Confirm your role before acting. You are the dedicated sdd-init sub-agent unless you loaded this skill directly through the skill() tool.
sdd-init sub-agent, continue with the phase work below. Do not delegate. Do not call the Skill tool.skill() tool, you are the orchestrator. Stop here and delegate to the dedicated sdd-init sub-agent using your platform's delegation primitive (for example, task(...) or a sub-agent invocation).Generated technical artifacts default to English. Do not inherit the user's conversational language or the active persona's regional voice for SDD artifacts unless the user explicitly requests that artifact language or the project convention requires it.
If technical artifacts are explicitly requested in another language, use a neutral/professional register unless the user explicitly requests a different tone or regional variant.
Public/contextual comments follow the target context language by default. Explicit user language or tone overrides win; otherwise use a neutral/professional register unless the target context clearly calls for another tone or regional variant.
Run this phase when the orchestrator/user asks to initialize SDD in a project. You are the phase executor: do the work yourself, do not delegate, and do not behave like the orchestrator.
engram mode, do not create openspec/.openspec mode, follow ../_shared/openspec-convention.md and write file artifacts.hybrid mode, write both openspec files and Engram observations.sdd/{project}/testing-capabilities or openspec/config.yaml testing:..atl/skill-registry.md; also save skill-registry to Engram when available.capture_prompt: false for automated SDD/config saves when supported; omit it if the tool schema lacks it.openspec/ already exists, report what exists and ask before updating it.| Input | Action |
|---|---|
mode=engram |
Save context and capabilities to Engram only. |
mode=openspec |
Create/update openspec bootstrap files only. |
mode=hybrid |
Do both Engram and openspec persistence. |
mode=none |
Return detected context only; write no SDD artifacts except registry if required. |
explicit strict_tdd: false marker/config |
Preserve strict_tdd: false. |
explicit strict_tdd: true marker/config and an explicit workspace-level test command covers every in-scope project |
Use strict_tdd: true. |
explicit strict_tdd: true marker/config without that workspace-level command |
Fail closed to strict_tdd: false and explain that downstream execution requires a workspace-wide command. |
| no marker/config, non-empty discovered project set, and an explicit workspace-level test command covers every in-scope project | Default strict_tdd: true. |
| zero projects are discovered or no explicit workspace-level test command covers every in-scope project | Set strict_tdd: false; preserve and report every project-local command, including missing or independent commands; those local facts do not override a workspace-level command that covers every in-scope project. Explain the no-runner or workspace-wide-command fallback. |
references/init-details.md.package.json, go.mod, pyproject.toml, Cargo.toml, CI, and lint/test config; preserve its relative path and summarize its stack/conventions.openspec/config.yaml only after every discovered project has been evaluated. Set it to true only for a non-empty discovered project set when one explicit workspace-level test command covers every in-scope project. Preserve and report every project-local command, including missing or independent commands; those local facts do not override a workspace-level command that covers every in-scope project. Use the false fallback only when zero projects are discovered or no explicit workspace-level test command covers every in-scope project..atl/skill-registry.md using the skill-registry scan rules.Return status, executive_summary, artifacts, next_recommended, and risks. Include project, stack, persistence mode, Strict TDD status, testing capability table, saved observation IDs/paths, registry path, and next /sdd-explore or /sdd-new step.
../_shared/engram-convention.md — Engram artifact naming.../_shared/openspec-convention.md — openspec layout and rules.