Game Dev Planning

onboard

Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios · updated Apr 16, 2026

$npx skills add https://github.com/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill onboard
summary

### Onboard

  • description: "Generates a contextual onboarding document for a new contributor or agent joining the project. Summarizes project state, architecture, conventions, and current priorities relevant to the
  • argument-hint: "[role|area]"
  • allowed-tools: Read, Glob, Grep, Write
skill.md

Phase 1: Load Project Context

Read CLAUDE.md for project overview and standards.

Read the relevant agent definition from .claude/agents/ if a specific role is specified.


Phase 2: Scan Relevant Area

  • For programmers: scan src/ for architecture, patterns, key files
  • For designers: scan design/ for existing design documents
  • For narrative: scan design/narrative/ for world-building and story docs
  • For QA: scan tests/ for existing test coverage
  • For production: scan production/ for current sprint and milestone

Read recent changes (git log if available) to understand current momentum.


Phase 3: Generate Onboarding Document

# Onboarding: [Role/Area]

## Project Summary
[2-3 sentence summary of what this game is and its current state]

## Your Role
[What this role does on this project, key responsibilities, who you report to]

## Project Architecture
[Relevant architectural overview for this role]

### Key Directories
| Directory | Contents | Your Interaction |
|-----------|----------|-----------------|

### Key Files
| File | Purpose | Read Priority |
|------|---------|--------------|

## Current Standards and Conventions
[Summary of conventions relevant to this role from CLAUDE.md and agent definition]

## Current State of Your Area
[What has been built, what is in progress, what is planned next]

## Current Sprint Context
[What the team is working on now and what is expected of this role]

## Key Dependencies
[What other roles/systems this role interacts with most]

## Common Pitfalls
[Things that trip up new contributors in this area]

## First Tasks
[Suggested first tasks to get oriented and productive]

1. [Read these documents first]
2. [Review this code/content]
3. [Start with this small task]

## Questions to Ask
[Questions the new contributor should ask to get fully oriented]

Phase 4: Save Document

Present the onboarding document to the user.

Ask: "May I write this to production/onboarding/onboard-[role]-[date].md?"

If yes, write the file, creating the directory if needed.


Phase 5: Next Steps

Verdict: COMPLETE — onboarding document generated.

  • Share the onboarding doc with the new contributor before their first session.
  • Run /sprint-status to show the new contributor current progress.
  • Run /help if the contributor needs guidance on what to work on next.
general reviews

Ratings

4.572 reviews
  • Kofi Dixit· Dec 28, 2024

    Solid pick for teams standardizing on skills: onboard is focused, and the summary matches what you get after install.

  • Shikha Mishra· Dec 24, 2024

    onboard reduced setup friction for our internal harness; good balance of opinion and flexibility.

  • Aditi Wang· Dec 20, 2024

    onboard has been reliable in day-to-day use. Documentation quality is above average for community skills.

  • Aarav Zhang· Dec 16, 2024

    onboard fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.

  • Aarav Verma· Dec 8, 2024

    onboard reduced setup friction for our internal harness; good balance of opinion and flexibility.

  • Amina Sethi· Dec 4, 2024

    onboard has been reliable in day-to-day use. Documentation quality is above average for community skills.

  • Aarav Thomas· Nov 27, 2024

    I recommend onboard for anyone iterating fast on agent tooling; clear intent and a small, reviewable surface area.

  • Naina Kim· Nov 23, 2024

    onboard fits our agent workflows well — practical, well scoped, and easy to wire into existing repos.

  • Aarav Liu· Nov 19, 2024

    We added onboard from the explainx registry; install was straightforward and the SKILL.md answered most questions upfront.

  • Aarav Abbas· Nov 19, 2024

    Keeps context tight: onboard is the kind of skill you can hand to a new teammate without a long onboarding doc.

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