cog-onboarding

SkillDev tools

Lets your agent set up a personalized COG Second Brain workspace by picking a role pack and initializing the vault.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the cog-onboarding skill

About this capability

Personalize COG Second Brain workflow through role pack selection and vault initialization

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by a5c-ai/babysitter in library/methodologies/cog-second-brain/skills/onboarding/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

  • Configure one of 7 role packs: Product Manager, Engineering Lead, Engineer, Designer, Founder, Marketer, Custom
  • Set up user profile with interests, domains, and news sources
  • Configure external integrations (GitHub, Linear, Slack, PostHog)
  • Create personalized workflow templates based on role
  • Initialize Git tracking for the vault

Tool Use Instructions

  1. Use file-read to check for existing vault at the specified path
  2. Use directory-create to build the COG directory structure
  3. Use file-write to create profile.md in 00-inbox with role pack configuration
  4. Use git-init to initialize Git repository in the vault
  5. Use file-write to create .gitignore with privacy-sensitive patterns
  6. Use git-commit to commit initial vault structure

Examples

{
  "userName": "Alex",
  "rolePack": "engineer",
  "vaultPath": "./cog-vault",
  "integrations": {
    "github": { "org": "my-org", "repos": ["main-repo"] }
  }
}

Signals

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Last commit
Sep 2026
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Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
cog-onboarding
Source
github.com/a5c-ai/babysitter