onboard

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Translated

Analyze brownfield codebase and create initial continuity ledger

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Sourceparcadei/continuous-claude-v3

Added on2026-02-22

NPX Install

npx skill4agent add parcadei/continuous-claude-v3 onboard

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Onboard - Project Discovery & Ledger Creation

Analyze a brownfield codebase and create an initial continuity ledger.

When to Use

First time working in an existing project
User says "onboard", "analyze this project", "get familiar with codebase"

How to Use

Spawn the onboard agent:

Use the Task tool with

subagent_type: "onboard"

and this prompt:

Onboard me to this project at $CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR.

1. Create required directories if they don't exist:
   mkdir -p thoughts/shared/handoffs/<project-name> .claude

2. Explore the codebase using available tools:
   - Try: tldr tree . && tldr structure .
   - Fallback: find . -type f -name "*.py" -o -name "*.ts" -o -name "*.js" | head -50

3. Detect tech stack (look for package.json, requirements.txt, Cargo.toml, go.mod, etc.)

4. Ask the user about their goals using AskUserQuestion

5. Create a YAML handoff at thoughts/shared/handoffs/<project-name>/onboard-<date>.yaml:
   ---
   date: <ISO date>
   type: onboard
   status: active
   ---
   goal: <user's stated goal>
   now: Start working on <first priority>
   tech_stack: [list of detected technologies]
   key_files:
     - path: <important file>
       purpose: <what it does>
   architecture: <brief description>
   next:
     - <suggested first action>

Why an Agent?

The onboard process:

Requires multiple exploration steps
Should not pollute main context with codebase dumps
Returns a clean summary + creates the handoff

Output

Directories created:

thoughts/shared/handoffs/<project>/

.claude/

YAML handoff created (loaded automatically on session start)
User has clear starting context
Ready to begin work with full project awareness

Notes

This skill is for BROWNFIELD projects (existing code)
For greenfield, use
```
/create_plan
```
instead
Handoff can be updated anytime with
```
/create_handoff
```