chief-install

Install the Chief framework into the current project.

This is a lazy install: only subagents and AGENTS.md are placed at install time. .chief/ (project.md, milestones, rules) is created on demand by chief-agent — run /chief-init to bootstrap project context, or just start with /chief-plan.

Arguments

The first argument is the target version (branch or tag). Optional.

• No argument → install the latest stable release (highest semver tag). Find it by running git ls-remote --tags https://github.com/thaitype/chief.git, strip refs/tags/, ignore ^{} entries, and pick the highest semver version.
• canary → latest canary branch (active development, unreleased)
• v1.0.0, v2.0.0, etc. → specific tagged version

Steps

1. Check for existing installation

Check if the Chief is already installed by looking for these signals: