init-worktrack-skill

Worktrack initialization creates the required scoped branch, baseline references, worktrack contract, and seeded initial plan/queue so it becomes schedulable. It performs a controlled state transition to ensure no missing or inconsistent artifacts block downstream dispatch.

Worktrack initialization state transition creates or repairs the minimal artifacts required for a worktrack to become schedulable, including the scoped branch, baseline references, contract, and the initial plan/queue within the initializing scope.

Milestone-derived worktracks enforce intake review gating by requiring a ready_for_worktrack_init verdict. The initialization blocks automatically when refresh, adjust, or blocked conditions are present on the active milestone.

Worktrack initialization does not generate authoritative dispatch packages. It outputs only a dispatch handoff package containing the scheduling artifacts needed by downstream dispatch skills to safely take over.

Use worktrack initialization when Harness determines a specific worktrack must enter a limited-scope initialization phase. It applies to new or recovering worktracks in the initializing scope, including milestone-derived worktracks requiring pre-init intake review gating.

Worktrack scheduling fails when baseline determination, contract alignment, or milestone validation constraints are not satisfied. Initialization applies these constraints explicitly and uses stop gating to prevent scheduling until artifacts are created.