jotbook-initlisted
Install: claude install-skill koloskus/jotbook
# Initialize a jotbook
You're setting up a new jotbook in this project. The procedure writes a starter settings file, offers to handle `.gitignore`, and tells the user about the restart caveat for hook-affecting fields.
## Starter settings
Write the following YAML frontmatter at the top of `.claude/jotbook.local.md`, followed by a short commented body that the user can replace with their own house-style guidance:
```markdown
---
jots_dir: docs/jotbook/_jots/
entries_dir: docs/jotbook/
pencils_dir: docs/jotbook/_pencils/
output_format: markdown # markdown | obsidian | html
template_path: # required only when output_format is html, or when penciling with --html
backlog_threshold: 8 # session-start jot nudge fires at this count
pencils_threshold: 3 # session-start pencil nudge fires at this count
---
<!--
House style (optional). Whatever you write below the closing --- above
is treated by jotbook-ink and jotbook-pencil as authoritative guidance
on voice, tone, terminology, and formatting conventions.
Example:
Field-manual voice — restrained, precise, deadpan. No exclamation points.
Cross-link liberally; prefer wikilinks over relative paths.
Code excerpts capped at ~20 lines; longer extracts go in a sibling block.
-->
```
Leave the `template_path` field empty by default. The user fills it in only when they want HTML output.
## Procedure
1. **Check existing settin