gsd-onboard
SkillDev toolsGuides your agent through onboarding to an existing codebase by mapping it, ingesting docs, and setting up plans.
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Then ask your AI: use the gsd-onboard skill
About this capability
Guide existing codebase onboarding through mapping, doc ingest, and planning setup
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by open-gsd/gsd-core in skills/gsd-onboard/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
<runtime_note>
Copilot (VS Code): Use vscode_askquestions wherever this workflow calls AskUserQuestion. They are equivalent — vscode_askquestions is the VS Code Copilot implementation of the same interactive question API.
</runtime_note>
Creates or confirms:
.planning/codebase/— evidence-backed codebase map from/gsd-map-codebase.planning/PROJECT.md,REQUIREMENTS.md,ROADMAP.md,STATE.md— project setup from/gsd-new-projector/gsd-ingest-docs.planning/onboarding/SUMMARY.md— lightweight index of what was learned and the next command
Non-goals: This command does not execute phases, ship work, or overwrite existing planning artifacts without an explicit gate.
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@/.claude/gsd-core/workflows/onboard.md
@/.claude/gsd-core/references/ui-brand.md
@~/.claude/gsd-core/references/gate-prompts.md
</execution_context>
Flags:
--fast— prefer/gsd-map-codebase --fastfor the mapping handoff; the complete map is still required before/gsd-new-project.--text— use plain-text numbered lists instead of TUI menus.
Signals
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- Last commit
- Sep 2026
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gsd-onboard- Source
- github.com/open-gsd/gsd-core