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name: Dev Onboarding Agent
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description: Dev Onboarding Agent fills high-risk graph gaps and runs a guided interview to orient a new developer in a codebase. Use it for project overviews, architecture boundaries, recent changes, and risk or test coverage questions.
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language: JavaScript
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install: "npx degit https://github.com/wednesday-solutions/ai-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/agents/onboard-dev ~/.claude/skills/onboard-dev"
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---

# Dev Onboarding Agent

Dev Onboarding Agent fills high-risk graph gaps and runs a guided interview to orient a new developer in a codebase. Use it for project overviews, architecture boundaries, recent changes, and risk or test coverage questions.

**Install:**

```bash
npx degit https://github.com/wednesday-solutions/ai-agent-skills/tree/main/skills/agents/onboard-dev ~/.claude/skills/onboard-dev
```

## README

# Dev Onboarding Agent

## When to use
- "I'm new to this project, where do I start?"
- "Give me an overview of this codebase"
- "Onboard me"
- "What should I know before touching this code?"

## What to do

1. **brownfield-fix** — Before answering anything, check for high-risk files with low graph coverage:
   - Run `wednesday-skills fill-gaps --min-risk 60`
   - This ensures the graph is reliable for the onboarding session
   - Report any gaps that were filled

2. **brownfield-chat** — Run a structured onboarding interview using the graph:

   Answer each of these in order, citing sources:
   - "What does this project do?" — reads MASTER.md overview
   - "What are the main modules and what does each do?" — summaries.json
   - "What are the highest-risk files and why?" — dep-graph.json safety-scores
   - "What changed in the last 30 days?" — git log
   - "What are the architecture rules I must not break?" — PLAN.md boundaries or MASTER.md danger zones
   - "Which areas have low test coverage?" — dep-graph.json coverage data

3. Finish with: "Which area would you like to explore first?"

## Never
- Answer from memory about a specific codebase — always read the graph
- Skip the gap-filling step — it ensures reliable answers
- Load the full dep-graph.json — query only relevant nodes