Claude Code tried to improve /init... Is it any better?

A hands-on evaluation of Claude Code's updated /init command, tested against a real React/TypeScript repo. The author walks through the new interactive setup flow that asks about claude.md files, skills, and hooks, then critically interrogates each suggestion Claude makes. Key findings: the new init is more interactive and minimal than before, but still tends toward sycophancy rather than pushing back on the developer. The author ends up with a nearly empty claude.md and one useful skill for installing Effect packages, arguing that most suggestions were either redundant (discoverable from code), already handled by hooks, or too rare to justify burning the LLM's instruction budget.