Agent skill

Onboard

by clay-run in clay-run/agent-plugins

Clay first-run onboarding — banner, what Clay can do, and starter tasks served by the Clay API.

No licenceAuto-check: notesBackend & APIs

Install Onboard

skills CLI
$ npx skills add clay-run/agent-plugins --skill onboard -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install clay-run/agent-plugins onboard --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/clay-run/agent-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/clay/skills/onboard .claude/skills/onboard && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
onboard
GitHub stars
130
Token cost
~1.9k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,166 words
Files
5
Skills in repo
35
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Clay first-run onboarding — banner, what Clay can do, and starter tasks served by the Clay API.

  • Works in 5 steps: Check that onboarding applies → Show the banner → Say what Clay is → …
  • Tasks that involve Backend development
  • SKILL.md covers 1. Check that onboarding applies, 2. Show the banner, 3. Say what Clay is and 4. Fetch and offer the starter…, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Onboard is an agent skill from clay-run/agent-plugins. Clay first-run onboarding — banner, what Clay can do, and starter tasks served by the Clay API. Run this right after a sign-in that just happened — from clay login directly, or invoked by the setup skill after its sign-in step. It checks server-side whether this user has been onboarded and stands down if so. Assumes the CLI is already signed in; for a signed-out user, run setup instead — it chains into this.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files.

It sits in Backend & APIs, covering Backend development. The repository describes itself as: Build with Clay in your AI coding agent - skills, MCP tools, and the clay CLI for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor. Search companies and people, run enrichment routines, and query…

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Backend development

Example prompts

  • “/onboard”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash, Read

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Check that onboarding applies
  2. Show the banner
  3. Say what Clay is
  4. Fetch and offer the starter tasks
  5. Record the selection and run the task

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a813258. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Bash
    • Read

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are bash).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Onboard loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 106 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,166 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~106
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.9k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Bash, Read

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 1,166 words (~1,902 tokens).

“Give a brand-new user a fast first win. Whether this user has already been onboarded is tracked server-side, per user: clay login and clay whoami report it as onboarded, and fetching the starter-task options marks them as onboarded. There is…”

— opening of SKILL.md by clay-run
name
onboard
allowed-tools
Bash, Read

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files in clay/skills/onboard of clay-run/agent-plugins.

  • SKILL.md
  • banner-ansi.txt
  • banner-narrow-ansi.txt
  • banner-narrow.txt
  • banner.txt

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a813258

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Node Backend Development Guidelinesdiet103/claude-code-infrastructure-showcase10k2 repos~2kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Laravel Best Practicesanonaddy/anonaddy4.9k13 repos~1.2kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
Laravel Actionscoollabsio/coolify63k—~2.4kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Categories

Questions about Onboard

What does Onboard do?

Clay first-run onboarding — banner, what Clay can do, and starter tasks served by the Clay API. Onboard is an agent skill from clay-run/agent-plugins. Clay first-run onboarding — banner, what Clay can do, and starter tasks served by the Clay API.

When should I use Onboard?

Onboard fits situations like: tasks that involve Backend development.

How do I install Onboard in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add clay-run/agent-plugins --skill onboard -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (clay/skills/onboard in clay-run/agent-plugins) into .claude/skills/onboard in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Onboard in Codex?

Run `npx skills add clay-run/agent-plugins --skill onboard -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (clay/skills/onboard in clay-run/agent-plugins) into .agents/skills/onboard in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Onboard in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add clay-run/agent-plugins --skill onboard -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/onboard, .gemini/skills/onboard, .github/skills/onboard and .opencode/skills/onboard in your project.

What does Onboard need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Onboard is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash, Read.

Does Onboard access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Onboard safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Onboard use?

No licence was found for Onboard or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Onboard use?

About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Onboard?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Onboard: Configuring Horizon (coollabsio/coolify, 63k stars), Fortify Development (coollabsio/coolify, 63k stars), Node Backend Development Guidelines (diet103/claude-code-infrastructure-showcase, 10k stars) and Laravel Best Practices (anonaddy/anonaddy, 4.9k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Onboard?

clay-run (a GitHub organization) maintains it in clay-run/agent-plugins, which has 130 GitHub stars. The repository holds 35 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: clay-run/agent-plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.