packages/cli/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@mosaic/cli",
-  "version": "0.0.8",
+  "version": "0.0.9",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",

packages/mosaic/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@mosaic/mosaic",
-  "version": "0.0.8",
+  "version": "0.0.9",
   "description": "Mosaic agent framework — installation wizard and meta package",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "dist/index.js",

packages/mosaic/src/config/file-adapter.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { readFileSync, existsSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { readFileSync, existsSync, readdirSync, statSync, copyFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { join } from 'node:path';
 import type { ConfigService } from './config-service.js';
 import type { SoulConfig, UserConfig, ToolsConfig, InstallAction } from '../types.js';
@@ -140,6 +140,23 @@ export class FileConfigAdapter implements ConfigService {
       preserve: preservePaths,
       excludeGit: true,
     });
+
+    // Copy default root-level .md files (AGENTS.md, STANDARDS.md, etc.)
+    // from framework/defaults/ into mosaicHome root if they don't exist yet.
+    // These are framework contracts — only written on first install, never
+    // overwritten (user may have customized them).
+    const defaultsDir = join(this.sourceDir, 'defaults');
+    if (existsSync(defaultsDir)) {
+      for (const entry of readdirSync(defaultsDir)) {
+        const dest = join(this.mosaicHome, entry);
+        if (!existsSync(dest)) {
+          const src = join(defaultsDir, entry);
+          if (statSync(src).isFile()) {
+            copyFileSync(src, dest);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   /**

packages/mosaic/src/index.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-import { resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { dirname, resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 
 import { Command } from 'commander';
@@ -49,7 +50,14 @@ program
   .action(async (opts: Record<string, string | boolean | undefined>) => {
     try {
       const mosaicHome = (opts['mosaicHome'] as string) ?? DEFAULT_MOSAIC_HOME;
-      const sourceDir = (opts['sourceDir'] as string | undefined) ?? mosaicHome;
+      // Default source to the framework/ dir bundled in this npm package.
+      // This ensures syncFramework copies AGENTS.md, STANDARDS.md, guides/, etc.
+      // Falls back to mosaicHome if the bundled dir doesn't exist (shouldn't happen).
+      const pkgRoot = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+      const bundledFramework = resolve(pkgRoot, '..', 'framework');
+      const sourceDir =
+        (opts['sourceDir'] as string | undefined) ??
+        (existsSync(bundledFramework) ? bundledFramework : mosaicHome);
 
       const prompter = opts['nonInteractive'] ? new HeadlessPrompter() : new ClackPrompter();