Onboard Skill

Interactive vault setup (first run) and context loading (subsequent runs).

Usage

/onboard                    # Full onboard (setup if first run, context load if not)
/onboard Projects/MyProject # Load specific project context

First-Run Setup

If the file FIRST_RUN exists in the vault root, this is a new vault. Run the interactive setup:

Step 1: Welcome

Greet the user and explain what will happen:

• "I'll ask a few questions to personalize your vault (~2 minutes)"
• "Your answers are saved locally in vault-config.json"
• "You can change these anytime by editing that file or running /onboard again"

Step 2: Ask Questions

Use AskUserQuestion to ask these interactively:

Question 1: Your name

• "What should I call you?"
• Used for personalized prompts and greetings

Question 2: Preferred review day

• "What day do you prefer for your weekly review?"
• Options: Sunday (Recommended), Saturday, Monday, Friday
• Used by /review auto-detection and session-init nudges

Question 3: Primary goal areas

• "Which areas are most important to you right now? (Pick 2-4)"
• Options: Career & Professional, Health & Wellness, Relationships, Personal Growth
• Also offer: Financial, Creativity & Fun, Learning, Other
• multiSelect: true
• Used to customize goal template suggestions

Question 4: Work style

• "How do you prefer Claude to interact?"
• Options: Direct and concise (Recommended), Coaching and challenging, Detailed and thorough, Minimal, just do the task
• Sets output style preference

Step 3: Save Configuration

Write vault-config.json in the vault root:

{
  "name": "User's name",
  "reviewDay": "Sunday",
  "goalAreas": ["Career & Professional", "Health & Wellness"],
  "workStyle": "Direct and concise",
  "setupDate": "2026-02-15",
  "version": "3.1"
}

Step 4: Personalize CLAUDE.md