Set Up Your Project with Onboarding

Overview

Packmind automatically generates coding standards and commands from your project. Instead of manually creating standards from scratch, your AI agent analyzes your existing code and practices to create a foundation you can refine.

Skill-Based Onboarding

The /packmind-onboard skill provides automated batch analysis of your codebase, generating both standards and commands.

Prerequisites

• Packmind CLI installed
• Logged in with packmind login
• Packmind skills installed with packmind init
• A Git repository in your project

Quick Start

In your AI agent (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), invoke the onboarding skill:

/packmind-onboard

The skill guides you through an interactive process:

1. Create or select a package — Where your standards and commands will be stored
2. Analyze your codebase — Read-only scan for patterns and conventions
3. Review generated drafts — Preview before creating anything
4. Create standards and commands — Publish to Packmind and deploy locally

What Gets Generated

Based on your project’s patterns, you’ll get up to:

Standards (max 5 per run)

• Role taxonomy drift patterns
• Test data construction patterns

Commands (max 5 per run)

• File template workflows
• CI/local development parity scripts

All items are created as drafts first, giving you a chance to review and edit before publishing.

The Onboarding Flow

Step 1: Package Selection

The skill checks for existing packages:

• No packages exist: Automatically creates {repo-name}-standards
• One package exists: Asks if you want to use it or create a new one
• Multiple packages: Lists all options for you to choose

Step 2: Codebase Analysis

The skill performs a read-only scan of your project, detecting your tech stack, frameworks, and coding patterns.

Step 3: Draft Review

After analysis, you see a summary of what will be created (e.g., “3 standards, 2 commands”). You can then choose:

• Create all now — Publish everything to Packmind
• Let me review drafts first — Edit the drafts before publishing
• Cancel — Exit without creating anything

Step 4: Publishing

When you confirm, the skill publishes everything to Packmind and deploys to your local AI agent automatically.

After Skill-Based Onboarding

Once complete, your standards and commands are:

• Published to Packmind — Available in your organization
• Added to your package — Ready for team distribution
• Deployed locally — Active in your AI agent (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, etc.)

Re-running Skill-Based Onboarding

Run the skill again anytime to generate additional standards and commands. The skill never overwrites existing items.

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Troubleshooting

Q: Skill says I’m not logged in

Run packmind login first, then retry the skill.

Q: Package creation fails

Check your network connection and that you have permissions to create packages in your organization.

Q: No patterns discovered

Very new or small codebases may not have enough patterns to detect. Try running the skill again after adding more code to your project.

Q: Generated standards don’t match my project

Onboarding generates a starting point. Edit draft files before confirming to customize them to your needs.

Related Documentation

• Create and customize standards
• Create and customize commands
• Distribute standards and commands
• CLI Reference