Initialize an external automation workspace

Automax job definitions are external to the Python package. Use automax init to create a clean starter workspace for jobs, inventory, variables, secrets and templates:

automax init ./company-automation

Generated layout:

company-automation/
  jobs/local-smoke.yaml
  inventory/local.yaml
  vars/local.yaml
  secrets/local.example.yaml
  templates/example.conf.j2
  README.md

Validate and run the starter job:

cd company-automation

automax validate --strict \
  --job jobs/local-smoke.yaml \
  --inventory inventory/local.yaml \
  --vars vars/local.yaml

automax run \
  --job jobs/local-smoke.yaml \
  --inventory inventory/local.yaml \
  --vars vars/local.yaml

automax init refuses to overwrite existing files. Use --force only when you intentionally want to regenerate the skeleton:

automax init ./company-automation --force