Onboard

Claude Code project onboarding command. Sets up CLAUDE.md and .claude/rules/ for any repository.

What it does

/onboard generates three files in your project:

<project>/
├── CLAUDE.md                              # Project instructions
└── .claude/
    └── rules/
        ├── coding-conventions.md          # Coding rules (language-adapted)
        └── project-patterns.md            # Naming, terminology, abbreviations

Initial setup: Scans the codebase, asks you about project context, generates all files.

Update: Re-scans the codebase and refreshes auto-detected sections (marked with <!-- auto:* --> comments) while preserving everything you wrote manually.

Auto-detected vs user-provided

Auto-detected (updated on re-run)	User-provided (preserved on re-run)
Programming language, framework	Project overview
Package manager	Terminology definitions
Verification commands	Abbreviation registry
File naming conventions	Custom prohibitions
Default branch

Install

Copy onboard.md to your global Claude Code commands directory:

cp onboard.md ~/.claude/commands/onboard.md

Then run /onboard in any project.

Usage

# First time — creates all settings files
/onboard

# After codebase changes — updates auto-detected sections
/onboard