Developer Onboarding Document

Write a developer onboarding document for a service, codebase, or team. Use when asked to write a developer guide, service README, onboarding doc for a new engineer, codebase orientation, or getting-started guide for a technical team. Produces a structured doc covering service overview, architecture, local setup, key patterns, testing, deployment, and who to ask for what.

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

What to give it

• Service name — and what it does
• Team — responsible for it
• Tech stack — language(s), framework(s), database(s), message queues, etc.
• Key external dependencies — upstream services, third-party APIs
• Deployment target — Kubernetes, ECS, Lambda, bare metal, etc.
• Local dev setup — how to run locally (Docker Compose, local DB, etc.)
• Testing approach — unit, integration, E2E; test commands
• Deployment process — summary of how code gets to production
• On-call setup — who's on-call, how alerts work
• Contacts — tech lead, platform team, related service owners

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