Skill · Development
Codebase onboarding
Onboard a developer to a repository using Ontoly graph summaries. Use when asked to explain a new codebase, identify entrypoints, map packages, or suggest first files to inspect.
How to use it
- Start your plan and connect your AI once
- Ask for the task in your own words, or say it directly:
Use the Codebase onboarding skill to help me with this.Without a connection: copy the SKILL.md below into your AI's project instructions.
When to Use
- Use when this upstream workflow matches the user's stated goal.
- Use when the task requires the procedures documented in this skill.
Codebase Onboarding
Use this skill when the user asks for codebase onboarding using Ontoly evidence.
Required Workflow
Follow [the shared Ontoly workflow. Also read [graph evidence rules, [MCP usage, [best practices, and [fallback rules when the task requires detail.
Ontoly Capabilities
Use these capabilities first: ExplainArchitecture, FindEntrypoints, GraphStatistics, FindFeatureOwner, EvidencePack.
Output Contract
Return:
- answer or plan
- capabilities invoked
- graph evidence with node ids, edge types, source spans, and graph hash when available
- confidence: high, medium, or low
- fallback reason if repository files were inspected
Boundaries
Do not implement compiler, query, MCP, SDK, or business logic in the skill. Do not search repository files until Ontoly cannot answer or evidence must be confirmed.
Resources
- [Examples
- [Prompt template
- [Capability notes
Learn more
- Documentation: https://ontoly.xyz/docs
- This skill on the web: https://ontoly.xyz/skills#codebase-onboarding
- All Ontoly Agent Skills: https://ontoly.xyz/skills
- Install via skills.sh: https://www.skills.sh/?q=0xsarwagya/ontoly
Examples
User: Apply this skill to my current task.
Assistant: Follow the workflow in this skill, cite limitations, and ask before risky steps.Limitations
- Imported upstream skill; verify credentials, permissions, and safety boundaries before execution.
- Does not replace environment-specific validation, testing, or maintainer review.