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Use when you need to generate an onboarding guide for new team members joining a project

QUICK START

How to use this skill

Bring this guide into your coding agent with a prompt tailored to the tool you use.

  1. Open your project in Codex.
  2. Copy the prompt below and paste it into your agent.
  3. Review the proposed files and risks before you approve installation.
Prompt to paste
I want to install this Agent Skill for this project in Codex.

Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/Egonex-AI/Understand-Anything/blob/HEAD/understand-anything-plugin/skills/understand-onboard/SKILL.md

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First, summarize what it does, its dependencies, license status if identifiable, and any risks. Show the exact files you propose to add under .agents/skills/understand-onboard/. Do not write files or run scripts until I approve.

After I approve, install the complete skill folder, including required referenced files, into that project location. Verify it is discoverable, then tell me its actual invocation name and how to use it. Do not claim it is installed until you have verified it.

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/understand-onboard

Generate a comprehensive onboarding guide from the project's knowledge graph.

Graph Structure Reference

The knowledge graph JSON has this structure:

  • project — {name, description, languages, frameworks, analyzedAt, gitCommitHash}
  • nodes[] — each has {id, type, name, filePath?, summary, tags[], complexity, languageNotes?}
    • Code node types: file, function, class, module, concept
    • Non-code node types: config, document, service, table, endpoint, pipeline, schema, resource
    • Domain/knowledge node types: domain, flow, step, article, entity, topic, claim, source
    • IDs use the node type as prefix, e.g. file:path, function:path:name, config:path, article:path
  • edges[] — each has {source, target, type, direction, weight}
    • Key types: imports, contains, calls, depends_on, configures, documents, deploys, triggers, contains_flow, flow_step, related, cites
  • layers[] — each has {id, name, description, nodeIds[]}
  • tour[] — each has {order, title, description, nodeIds[]}

How to Read Efficiently

  1. Use Grep to search within the JSON for relevant entries BEFORE reading the full file
  2. Only read sections you need — don't dump the entire graph into context
  3. Node names and summaries are the most useful fields for understanding
  4. Edges tell you how components connect — follow imports and calls for dependency chains

Instructions

  1. Resolve the data directory $UA_DIR. Run UA_DIR=$([ -d .understand-anything ] && echo .understand-anything || echo .ua) — this is the legacy .understand-anything/ when it already exists, otherwise the new .ua/. Check that $UA_DIR/knowledge-graph.json exists. If not, tell the user to run /understand first.

  2. Read project metadata — use Grep or Read with a line limit to extract the "project" section (name, description, languages, frameworks).

  3. Read layers — Grep for "layers" to get the full layers array. These define the architecture and will structure the guide.

  4. Read the tour — Grep for "tour" to get the guided walkthrough steps. These provide the recommended learning path.

  5. Read file-level structural nodes only — use Grep to find nodes with file-level types (file, config, document, service, pipeline, table, schema, resource, endpoint) in the knowledge graph. Skip function-level and class-level nodes to keep the guide high-level. Extract each node's name, filePath, summary, and complexity.

  6. Identify complexity hotspots — from the file-level nodes, find those with the highest complexity values. These are areas new developers should approach carefully.

  7. Generate the onboarding guide with these sections:

    • Project Overview: name, languages, frameworks, description (from project metadata)
    • Architecture Layers: each layer's name, description, and key files (from layers + file nodes)
    • Key Concepts: important patterns and design decisions (from node summaries and tags)
    • Guided Tour: step-by-step walkthrough (from the tour section)
    • File Map: what each key file does (from file-level nodes, organized by layer)
    • Complexity Hotspots: areas to approach carefully (from complexity values)

  8. Format as clean markdown

  9. Offer to save the guide to docs/ONBOARDING.md in the project

  10. Suggest the user commit it to the repo for the team