workflow-onboard — Codebase Orientation

Degree of freedom: MIXED. Briefing synthesis [HIGH freedom]; which files to read and never printing env values [LOW freedom — run exactly].

Orient to any repo in under 5 minutes. Read first, explain second.

How to reason

1. Read — manifests, routes, schema, auth — don't guess
2. Map — stack, features, data, how-to-run
3. Gap — missing README/schema said out loud
4. Brief — scannable; top-3 complexity called out

Worked example