Is the Flow Next Ralph Init skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from gmickel/flow-next. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the Flow Next Ralph Init SkillProof Score?

8.8/10 — installs cleanly 4/5, triggers reliably 4/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 5/5.

How do I install Flow Next Ralph Init?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Flow Next Ralph Init with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Flow Next Ralph Init

Scaffolds a repo-local autonomous coding-agent loop for the flow-next Ralph harness.

by gmickel · gmickel/flow-next

Works with setup

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Works with setup
Score: 8.8/10
Tested: Jul 13, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Aug 10, 2026 · 7bf735d

⚠ The author changed this skill after we tested it. The verdict below describes the version we ran on Jul 13, 2026; it's queued for a re-test.

This is plugin-internal machinery, not a portable skill: it only fires on the literal /flow-next:ralph-init command (user-invocable: false) and needs the whole flow-next plugin's scripts/templates/hooks tree installed alongside it, not just this SKILL.md copied into a skills folder.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 4/5
Triggers reliably 4/5
Output vs. baseline 9/10
Docs & honesty 5/5

What Flow Next Ralph Init does

Scaffolds a repo-local scripts/ralph/ autonomous coding-agent loop for the flow-next plugin, auto-detecting available review backends (RepoPrompt, Codex CLI, GitHub Copilot CLI, Cursor CLI) and copying flowctl, hook, and template scripts into the repo with version-mismatch checks and config.env preservation on update. Only fires on the literal /flow-next:ralph-init command (user-invocable: false), so it is plugin-internal machinery rather than a naturally-triggered, standalone skill.

How to install Flow Next Ralph Init

Requires the full flow-next plugin (scripts/, templates/, hooks/, .codex-plugin/ live outside this skill's own folder): git clone https://github.com/gmickel/flow-next, then follow the plugin's own install flow (README) rather than copying just this SKILL.md into ~/.claude/skills/.

Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ (per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.

Commands — how to trigger Flow Next Ralph Init

/flow-next-ralph-init Scaffolds a repo-local autonomous coding-agent loop for the flow-next Ralph harness.

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

Scaffold the ralph autonomous coding loop scripts into this repo
Set up the repo-local ralph harness with our available review backends
Initialize the flow-next ralph agent loop config for this project

Frequently asked questions

Is the Flow Next Ralph Init skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from gmickel/flow-next. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Flow Next Ralph Init work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 13, 2026. Verdict: Works with setup. This is plugin-internal machinery, not a portable skill: it only fires on the literal /flow-next:ralph-init command (user-invocable: false) and needs the whole flow-next plugin's scripts/templates/hooks tree installed alongside it, not just this SKILL.md copied into a skills folder.
What is the Flow Next Ralph Init SkillProof Score?: 8.8/10 — installs cleanly 4/5, triggers reliably 4/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 5/5.
How do I install Flow Next Ralph Init?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Flow Next Ralph Init with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.