Agent skill

Onboarding

by Signet-AI in Signet-AI/signetai

Interactive interview to set up your Signet workspace (~5-10 minutes).

Custom licenceAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Onboarding

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Signet-AI/signetai --skill onboarding -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Signet-AI/signetai onboarding --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/Signet-AI/signetai.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/onboarding .claude/skills/onboarding && 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
onboarding
GitHub stars
305
Token cost
~6.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
2,503 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
9
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Interactive interview to set up your Signet workspace (~5-10 minutes).

  • Works in 6 steps: of 6 — Agent Identity (IDENTITY.md) → of 6 — Personality & Tone (SOUL.md) → of 6 — User Profile (USER.md) → …
  • User runs /onboarding
  • SKILL.md covers What This Skill Does, When to Run, Setup Preflight (Agent-Driven) and Guiding Voice, plus 7 more sections
  • Calls curl, codex and opencode

What it does

Onboarding is an agent skill from Signet-AI/signetai. Interactive interview to set up your Signet workspace (~5-10 minutes). Writes identity files to ~/.agents/ — does not access external APIs, send data anywhere, or execute arbitrary code. Use when user runs /onboarding or says 'set up my agent'.

Its SKILL.md is about 6.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Agent Workflows. The repository describes itself as: Sync and store memories, shared identity files (AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md), session transcripts, institutional knowledge, and secrets between all of your favorite harnesses and models.

When your agent uses it

  • User runs /onboarding
  • Says set up my agent

Example prompts

  • “set up my agent”
  • “/onboarding”

Workflow steps

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

  1. of 6 — Agent Identity (IDENTITY.md)
  2. of 6 — Personality & Tone (SOUL.md)
  3. of 6 — User Profile (USER.md)
  4. of 6 — Behavior Settings (AGENTS.md)
  5. of 6 — Review & Confirm
  6. of 6 — Workspace Audit

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit aa4c499. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • curl
    • codex
    • opencode
    • ollama

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use curl, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Onboarding loads about 6.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 64 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,503 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~64
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~6.3k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 2,503 words (~6,251 tokens).

“Walk the user through an interactive interview to personalize their Signet workspace. Start by choosing the identity/context preset (OpenClaw, Hermes, Minimal, or Custom) so onboarding matches the user's token budget and identity-file conventions instead of assuming one fixed stack. Minimal…”

— opening of SKILL.md by Signet-AI, Custom licence
name
onboarding
user_invocable
true
arg_hint
[quick]
builtin
true

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/onboarding of Signet-AI/signetai.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit aa4c499

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Categories

Questions about Onboarding

What does Onboarding do?

Interactive interview to set up your Signet workspace (~5-10 minutes). Onboarding is an agent skill from Signet-AI/signetai. Interactive interview to set up your Signet workspace (~5-10 minutes).

When should I use Onboarding?

Onboarding fits situations like: user runs /onboarding; says set up my agent.

How do I install Onboarding in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Signet-AI/signetai --skill onboarding -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/onboarding in Signet-AI/signetai) into .claude/skills/onboarding in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Onboarding in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Signet-AI/signetai --skill onboarding -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/onboarding in Signet-AI/signetai) into .agents/skills/onboarding in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Onboarding 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 Signet-AI/signetai --skill onboarding -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/onboarding, .gemini/skills/onboarding, .github/skills/onboarding and .opencode/skills/onboarding in your project.

What does Onboarding need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Onboarding needs the command-line tools its instructions call (curl, codex, opencode and ollama).

Does Onboarding access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use curl, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Onboarding 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 Onboarding use?

Onboarding has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Onboarding use?

About 6.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 25k 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 Onboarding?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Onboarding: MCP Server Builder (anthropics/skills, 180k stars), Hook Development for Claude Code Plugins (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 38k stars), Using Superpowers (farm-fe/farm, 5.6k stars) and Executing Plans Inline (obra/superpowers, 297k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Onboarding?

Signet-AI (a GitHub organization) maintains it in Signet-AI/signetai, which has 305 GitHub stars. The repository holds 9 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: Signet-AI/signetai on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.