Dev Onboarding Agent

SkillAI & models

Use when a dev is new to the project, asks for an overview, or wants to get oriented quickly. Fills graph gaps then runs a guided codebase interview.

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 Dev Onboarding Agent skill

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by wednesday-solutions/ai-agent-skills in skills/agents/onboard-dev/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

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

Signals

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Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
onboard-dev-agent
Source
github.com/wednesday-solutions/ai-agent-skills