Get up to speed on an existing project by pulling all stored decisions, learnings, and patterns from EC. Use at the start of a new session, when joining a project, or when user says "catch me up", "what do I need to know", "onboard me".
Pulls project context, decisions, and learnings from EC to quickly onboard you to an existing codebase.
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Pull institutional knowledge from EC to get context on an existing project.
Announce: "I'm using the onboard skill to pull project context from EC."
Verify EC → Load Config → Pull Memories → Summarize → Ready
ec_search: test connection
If EC unavailable: Stop. Cannot onboard without EC.
ec_search: project config
Extract:
If no config found:
"This project hasn't been initialized for cogitation. Want me to set it up?"
If yes → Use @init
Search each memory type:
ec_search: type:decision
ec_search: type:learning
ec_search: type:pattern
Organize findings by area:
List decisions with their rationale. Group by component/area.
List discovered issues and their solutions. Highlight anything that would be costly to rediscover.
List established patterns and conventions specific to this project.
Format as a briefing:
Project Context Loaded
Configuration:
- Test:
<command>- Lint:
<command>- Build:
<command>Key Decisions (N):
- [Area]: [Decision summary]
- ...
Gotchas to Know (N):
- [Area]: [Learning summary]
- ...
Conventions (N):
- [Pattern summary]
- ...
Ready to work. What would you like to do?
{
"questions": [{
"question": "What would you like to do?",
"header": "Next",
"options": [
{ "label": "Start a feature", "description": "Use @brainstorming" },
{ "label": "Fix a bug", "description": "Use @debugging" },
{ "label": "Review memories", "description": "Use @audit" },
{ "label": "Just exploring", "description": "I'll ask when ready" }
],
"multiSelect": false
}]
}
| Do | Don't |
|---|---|
| Summarize, don't dump | List every memory verbatim |
| Highlight gotchas prominently | Bury important warnings |
| Group by area/component | Random ordering |
| Note what's missing | Assume completeness |
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