/init

UsageCopy Anchor Link

/init                                      # use the default preset (DSH opens the preset list first)
/init kimi-code                            # use the kimi-code preset
/init opencode focus on the test workflow  # use the opencode preset and append an extra prompt
/init write in Chinese                     # if the first word is not a preset name, the whole line is the extra prompt and the default preset is used

Pick a preset in DSHCopy Anchor Link

In the / menu of DSH, /init is in the Commands section with the title Init.

To give a preset name or an extra prompt, type a space after /init and continue, as shown in the Pi, DSH and Cline tab. Subagent sessions have no /init.

PresetsCopy Anchor Link

.github/workflows/sync-init-prompts.yml updates the presets synced from upstream once a day:

Presets maintained by hand:

All presets except copilot and claude-code-init-new write AGENTS.md.

• copilot keeps the upstream VS Code behavior: it prefers AGENTS.md, updates an existing AGENTS.md or .github/copilot-instructions.md instead of creating a new file, and can also create skills and custom agents.
• claude-code-init-new first asks what to set up. It can write the project AGENTS.md, a personal CLAUDE.local.md, or both. It can also create skills under .claude/skills/ and add hooks to .claude/settings.json.

Extra instructions and placeholdersCopy Anchor Link

Before the prompt is sent, the YAML frontmatter at the start of the template is removed and the following placeholders are replaced:

• ${path}: the current project directory. In DSH it is the current working directory of the session. In Cline it is the workspace root. For Grok Build and goose, the commands are files written at install time, so the value is ., the current directory of the agent at run time.
• {{.Config.Options.InitializeAs}}: the instructions file name in the Crush template. It is replaced with AGENTS.md.
• $ARGUMENTS: the extra instructions.

If the template has no $ARGUMENTS, the extra instructions are appended to a ## Additional instructions from the user section at the end of the prompt. Without extra instructions, the section is not added. Grok Build skills are static files, so this section is always present and stays empty when there are no extra instructions.

ConfigurationCopy Anchor Link

When PI_CODING_AGENT_DIR is set for Pi, the first file is $PI_CODING_AGENT_DIR/agent-stash/init.json instead.

{
  "defaultPreset": "team",
  "presets": {
    "team": {
      "file": "./team-init.md",
      "description": "..."
    }
  }
}