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Understand Onboard skill
Runs by itself, graph refreshed.

Onboarding guide matches the code.

Install the Understand Onboard skill and make it a habit: follow https://gethabit.dev/skills/egonex-ai/understand-onboard.md

  1. 1Copy
  2. 2Paste into Claude Code, Codex or Cursor
  3. 3It runs by itself

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Understand Onboard

by egonex-ai · 4K installs

The skill

Understand onboard turns a codebase knowledge graph into an onboarding guide with overview, architecture layers, key concepts, a guided tour, a file map and complexity hotspots.

Only when you ask.

The habit

Onboarding guide matches the code.

↻ Runs by itselfgraph refreshed

How the habit works.
You don't have to.

Three questionsWhen does it start? How does it check its work? What does it remember?

01

It starts by itself

graph refreshed. Runs in Claude Code routine.

  • ↻ graph refreshed
  • knowledge-graph.json updated by /understand

02

It checks its work

sections check, you approve. If a check fails, it tells you.

  • ✓knowledge-graph.json exists in the data directory
  • ✓guide has all six sections
  • ✓git diff since the graph commit lists no project files, or a stale warning is shown

03

It remembers

guide history in git. The next run reads it first: the last committed onboarding guide.

docs/UA_ONBOARDING.md

One run, step by step.
Then it stops.

Stop ruleStops after one guide per run.

  1. 01

    Find the graph

    Resolve .ua or the older .understand-anything and stop with a hint to run /understand if no graph exists.

  2. 02

    Check freshness

    Compare the graph commit with HEAD and the project diff and warn if files changed.

  3. 03

    Read structure

    Read the project section, layers, tour and only file-level nodes.

  4. 04

    Find hotspots

    Pick the file nodes with the highest complexity values.

  5. 05

    Write the guide

    Build overview, layers, key concepts, guided tour, file map and hotspots in Markdown.

  6. 06

    Save on approval

    Ask you before saving to docs/UA_ONBOARDING.md and suggest a commit.

What it may do.
Nothing more.

Safe by defaultIt writes only in its own folder and asks you before anything goes out.

Is it for you?
Use it when it fits.

Quick checkRead both lists. If the left one sounds like you, the Understand Onboard skill helps.

Use it when

  • ✓ a new team member joins
  • ✓ the architecture changed a lot
  • ✓ docs lack a project overview

Skip it when

  • – no knowledge graph exists yet
  • – you need function-level detail

Questions

Understand Onboard skill, answered.

Does it read every function?

No. It skips function and class nodes to keep the guide high-level.

Will it commit for me?

No. It offers to save the file and suggests you commit it.

How do I install the Understand Onboard skill?

Copy the prompt at the top into your agent. It installs the skill from egonex-ai/understand-anything and sets up the habit. Or run npx skills add egonex-ai/understand-anything --skill understand-onboard.

Is the Understand Onboard skill free?

Yes. It is published under MIT. Habit is free too.

Understand Onboard. Now as a habit.

Install the Understand Onboard skill and make it a habit: follow https://gethabit.dev/skills/egonex-ai/understand-onboard.md

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Works in

  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Cursor
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude app

Made by egonex-ai, published under MIT. Habit links to the original and never changes it. Is this your skill?

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