# claude-onboarding-agent

Scans your workspace, asks a few setup questions, and builds custom CLAUDE.md files with subagent roles. Useful when starting work in a fresh repo.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · Claude Code · ★ 6
- Author: a2ngerer
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/a2ngerer/claude_onboarding_agent
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/claude-onboarding-agent

## What it does

Starting a blank session often yields inconsistent output because Claude Code lacks context about project conventions. This plugin runs an initial scan and interviews you about your workflow. It automatically writes customized `CLAUDE.md` and `AGENTS.md` files, assigns subagent responsibilities, and sets tool permissions.

You can skip the general wizard and call targeted setup skills directly. Command `/coding-setup` integrates Superpowers for structured planning and reviews. Dedicated commands cover web apps via `/web-development-setup`, machine learning via `/data-science-setup`, and personal wikis via `/knowledge-base-setup`. Large repositories benefit from `/graphify-setup`, which injects a PreToolUse hook before grep and file searches to save tokens.

Scopes stay strictly bounded to configuration. For example, `/content-voice-setup` limits its output to style guides under `.claude/rules/`, deliberately omitting publishing pipelines and analytics. Run `/checkup` later to audit existing configurations against stale instructions.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install claude-onboarding-agent@claude-community
```

## When to use it
- generate tailored CLAUDE.md files for any project stack
- configure subagent roles and tool permissions automatically
- reduce search token consumption using local Graphify indexing
- establish platform writing rules inside .claude/rules/

## Example prompts
- Run `/onboarding` to inspect this repository and recommend a setup path
- Execute `/web-development-setup` to configure rules for our frontend stack
- Run `/checkup` to audit our current workspace configuration files

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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<p align="center">
  <img src="docs/assets/banner.jpeg" alt="Claude Onboarding Agent" width="720">
</p>

<h1 align="center">Claude Onboarding Agent</h1>

<p align="center">
  <strong>Claude is powerful. But only if set up right.</strong><br>
  From blank project to a Claude Code setup tailored to <em>your</em> work — in under five minutes.
</p>

<p align="center">
  <img src="docs/assets/demo.gif" alt="Claude Onboarding Agent demo" width="820">
</p>

---

Most people start a new Claude session and just... start typing. No context, no workflow, no structure. Results are inconsistent, Claude forgets everything between sessions, and it never really learns how you work.

This plugin fixes that. Run `/onboarding` once — Claude scans your project, asks a handful of targeted questions, and generates everything you need: a tailored `CLAUDE.md`, subagent roles, tool permissions, workflow instructions, and more.

Already know what you need? Call any setup skill directly.

---

## Pick your path

Not sure where to start? Run `/onboarding` and we'll figure it out with you. Or jump in:

| You are… | Run this | You get |
|---|---|---|
| **A developer** shipping code | `/coding-setup` | Superpowers workflow, subagent roles, stack permissions |
| **Building a web app** (frontend, backend, or full-stack) | `/web-development-setup` | Frontend, backend, or full-stack web app — framework-aware permissions, env-var hygiene, deploy-target pointers |
| **A data scientist / ML engineer** | `/data-science-setup` | Notebook hygiene, experiment tracking, `data/raw→processed` layout, reproducibility |
| **Building a personal wiki / second brain** | `/knowledge-base-setup` | OKF v0.1 (Karpathy-pattern) wiki, optional Obsidian CLI subagent |
| **Writing emails, memos, reports, proposals** | `/office-setup` | Business-writing focus: Q1 branches guidelines (email path vs. report path); presentations out of scope |
| **A researcher or academic** | `/research-setup` | Literature review workflow, Zotero reference management, reading notes |
| **Writing a thesis, paper, or dissertation** | `/academic-writing-setup` | Thesis / paper / dissertation — LaTeX or Typst, Zotero, citation rules that prevent hallucinations |
| **Creator brand voice** (YouTube, shortform, newsletter, podcast) | `/content-voice-setup` | Voice + audience + per-platform rule files — scope limited to writing guidance; publishing / analytics / media production out of scope |
| **Running infra / DevOps** | `/devops-setup` | Cloud + IaC + CI config, safe-by-default infra workflow |
| **Designing UIs** | `/design-setup` | Design tool + frontend stack, UI guidelines, no generic AI looks |
| **Already set up, but Claude burns tokens searching large repos / docs / PDFs** | `/graphify-setup` | Local [Graphify](https://github.com/safishamsi/graphify) knowledge-graph index + `/graphify` slash command + PreToolUse hook (consulted before Grep/Glob/Read) — layers on top of any other setup |

---

## Install

### Option 1 — Plugin marketplace (recommended)

This repo ships a self-hosted `marketplace.json`, so the standard plugin marketplace flow works directly:

```
/plugin marketplace add a2ngerer/claude_onboarding_agent
/plugin install claude-onboarding-agent@claude-onboarding-agent
```

### Option 2 — One-liner

**macOS / Linux**

```bash
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/a2ngerer/claude_onboarding_agent/main/scripts/install.sh | bash
```

**Windows (PowerShell)**

```powershell
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/a2ngerer/claude_onboarding_agent/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex
```

Clones the repo and links all skills into `~/.claude/skills/` so Claude Code picks them up automatically. To update: re-run the same command.

> How it works under the hood, plus what the future plugin path looks like: [docs/installation.md](docs/installation.md)

### Uninstall

**macOS / Linux**

```bash
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/a2ngerer/claude_onboarding_agent/main/scripts/uninstall.sh | bash
```

**Windows (PowerShell)**

```powershell
````
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