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agents-onboarding

Skill4 starsChanged 10 months agoMITView on GitHub

Use when user integrates agents into repository, asks to set up agent guidance/rules/onboarding, or repo missing agent-specific onboarding docs (AGENTS.md). Ensures fresh agent context can apply all repo standards and external skills.

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2 rules. About 0 are common, 2 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.

  • ≈0

    Common · estimate

    Many files like this have a rule of this kind.

  • ≈2

    Distinctive · estimate

    This author's own choices. Worth a look.

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    Very specific

    Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.

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  1. Distinctive:

    Create AGENTS.md at repository root to enable fresh agent context to apply all repository standards and external skills.

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  2. Distinctive:

    All of these mean: Apply skill, create comprehensive AGENTS.md.

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≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 350,495 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.

Keep what fits and drop the rest. Your version, ready for your agents.
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SKILL.md

Agents-Onboarding

Overview

Create AGENTS.md at repository root to enable fresh agent context to apply all repository standards and external skills. Fresh agents (no conversation history) must understand how to work in the repository by reading only AGENTS.md.

REQUIRED SUB-SKILL: superpowers:brainstorming REQUIRED SUB-SKILL: superpowers:verification-before-completion

When to Use

  • User integrates AI agents into repository for first time
  • User asks to set up agent guidance, rules, or onboarding documentation
  • Repository is missing agent-specific onboarding docs (no AGENTS.md)
  • Fresh agent context needs to understand repository standards without conversation history
  • Existing AGENTS.md is incomplete or outdated and needs enhancement

Core Workflow

  1. Announce skill and why it applies.
  2. Analyze repository for existing standards (brownfield) or define new (greenfield).
  3. Create AGENTS.md at repository root with required sections.
  4. Validate fresh context test: agent with only AGENTS.md can apply standards.
  5. Commit with evidence.

AGENTS.md Required Sections

  • Repository Overview: Purpose, architecture, key constraints
  • Required Skills: External (superpowers:*) and custom skills with triggers
  • Development Standards: Code style, testing, review, deployment
  • Repository Conventions: Directory structure, naming, documentation
  • Process Guidance: PR workflow, deployment, escalation paths
  • Context Optimization: What agents must know, focus areas

Red Flags - STOP

  • "Agent can figure it out"
  • "We'll document standards later"
  • "Just need basic agent help"
  • "Only one person uses agents here"

All of these mean: Apply skill, create comprehensive AGENTS.md.

References

  • references/AGENTS-TEMPLATE.md - Complete template with annotations
  • references/standards-discovery.md - Repository analysis techniques
  • references/rationalizations.md - Excuses and reality checks

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