beardrive/plugin/commands/init.md

description, argument-hint

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Start syncing a project in this folder — create a new BearDrive project or connect an existing one, whole folder or a shared subfolder, and start the sync daemon	[folder] [--name <project> | --project <p-id>] [--shared <dir>]

Start syncing a project with BearDrive. Arguments: $ARGUMENTS (optional folder, optional --name/--project/--shared).

Follow these steps:

1. Check the bdrive CLI is installed: run command -v bdrive. If missing, offer to install it (brew install runbear-io/tap/beardrive, or go install github.com/runbear-io/beardrive/cmd/bdrive@latest) and wait for the user's choice before installing.

2. Sign in if needed: run bdrive login --status. With no server or a stale token, run bdrive login (tell the user a browser window is coming; it completes by itself). Default server is beardrive.ai; pass a self-hosted URL if the user mentioned one.

3. Detect knowledge tooling (skip if the folder already contains .bdrive/ — then just run bdrive init --yes; it resumes syncing, including after a rename/move). Check, in order — first match wins, ask if two match (full playbook: the beardrive skill's "Connecting knowledge tooling" section):

   • gbrain (gbrain.yml, or a gbrain MCP server / brain-first CLAUDE.md block) → offer to sync the brain's shared subfolder as its own project; never a brain root.
   • OKF wiki (markdown with OKF frontmatter) → offer: connect the wiki dir via --shared, or keep it PR-gated and create a new shared folder.
   • Wiki-ish folder (docs/wiki/notes full of markdown) → check git log -- <dir>; dormant → recommend connecting it, active PR traffic → recommend a new shared folder. Offer an OKF upgrade (openknowledge from) after connecting, as a separate consent.
   • Nothing / empty → offer a starting point in this order: OKF (recommended), gbrain, blank, describe-it.

4. Initialize — two hard rules:

   • Never sync a repo root: inside a repo, knowledge syncs as a scoped subfolder via --shared. A dedicated knowledge folder (empty dir, standalone vault) may be the mount itself.
   • One transport per folder: a git-tracked dir must leave git tracking before it syncs (git rm -r --cached <dir> + gitignore; stage it, let the user commit). Offer one-way git snapshots if they want a git record; bdrive log -p <path> covers history for most.

   bdrive init --name <project> --yes            # dedicated knowledge folder
   bdrive init --name <project> --shared wiki    # in a repo: only ./wiki syncs
   

5. Register agent sync hooks: run bdrive hooks install <folder>. It detects the agent platforms in use (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Hermes — by their config dirs in the project or home) and idempotently merges beardrive's sync hooks into each platform's own hook config, so files pull at every turn start, push after edits, and every change is stamped with the agent session that made it. Tell the user which platforms got hooks; if Codex is among them, mention they must run /hooks inside Codex once to trust the project's .codex layer.

6. Verify: run bdrive status <folder> and confirm the daemon is running and pending is 0. Summarize: project name/id, what syncs, and that edits propagate to every team member within seconds. Offer a consent-gated CLAUDE.md note and tell the user how teammates connect (invite link → bdrive init → same --shared scope, which is per-device).

For the full team setup (CLAUDE.md guidance + per-project sync hooks in .claude/settings.json), suggest /beardrive:install instead.