Claude-Code-Game-Studios onboard

Generates a contextual onboarding document for a new contributor or agent joining the project. Summarizes project state, architecture, conventions, and current priorities relevant to the specified role or area.

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/.claude/skills/onboard" ~/.claude/skills/donchitos-claude-code-game-studios-onboard && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: .claude/skills/onboard/SKILL.md
source content

Phase 1: Load Project Context

Read CLAUDE.md for project overview and standards.

Read the relevant agent definition from

.claude/agents/
if a specific role is specified.


Phase 2: Scan Relevant Area

  • For programmers: scan
    src/
    for architecture, patterns, key files
  • For designers: scan
    design/
    for existing design documents
  • For narrative: scan
    design/narrative/
    for world-building and story docs
  • For QA: scan
    tests/
    for existing test coverage
  • For production: scan
    production/
    for current sprint and milestone

Read recent changes (git log if available) to understand current momentum.


Phase 3: Generate Onboarding Document

# Onboarding: [Role/Area]

## Project Summary
[2-3 sentence summary of what this game is and its current state]

## Your Role
[What this role does on this project, key responsibilities, who you report to]

## Project Architecture
[Relevant architectural overview for this role]

### Key Directories
| Directory | Contents | Your Interaction |
|-----------|----------|-----------------|

### Key Files
| File | Purpose | Read Priority |
|------|---------|--------------|

## Current Standards and Conventions
[Summary of conventions relevant to this role from CLAUDE.md and agent definition]

## Current State of Your Area
[What has been built, what is in progress, what is planned next]

## Current Sprint Context
[What the team is working on now and what is expected of this role]

## Key Dependencies
[What other roles/systems this role interacts with most]

## Common Pitfalls
[Things that trip up new contributors in this area]

## First Tasks
[Suggested first tasks to get oriented and productive]

1. [Read these documents first]
2. [Review this code/content]
3. [Start with this small task]

## Questions to Ask
[Questions the new contributor should ask to get fully oriented]

Phase 4: Save Document

Present the onboarding document to the user.

Ask: "May I write this to

production/onboarding/onboard-[role]-[date].md
?"

If yes, write the file, creating the directory if needed.


Phase 5: Next Steps

Verdict: COMPLETE — onboarding document generated.

  • Share the onboarding doc with the new contributor before their first session.
  • Run
    /sprint-status
    to show the new contributor current progress.
  • Run
    /help
    if the contributor needs guidance on what to work on next.