camp init

Initialize a new campaign

Synopsis

Initialize a new campaign directory structure.

Creates the standard campaign directories: .campaign/ - Campaign configuration and metadata projects/ - Project repositories (submodules or worktrees) projects/worktrees/ - Git worktrees for parallel development festivals/ - Festival methodology workspace (via fest init) ai_docs/ - AI-generated documentation docs/ - Human-authored documentation dungeon/ - Archived and deprioritized work workflow/ - Workflow management workflow/code_reviews/ - Code review notes and feedback workflow/pipelines/ - CI/CD pipeline definitions workflow/design/ - Design documents workflow/intents/ - Intent documents

Also creates: AGENTS.md - AI agent instruction file CLAUDE.md - Symlink to AGENTS.md

Initializes a git repository if not already inside one.

Use --no-git to skip git initialization.

camp init [path] [flags]

Examples

  camp init                      Initialize current directory
  camp init my-campaign          Create and initialize new directory
  camp init --name "My Project"  Set custom campaign name
  camp init --no-git             Skip git initialization
  camp init --dry-run            Preview without creating anything

Options

  -d, --description string   Campaign description
      --dry-run              Show what would be done without creating anything
  -f, --force                Initialize in non-empty directory without prompting
  -h, --help                 help for init
  -m, --mission string       Campaign mission statement
  -n, --name string          Campaign name (defaults to directory name)
      --no-git               Skip git repository initialization
      --no-register          Don't add to global registry
      --repair               Add missing files to existing campaign
      --skip-fest            Skip automatic Festival Methodology initialization
  -t, --type string          Campaign type (product, research, tools, personal) (default "product")
      --yes                  Skip repair confirmation prompt (for scripting)

Options inherited from parent commands

      --config string   config file (default: ~/.obey/campaign/config.yaml)
      --no-color        disable colored output
      --verbose         enable verbose output

SEE ALSO

• camp - Campaign management CLI for multi-project AI workspaces