Agent-Skills.md

Agent Skills: Codebase Onboarding Generator

Generate a CODEBASE.md architecture overview and a Slidev PRESENTATION.md for new team members. Use for unfamiliar projects where someone needs to come up to speed quickly.

UncategorizedID: kousen/claude-code-training/onboard

Repository

kousen/claude-code-training
kousenLicense: MIT
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pnpm dlx add-skill https://github.com/kousen/claude-code-training/tree/HEAD/skills/onboard

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Skill Metadata

Name
onboard
Description
Generate a CODEBASE.md architecture overview and a Slidev PRESENTATION.md for new team members. Use for unfamiliar projects where someone needs to come up to speed quickly.

Codebase Onboarding Generator

This skill runs in a forked subagent so the broad discovery work doesn't pollute the parent conversation's context. The parent receives a concise summary; the full analysis lives in the generated files.

Procedure

  1. Analyze project structure

    • Top-level layout, build tooling, language and framework versions
    • Key entry points, primary modules, integration points
    • Notable conventions (testing, error handling, configuration, naming)

  2. Write CODEBASE.md

    • Architecture overview (high-level + per-module)
    • Setup and run instructions
    • Key patterns to know — what's idiomatic in this repo
    • Gotchas — things that surprised you while exploring
    • Where to start reading (5-10 file pointers)

  3. Generate PRESENTATION.md in Slidev format

    • 12-20 slides covering the same ground
    • Use the same conventions as slides.md if one exists in the repo

  4. Note any TODOs you found that look like onboarding-relevant footguns.

Use a professional, practical tone. Skip marketing fluff — new team members need to do work, not be sold on the project.