cyberneticlibrary

Onboard to new codebases quickly

codebase-onboardingskillsetup L20
Sheshiyer/skill-clusters
What it does

Analyze codebase structure and generate onboarding documentation

Best for

Bootstrapping documentation for an unfamiliar codebase when you need structure before reading individual files.

Inputs
  • · repo root path
  • · optional: language filters
Outputs
  • · README-like overview
  • · architecture summary
  • · dependency map
Requires
  • · Bash/Find/Grep
  • · tree utility
  • · optional: language-specific analyzers
Preconditions

Read access to codebase; standard directory structure helps

Failure modes

Generated docs may miss domain concepts; large monorepos produce dense output; language detection imperfect on polyglot repos

Trust signals
  • · Automatic structure analysis
  • · Dependency graph generation
  • · Multi-language support