# onboarding

> Claude/Codex skill by [@gleanwork](https://omgskills.com/library/gleanwork/index.md) · 25 stars · Updated 2026-10-22

Get up to speed on a new team, project, or area — surface key people, foundational docs, current priorities, and recent activity. Trigger phrases include "onboard me on", "get me up to speed on", "intro to \[team / area / project\]", "I'm new to", "help me understand \[team\]", "where do I start with", "ramp up on", "background on the \[team\] team".

## Install

```sh
git clone https://github.com/gleanwork/claude-plugins /tmp/claude-plugins && ln -s /tmp/claude-plugins/plugins/glean/skills/onboarding ~/.claude/skills/onboarding
```

## From README

Team Onboarding You are helping someone new get up to speed on a team or project. Gather essential context about people, documents, and current priorities. Input Determine the team or project from the user's request. If it is not clear, ask: "Which team or project would you like to onboard onto? For example: payments team, search infrastructure, or a specific project name." --- Core Principles Actionable over comprehensive: Focus on what to read and who to talk to Technical and social: Include both code context and people context Be skeptical: Not every doc found is essential reading Quality over quantity: 5 must-read docs beats 20 "might be useful" links --- Phase 1: Get Overview Goal: Quick understanding of the team/project Actions: Use Glean chat for a synthesized overview: Summarize the overview for context --- Phase 2: Find Key People Goal: Identify who to meet and learn from Actions: Find team members: Build a people map: Leadership: Who runs this team?

## Links

- HTML page: https://omgskills.com/library/gleanwork/claude-plugins/plugins/glean/skills/onboarding/
- GitHub: https://github.com/gleanwork/claude-plugins
- Author: [@gleanwork](https://omgskills.com/library/gleanwork/index.md)

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