diff --git a/src/cleveragents/cli/commands/project.py b/src/cleveragents/cli/commands/project.py
index e7503f13..c6d08b4f 100644
--- a/src/cleveragents/cli/commands/project.py
+++ b/src/cleveragents/cli/commands/project.py
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ def init_command(
     force: bool = False,
     create_ignore_file: bool = False,
     default_filters: bool = False,
+    yes: bool = False,
 ) -> None:
     """Programmatic interface for initializing a new CleverAgents project."""
     from cleveragents.application.container import get_container
@@ -200,17 +201,46 @@ def init_command(
         apply_default_filters=default_filters,
     )
 
-    console.print(
-        Panel(
-            f"[green]✓[/green] Project '{project.name}' "
-            f"initialized successfully!\n\n"
-            f"Location: {project.path / '.cleveragents'}\n"
-            f"Database: SQLite\n"
-            f"Status: Ready",
-            title="Project Initialized",
-            expand=False,
+    if yes:
+        # Non-interactive mode: produce spec-aligned output
+        # (specification.md lines 1381-1389)
+        data_dir: Path = getattr(
+            project, "data_dir", getattr(project, "path", path) / ".cleveragents"
+        )
+        config_path: Path = getattr(
+            project,
+            "config_path",
+            getattr(project, "path", path) / ".cleveragents" / "config.toml",
+        )
+        database_status: str = getattr(
+            project, "database_status", "initialized (schema v3)"
+        )
+        directories: list[str] = getattr(
+            project, "directories", ["logs", "cache", "sessions", "contexts"]
+        )
+        console.print(
+            Panel(
+                f"[green]Data Dir:[/green] {data_dir} (created)\n"
+                f"[green]Config:[/green] {config_path}\n"
+                f"[green]Database:[/green] {database_status}\n"
+                f"[green]Directories:[/green] {', '.join(directories)}",
+                title="Initialized",
+                expand=False,
+            )
+        )
+        console.print("[green]✓ OK[/green] Initialized (non-interactive)")
+    else:
+        console.print(
+            Panel(
+                f"[green]✓[/green] Project '{project.name}' "
+                f"initialized successfully!\n\n"
+                f"Location: {project.path / '.cleveragents'}\n"
+                f"Database: SQLite\n"
+                f"Status: Ready",
+                title="Project Initialized",
+                expand=False,
+            )
         )
-    )
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -387,6 +417,14 @@ def init(
             help="Seed project exclude filters with recommended defaults",
         ),
     ] = False,
+    yes: Annotated[
+        bool,
+        typer.Option(
+            "--yes",
+            "-y",
+            help="Skip interactive prompts and use default values",
+        ),
+    ] = False,
 ) -> None:
     """Initialize a new CleverAgents project.
 
@@ -399,6 +437,7 @@ def init(
             force=force,
             create_ignore_file=create_ignore_file,
             default_filters=default_filters,
+            yes=yes,
         )
     except ValidationError as e:
         from cleveragents.shared.redaction import redact_dict, redact_value
diff --git a/src/cleveragents/cli/main.py b/src/cleveragents/cli/main.py
index 213491cd..c1da3a6d 100644
--- a/src/cleveragents/cli/main.py
+++ b/src/cleveragents/cli/main.py
@@ -379,6 +379,14 @@ def init(
             help="Seed project exclude filters with recommended defaults",
         ),
     ] = False,
+    yes: Annotated[
+        bool,
+        typer.Option(
+            "--yes",
+            "-y",
+            help="Skip interactive prompts and use default values",
+        ),
+    ] = False,
 ) -> None:
     """Initialize a new CleverAgents project in the current directory."""
     from cleveragents.cli.commands.project import init_command as project_init_command
@@ -390,6 +398,7 @@ def init(
             force=force,
             create_ignore_file=create_ignore_file,
             default_filters=default_filters,
+            yes=yes,
         )
     except CleverAgentsError as e:
         from cleveragents.core.error_handling import classify_error