ki-bootstraplisted

Explains first-time Knowledge Islands activation through the `ki` CLI: bootstrap a user, select a verified canonical harness, and distinguish user skills from repository-declared governance. Use for guidance on `ki bootstrap`, `ki harness`, `ki skill add/remove`, `ki repo skill add/remove`, and `ki dev local`; the CLI itself owns all mechanics. Triggers: "set up KI", "what does ki bootstrap do", "activate a KI skill", "why won't ki repo audit run". For repository coverage use `ki-repo`; for command behaviour use `ki help`.
knowledgeislands/ki-agentic-harness · ★ 0 · AI & Automation · score 76

Install: claude install-skill knowledgeislands/ki-agentic-harness

# Knowledge Islands Bootstrap The `ki` CLI owns installation, activation, and repository operations. This guidance-only skill explains that command surface; it has no executable catalogue, checker, or alternative executor. Read [the bootstrap standard](references/standards-bootstrap.md) when the installation, activation, or trust boundary matters. Use [the exemplars](references/exemplars.md) for concrete command sequences. ## First-time user setup Run `ki bootstrap`. KI detects supported local agent runtimes, creates its XDG configuration if absent, installs the canonical `knowledgeislands/ki-agentic-harness`, and links the core user skills into each detected agent's user skill directory. Run `ki bootstrap --refresh` to redetect agents and reconcile the recorded harness and managed user-skill inventory with installed state. The user configuration and installed harness payloads are separate from a repository's `.ki.toml`. ## Harnesses and skills `ki harness list`, `ki harness info <id>`, `ki harness install <id>`, and `ki harness uninstall <id>` manage compatible installed harnesses. The canonical harness is always retained. `ki skill add <skill>` and `ki skill remove <skill>` manage a skill in configured user agent spaces. `ki repo skill add <skill>` and `ki repo skill remove <skill>` manage a skill's repository declaration and runtime link. They affect only the selected repository; they never alter user activation. Managed activation is fail-closed. If a link, in