Codebase Onboarding

What This Skill Does

This skill analyzes a codebase and generates onboarding documentation for engineers, tech leads, and contractors. It focuses on fast fact-gathering and repeatable onboarding outputs, providing key file inventories, local setup guidance, and debugging checklists. It's helpful for engineering teams looking to streamline the onboarding process.

When to Use

• Onboard new team members.
• Rebuild stale project documentation.
• Prepare internal handoff documentation.
• Create standardized onboarding packets.
• Analyze codebase facts.
• Draft onboarding docs from a template.

Key Features

• Discovers architecture and stack from repository signals.
• Provides key file and config inventory.
• Generates local setup and common-task guidance.
• Offers audience-aware documentation framing.
• Scaffolds debugging and contribution checklists.
• Provides an onboarding document template.