openspec-onboard

Onboard new contributors to OpenSpec using a guided, in-repo walkthrough that teaches the full workflow by performing real work. It provides a step-by-step lifecycle from preflight to archive, enabling quick ramp-up through hands-on learning and practical exercises in your repository.

Learn OpenSpec change management through a guided in-repo playbook that walks you through practical exercises. It enables hands-on learning with guided decisions, allowing teammates to practice end-to-end workflows from proposal and specs to design, tasks, and archiving.

Yes, this guided onboarding skill applies to task breakdown in small to moderate codebases. It supports a structured phase cadence from preflight to archive, generating artifacts like proposals, specs, design, and tasks to manage changes effectively.

Safely pause and continue codebase onboarding using built-in pause and continue controls. The guided workflow maintains a structured phase cadence from preflight to archive, allowing you to halt the onboarding lifecycle and resume progress without losing your current state.

Yes, the OpenSpec onboarding guide generates essential project artifacts including proposals, specs, design documents, and tasks. These artifacts are created during the structured lifecycle phases to ensure comprehensive change management and documentation within your codebase.

The guided OpenSpec onboarding lifecycle includes preflight, welcome, task selection, explore mode, create change, proposal, specs, design, tasks, apply, and archive. These structured phases ensure comprehensive coverage of the workflow from initial setup to final archiving.