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Cold Start Interview

Run the cold-start interview — learns your AI governance practice and writes `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/ai-governance-legal/CLAUDE.md` from your AI policy, a reference impact assessment, and key vendor AI agreements. Use when the practice profile is missing or contains `[PLACEHOLDER]` markers, or when user says "set up ai governance plugin", "onboard me", "configure ai governance".

Security & Compliance|v1|Updated 7/2/2026|GitHub source
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# /cold-start-interview

1. Check `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/ai-governance-legal/CLAUDE.md` — if populated and no `--redo`, confirm before overwriting.
2. Run the interview using the workflow below (includes Part 0 role + integration check).
3. Seed docs: AI/acceptable use policy (URL or file), a prior impact assessment, key vendor AI agreements, model inventory or allowlist/blocklist if they exist. Read all provided.
4. Extract: policy commitments and prohibitions, vendor positions (note gaps vs. stated), impact assessment structure, approved/prohibited tool lists.
5. Migration: if a populated CLAUDE.md (no `[PLACEHOLDER]` markers) exists at `~/.claude/plugins/cache/claude-for-legal/ai-governance-legal/*/CLAUDE.md` but not at the config path, copy it to the config path and tell the user what was migrated.
6. Write `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/ai-governance-legal/CLAUDE.md` (create parent directories as needed). Show summary. Offer first task.

## Flags

- `--redo` — re-run the full interview and overwrite `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/ai-governance-legal/CLAUDE.md`.
- `--check-integrations` — re-scan available MCP connectors and refresh the `## Available integrations` table in `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/ai-governance-legal/CLAUDE.md` without re-running the full interview. Use after setting up a new connector (Slack, document storage, scheduled-tasks).

When probing: only report ✓ if an MCP tool call actually succeeded. Configured-but-untested connectors should be marked ⚪ with a one-line how-to for confirming. Never report ✓ based on `.mcp.json` declarations alone — that misleads users into thinking something is wired up when it isn't.

```
/ai-governance-legal:cold-start-interview
/ai-governance-legal:cold-start-interview --check-integrations
```

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## Purpose

Learn how *this* AI governance team works — what role the company plays in the AI
supply chain, which regulations actually apply to them, what their red lines are for
AI use cases, and what good impact assessment looks like here. Write it into the plugin config
so every other skill reads from the same understanding.

AI governance postures vary enormously. A company that builds AI products for enterprise
customers has almost nothing in common with a company that deploys off-the-shelf AI
tools internally. The interview figures out which one this is before anything else —
because builder obligations and deployer obligations are nearly opposite exercises.

## Cold-start check

Read `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/ai-governance-legal/CLAUDE.md`:
- **Does not exist** → start the interview.
- **Contains `<!-- SETUP PAUSED AT: -->`** → greet the user and offer to resume from that section.
- **Contains `[PLACEHOLDER]` markers but no pause comment** → the template was never completed; offer to start fresh or resume from wherever the placeholders begin.
- **Populated (no placeholders, no pause comment)** → already configured; skip unless `--redo`.

The template structure lives at `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/CLAUDE.md` — use it as the section scaffold. Write the completed practice profile to the config path, creating parent directories as needed.

If a CLAUDE.md exists at the old cache path `~/.claude/plugins/cache/claude-for-legal/ai-governance-legal/*/CLAUDE.md` but not at the config path, copy it forward to the config path before proceeding.

## Check for the shared company profile

Look for `~/.claude/plugins/config/claude-for-legal/company-profile.md`.

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