Developer Onboarding — Advanced

This skill extends developer-onboarding with codebase navigation, structured knowledge transfer, and metrics. Load developer-onboarding first.

When to Activate

• Creating an Architecture Tour document for a complex codebase
• Building a domain glossary so new hires understand the business domain
• Setting up a GitHub Issue template for new hire onboarding checklists
• Designing a structured pair-programming schedule for the first 4 weeks
• Measuring Time to First PR and diagnosing where onboarding breaks down

Codebase Navigation Strategies

Architecture Tour — a guided walk through the codebase

An Architecture Tour is a document or walkthrough that explains the codebase through the lens of a real request: