Onboard

When you land in an unfamiliar codebase, this spawns a subagent that explores the project structure, detects the tech stack, and creates a YAML continuity ledger in your project's handoff directory. It's smart about not dumping thousands of lines into your main context. Instead, it uses tools like tldr and find to map the terrain, asks you what you're trying to accomplish, then writes a structured handoff with key files, architecture notes, and suggested next steps. The handoff loads automatically in future sessions, so you're not starting from zero every time. It's specifically for brownfield projects where you need to get oriented fast without manually reading through everything.

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Install

$ npx -y skills add parcadei/continuous-claude-v3 --skill onboard --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

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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

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