Rekal Init

Rekal Init is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by rekal-dev in rekal-cli.

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Install Rekal Init

Copy Rekal 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/rekal-dev/rekal-cli/tree/main/plugin/skills/init ~/.claude/skills/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/rekal-dev/rekal-cli.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: plugin/skills/init/SKILL.md in rekal-dev/rekal-cli
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/init
Collection: One of 3 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 2109 skills

What Rekal Init does

Rekal Init turns on Rekal memory in the current repository with `rekal init`. Use it when setting up Rekal here or when a command says the repo is not initialized.

Rekal Init is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Rekal Init comes from a repository tagged agent-memory, ai-coding, claude-code, cli and code-context.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Initialize Rekal in this repository

Run once per repository. The binary must already be installed — if rekal is not on PATH, use the install skill first.

Do not volunteer this

This skill is loaded in every repository the user opens. Almost none of them should be initialized. Act when the user asks, or when a rekal command has actually reported the repo is not initialized. A repository simply lacking .rekal/ is not a reason to suggest anything.

Ask first

rekal init changes the user's repository. Name what it writes, then wait:

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

Frequently asked about Rekal Init

What else does rekal-dev publish alongside Rekal Init?
Rekal Init is one of 3 skills that DirSkills catalogs from rekal-dev/rekal-cli, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Install Rekal and Rekal. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Rekal Init does, and is maintained by rekal-dev in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the rekal-dev/rekal-cli page.
How does Rekal Init compare to other Automation skills?
Rekal Init ranks #1949 by stars among the 2109 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 Rekal Init against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.