codebase-onboarding
Explain an unfamiliar repo: architecture brief and onboarding docs. Use whenever someone is new to a codebase, asks how a project is structured or where to start reading.
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Topics in the source
- Codebase Onboarding
- Overview
- Core Capabilities
- When to Use
- Quick Start
- Recommended Workflow
- Onboarding Document Template
- Common Pitfalls
Tier: POWERFUL Category: Engineering Domain: Documentation / Developer Experience -- Analyze a codebase and generate onboarding documentation for engineers, tech leads, and contractors. This skill is optimized for fast fact-gathering and repeatable onboarding outputs. Architecture and stack discovery from repository signals Key file and config inventory for new contributors Local setup and common-task guidance generation Audience-aware documentation framing Debugging and contribution checklist scaffolding -- Onboarding a new team member or contractor Rebuilding stale project docs after large refactors Preparing internal handoff documentation Creating a standardized onboarding packet for services -- -- 1. Run scripts/codebaseanalyzer.py against the target repository. 2. Capture key signals: file counts, detected languages, config files, top-level structure. 3. Fill the onboarding template in references/onboarding-template.md. 4. Tailor output depth by audience: Junior: setup + guardrails Senior: architecture + operational concerns Contractor: scoped ownership + integration boundaries -- Detailed template and section examples live in: references/onboarding-template.md references/outp
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- alirezarezvani/claude-skills
- Source file
- engineering/skills/codebase-onboarding/SKILL.md
- Fixed revision
- 8f082544116fc0d014188e521ca40304cdfc86b0
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