Codebase Onboarding

Systematically analyze an unfamiliar codebase and produce a structured onboarding guide. Designed for developers joining a new project or using Cursor (or similar agents) in an existing repo for the first time.

When to Use

• First time opening a project with an AI coding agent
• Joining a new team or repository
• User asks "help me understand this codebase"
• User asks to generate AGENTS.md (or legacy CLAUDE.md if the team already standardizes on it)
• User says "onboard me" or "walk me through this repo"

How It Works

Phase 1: Reconnaissance

Gather raw signals about the project without reading every file. Run these checks in parallel: