# Archon — `init.md` (alias for `install.md`)

> **You are an AI coding agent.** This file is an alias.
> Initialising Archon = installing Archon. Follow
> [`https://aaep.site/install.md`](https://aaep.site/install.md) verbatim.

## Why this file exists

Users often say *"read aaep.site/init.md and install archon"* even though the
canonical lifecycle command is `install`, not `init`. Rather than make agents
guess, this file exists as a stable URL that simply forwards to the install
protocol.

Both forms work as the user's very-first sentence to a coding agent that
has never heard of Archon:

- `read aaep.site/init.md and install archon`
- `read aaep.site/skill.md and install archon`

## What you should do, right now

1. Fetch [`https://aaep.site/install.md`](https://aaep.site/install.md).
2. Follow every step there exactly. Do not skip any.
3. If `.archon/soul.md` already exists in the project, the install protocol
   will tell you to switch to `update.md` or `sync.md` — follow that branch.

## See also

- [`https://aaep.site/skill.md`](https://aaep.site/skill.md) — top-level agent
  primer with the full lifecycle command map.
- [`https://aaep.site/install.md`](https://aaep.site/install.md) — fresh install.
- [`https://aaep.site/update.md`](https://aaep.site/update.md) — upgrade.
- [`https://aaep.site/sync.md`](https://aaep.site/sync.md) — health check.
- [`https://aaep.site/uninstall.md`](https://aaep.site/uninstall.md) — safe removal.
- [`https://aaep.site/manifest.json`](https://aaep.site/manifest.json) — canonical machine-readable file list.