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Agent skill

Onboard

by parcadei in parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3

Analyze brownfield codebase and create initial continuity ledger

MITAuto-check passed

Install Onboard

skills CLI
$ npx skills add parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 --skill onboard -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 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/parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/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
3.9k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~500 tokens
SKILL.md length
124 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
141
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Analyze brownfield codebase and create initial continuity ledger

  • SKILL.md covers When to Use, How to Use, Why an Agent? and Output, 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 parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3. Analyze brownfield codebase and create initial continuity ledger

Its SKILL.md is about 500 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: Context management for Claude Code. Hooks maintain state via ledgers and handoffs. MCP execution without context pollution. Agent orchestration with isolated context windows. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “/onboard”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d07ff4b. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    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 500 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 18 tokens; SKILL.md has 124 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~18
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~500

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 passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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

The full file from parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 at commit d07ff4b, republished under its MIT licence (© parcadei). 124 words, ~500 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/onboard/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
onboard
description
Analyze brownfield codebase and create initial continuity ledger
user-invocable
true

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

© parcadei, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/onboard of parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d07ff4b

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Onboard

What does Onboard do?

Analyze brownfield codebase and create initial continuity ledger. Onboard is an agent skill from parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3.

How do I install Onboard in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 --skill onboard -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/onboard in parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3) 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 parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 --skill onboard -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/onboard in parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3) 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 parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 --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.

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 no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Onboard use?

Onboard is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Onboard use?

About 500 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2k 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: Onboard (alirezarezvani/claude-skills, 28k stars), Codebase Onboarding (affaan-m/ECC, 276k stars), Onboarding (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars) and Continue (telegramdesktop/tdesktop, 33k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Onboard?

parcadei (a GitHub user) maintains it in parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3, which has 3,943 GitHub stars. The repository holds 141 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on January 26, 2026.

Source: parcadei/Continuous-Claude-v3 on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.