

Copy Maestro Init into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/catlog22/maestro-flow/tree/master/.codex/skills/maestro-init ~/.claude/skills/maestro-init

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/catlog22/maestro-flow.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: .codex/skills/maestro-init/SKILL.md in catlog22/maestro-flow
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/maestro-init
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What Maestro Init does

Maestro Init initializes a project by detecting existing state and creating the .workflow/ project files. Use it to start a new Maestro workflow or onboard an existing codebase without overwriting protected state.

Maestro Init is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Maestro Init comes from a repository tagged ai-agents, claude-code, cli, codex and gemini.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

<bootstrap_mode> This skill initializes protected project state before a Session exists. It MUST NOT call maestro run create; bootstrap files remain owned by their protected stores. </bootstrap_mode>

<deferred_reading>

project.md — read when generating project description
state.json — read when creating initial state
config.json — read when creating workflow configuration </deferred_reading>

Flags:

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Commands Maestro Init provides

Slash commands named in this skill’s SKILL.md, listed in the order they first appear.

/maestro-next
/maestro-companion

Frequently asked about Maestro Init

What else does catlog22 publish alongside Maestro Init?
Maestro Init is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from catlog22/maestro-flow, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Maestro Companion, Maestro Fork and Maestro Guard. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Maestro Init does, and is maintained by catlog22 in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the catlog22/maestro-flow page.
How does Maestro Init compare to other Automation skills?
Maestro Init ranks #1318 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Maestro Init against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.