Overview
init-first-agent is an open-source productivity skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by nanocoai. Its author describes it as: “Walk the operator through wiring the first NanoClaw agent to a DM channel — resolve the operator's channel identity, select or create the agent, and trigger a welcome DM via the normal delivery path. Use after channel…”. The project has 31k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/init-first-agent`.
What init-first-agent does
Wire the first NanoClaw agent to a channel and verify end-to-end delivery by having the agent DM the operator. Everything the skill does is idempotent — rerunning is safe.
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for init-first-agent is organised into these sections:
- Prerequisites
- 1. Pick the channel
- 2. Ask for the operator's identity
- 3. Resolve the DM platform id
- 3a. User DMs the bot once (Discord / Slack / Teams / Webex / gChat)
- 3b. Telegram pair-code path (if the user prefers not to DM first)
- 4. Pick the agent group
- 5. Run the init script
- 6. Verify
- Troubleshooting
Installation
Add init-first-agent to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/init-first-agentReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — declared in the repository topics
License
init-first-agent is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in nanocoai/nanoclaw, an established project with 30,542 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
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Frequently asked questions
- What does init-first-agent do?
- Walk the operator through wiring the first NanoClaw agent to a DM channel — resolve the operator's channel identity, select or create the agent, and trigger a welcome DM via the normal delivery path. Use after channel credentials are configured and the service is running.
- How do I install init-first-agent?
- Run git clone https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw ~/.claude/skills/init-first-agent in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/nanocoai/nanoclaw before installing.
- Is init-first-agent free to use?
- Yes. init-first-agent is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does init-first-agent work with?
- init-first-agent lists Claude Code — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does init-first-agent come from?
- init-first-agent ships inside nanocoai/nanoclaw, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 30,542 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.