ethos

Installation
SKILL.md

Project Ethos Generator

Generate and maintain an ethos/ folder that gives agents and humans the strategic context behind a project. Three documents, all interview-generated:

  • vision.md — Why this exists, who it's for, what success looks like
  • principles.md — Technical and product tradeoffs, guardrails, beliefs
  • non-goals.md — What the project intentionally avoids

Modes

Detect the correct mode from context. If the user says "ethos" without specifying, check whether ethos/ exists in the project root:

  • If no: run /ethos:init
  • If yes: run /ethos:audit

Mode 1: /ethos:init — Generate Ethos

Trigger: No ethos/ folder exists, or user explicitly asks to create one.

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zackbart/skills
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Mar 25, 2026