Project Onboarding Briefing

Explore a codebase and deliver a structured onboarding briefing directly in the conversation. The goal is to take a developer from "never seen this repo" to "knows enough to be dangerous" in a single session. No files are written to the project.

The target audience is an experienced engineer who is smart but has zero context on this specific project. Brief them like a knowledgeable colleague would: direct, specific, and focused on what they actually need to start contributing.

Workflow

Follow these two phases in order. Don't start briefing before you've finished exploring.

Phase 1: Explore the Codebase

Start by running the metadata gathering script for a quick orientation: