openspec-onboard

Developer onboarding for spec-driven change management uses a guided, phase-based workflow from preflight to archive. It walks engineers through a complete change cycle with narration and hands-on coding tasks inside a real codebase to build productive familiarity.

The OpenSpec change cycle is a structured workflow guiding developers through proposal, specs, design, and tasks phases before archiving. It scaffolds safe, repeatable changes inside a real codebase to teach the complete lifecycle mechanics.

Setting up a hands-on guided tutorial requires a SKILL.md file with YAML frontmatter containing name and description, a descriptive walkthrough body, and optional scripts or assets. This scaffolds real-codebase exercises with narration for developer education.

This onboarding workflow targets both software engineers and product teams seeking a structured, teach-by-doing introduction to the change lifecycle. It reduces setup friction and accelerates team familiarity with the spec-driven workflow.

Teaching change management scaffolding is best done through a phase-based, guided onboarding workflow that demonstrates proposal, specs, design, and tasks creation. Hands-on exercises in a real codebase provide safe, repeatable change practice.

The OpenSpec onboarding workflow has no external dependencies and requires only a real codebase to execute the hands-on change cycle. You need to create a SKILL.md with YAML frontmatter and can optionally include scripts, references, or assets.